Suit about U.S. energy plan proceeding The lawsuit by Sierra Club for disclosure of details of the Cheney Task Force’s meetings with energy industry executives passed another hurdle with the issuing in July of Judge Emmet Sullivan’s written opinion allowing the suit to proceed. The Sierra Club filed this lawsuit after the Bush Administration refused to divulge how much influence big energy companies like Enron and oil and coal producers had in crafting the nation’s energy policy, despite numerous requests from Congress and others. “At a time when people are concerned about corporate responsibility, and the Administration’s ties to business, it’s vital that Americans know how much influence polluting industry executives had over our national energy plan,” said Carl Pope, Executive Director of the Sierra Club. The energy policy that ultimately came out of the Administration relies on technologies that will pollute our air and water, destroy special places and fail to reduce our dependence on oil and coal. At the very least, the American people deserve an explanation of why the Administration chose this path rather than safer and cleaner technologies that would protect the environment and save consumers money at the same time.

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