Bloomberg BNA
Longer, Costlier Legal Battles Ahead as EPA Vows No Settling
Bloomberg BNA quotes William Yeatman on the impact of lawsuits pressed against the EPA for missing legal deadlines and the pressure these lawsuits have deterring…
Bloomberg BNA
EPA Chief Set to Bar Government-Funded Experts From Agency’s Science Panels
The Daily Signal cites William Yeatman on several points about the laxness in EPA scientific standards and financial regulation. Try asking the nation’s…
Blog
Debunking the ‘Race to the Bottom’ Theory of Regulatory Competition
Its success in policymaking notwithstanding, the "race to the bottom" theory has fared poorly with the passage of time.
Blog
Trump Administration Nominates Holly Greaves to Most Important EPA Post You’ve Never Heard of
Members of Congress should press Greaves to ensure that she is committed to producing an intelligible budget that allows for congressional oversight.
The Daily Caller
With the Stroke of a Pen, Trump Claims Victory in the Decades-Long Battle Over ANWR
The Daily Caller covers the ANWR provision of the tax reform bill. President Donald Trump signed tax reform legislation that also ends the battle…
Blog
EPA Considers ‘What Comes Next’ after Ending Obama-Era Clean Power Plan
This week's Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking is a brainstorming exercise for what comes in the wake of the EPA’s rescission of the Clean Power…
News Release
Yeatman Unpacks Flawed ANWR Objections
Today Congress considers a tax bill which contains a provision for drilling for oil in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), an area debated over…
Blog
Despite Global Warming, Developers Still Love Miami
20,000 condominiums are in various stages of construction in Miami, in spite of global warming.
News Release
CEI’s Yeatman Offers Support for MINER Act
William Yeatman, senior fellow with the Competitive Enterprise Institute, commented on H.R. 3905, the Minnesota’s Economic Rights in the Superior National Forest Act (MINER Act).
Blog
EPA Administrator Pruitt Cleans Up Advisory Committees
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt today is going to announce a new agency policy whereby independent science advisors cannot be funded by agency grants.
Blog
House Passes Two Bills to Reform EPA Settlement Abuse
By a 238-183 bipartisan vote on October 24, the House of Representatives passed the Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2017 (H.R. 732).
News Release
CEI Comments on Sunshine for Regulations and Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act (H.R.469)
From William Yeatman, Senior Fellow, on HR 469, The Sunshine for Regulations and Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act: “H.R. 469 is a welcome bill that…
The Daily Signal
EPA Chief Set to Bar Government-Funded Experts From Agency’s Science Panels
The Daily Signal discusses the EPA’s changes to its scientific advisory boards with William Yeatman. Pruitt revealed that he will issue a directive aimed…
Blog
EPA Administrator Pruitt’s Welcome Efforts to End Sue and Settle
On October 15, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt issued a directive taking on the practice known as “sue and settle,” whereby environmental…
Blog
Senate Budget Resolution Breathes Life into ANWR
By a 51-49 vote, the Senate this past week passed a budget resolution that creates a fast-track process for writing legislation to permit drilling in…
Bloomberg BNA
Longer, Costlier Legal Battles Ahead as EPA Vows No Settling
Bloomberg BNA discusses the EPA’s ‘sue and settle’ directive with William Yeatman. EPA Administer Scott Pruitt’s refusal to settle environmental lawsuits means longer and…
News Release
EPA ‘Sue and Settle’ Directive Is Good First Step, Must Also Focus on Agency Deadlines
Competitive Enterprise Institute Senior Fellow William Yeatman responded to the Environmental Protection Agency’s directive issued today by Administrator Scott Pruitt which is “designed to…
Blog
My Take on Energy Department’s Prompt Letter to FERC
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is the federal agency responsible for regulating interstate power flows, but the Federal Power Act authorizes the Department of…
The Daily Caller
Trump Will Soon Unveil His Own ‘Global Warming’ Policy – Here’s What That Might Look Like
The Daily Caller discusses the possible replacement of the Clean Power Plan with Will Yeatman. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is preparing to repeal…
Blog
Sen. Graham’s Perplexing Pivot to a Carbon Tax
Lindsey Graham's enthusiasm for a carbon tax may be less popular than he imagines.
The Greeley Tribune
Yeatman-Cooke: The Math Behind Xcel’s ‘Colorado Energy Plan’ Defies Reality and History
Xcel Energy recently announced that it would use Gov. John Hickenlooper’s July executive order calling for climate change policy as reason to bypass the Colorado…
Blog
Clinton’s ‘What Happened’ Latest Evidence that Climate Mitigation Policy Is Political Poison
Climate change policy is opposed by healthy bipartisan majorities.
Blog
Fuzzy Math behind Xcel’s New ‘Colorado Energy Plan’
The Colorado utility is claiming that unnecessarily retiring cheap power and then replacing it with new expensive power would somehow save ratepayers money.
The Hill
How Jeff Sessions is Stopping the EPA’s Slush Fund
The Hill discusses ending the EPA’s slush fund with William Yeatman. Principles are to be found in many places, a blessing in the…
Blog
Weak Allegations Fill NYT’s Latest Ill-Founded Pruitt Expose
The New York Times is back with another attempted blockbuster on Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt.
Blog
Congress, Courts Should Stamp Out EPA’s Power of the Purse
Federal judges should give greater thought to what is being asked of them when the government seeks a court order entering a consent decree that…
News Release
Ending the EPA’s Billion Dollar Green Energy Rip-Off
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Ending the EPA’s Billion-Dollar Green Energy Rip-Off
View Full Document as PDF The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in recent years has established a pattern of making industrial policy…
Bloomberg BNA
EPA Water Rule Repeal Based on Sloppy Cost Analysis: Economists
Bloomberg BNA discusses claims that repealing Waters of the United States had underestimated economic impacts with William Yeatman. The Trump administration was sloppy…
News Release
CEI on Ozone Bill H.R. 806: Excellent, Past Due
The Competitive Enterprise Institute’s William Yeatman offered the following comments on the ozone bill in the House: “Rep. Pete Olson’s excellent bill is…
Blog
SCOTUS’s Illogical ADEC Opinion Roiling Clean Air Act Cooperative Federalism
If the EPA’s expert always receives deference, then the state is very much subject to “second guessing,” despite the fact that states have no less…
Blog
Two Responses to Anonymous EPA Staffer Diary in New York Magazine
EPA employees work for the American people, not the Sierra Club.
Blog
EPA Chlorpyrifos Imbroglio Demonstrates Confounding Journalistic Themes
Confounding beliefs lead to cognitive dissonance for the modern progressive environmental reporter.
Blog
Bad Week in Courts for EPA Policy
If the Trump administration had folded the Obama-era appeal of Judge Bailey’s decision, then the only legal precedent regarding the relevant section of the Clean…
Blog
Government Documents on EPA-VW Settlement Highlight Need for Congressional Oversight
It is well past time for a committee of jurisdiction to ask of the EPA: How much are you spending on the VW settlement?…
Blog
EPA Should Use Review of Mercury and Air Toxics ‘Supplemental Analysis’ to Put ‘Co-benefits’ in the Grave
The Trump EPA should undertake its own supplemental analysis, including a review of the one performed by the previous administration.
The Denver Post
Colorado’s Costly “Demand-Side Management” Bill Makes No Sense
At the end of the legislative session, the Colorado General Assembly had an opportunity to stop a nonsensical electricity program that will cost Xcel Energy…
Blog
What Congress and the Trump Administration Need to Do to Fix the EPA’s Broken Budget
Congress should demand that EPA submit a budget that is capable of being understood by lawmakers.
News Release
CEI Praises Department of Justice Announcement Ending Third Party Payments
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Wednesday that it will end third party payments by banks and other companies, to outside groups that were neither parties…
Blog
A Short & Concrete Defense of the Legal Risk Rationale behind the Paris Exit
The agreement could have been used to muck up the Trump administration’s planned rollback of Obama-era climate rules, including the Clean Power Plan…
Blog
Paris Exit Enjoys Electoral Legitimacy Agreement Itself Lacked
Trump’s Paris exit fulfills a 2016 campaign pledge.
Blog
Why Not a “Nuclear Option” for Legislative Vetoes?
For the sake of clarity, I start with questions presented in this blog, which serve as a useful guide: Is it constitutional for one Congress…
Blog
New York Times Again Misses Mark with Pruitt Hit
The truth is a lot blander then what the journalists would have you believe.
Blog
Confusing EPA Budget Process Calculated to Resist Meaningful Oversight
Congress can’t exercise the power of the purse to rein in an administrative agency when lawmakers have no idea how the money is spent.
Blog
Double Dose of Good News from D.C. Circuit Court
In a double dose of good news, the D.C. Circuit Court this week put on hold litigation surrounding two major Obama-era EPA rules for existing…
News Release
CEI Welcomes Court Delay of EPA’s Ozone Rule
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals granted the Trump administration’s request to delay litigation in a case over an Obama-era ozone rule, while the Environmental…
News Release
Another Step in the Right Direction, Court Suspends Clean Power Plan Case
It's time for the Clean Power Plan to be brought within the bounds of the law.
Daily Signal
Congress Asked to Eliminate $270 Million a Year in Solar Subsidies
The Daily Signal discusses the impact of net metering with William Yeatman. “Net metering threatens the stability of electricity grids by depriving them…
Daily Caller
Congress Asked To Eliminate $270 Million A Year In Solar Subsidies
The Daily Caller discusses the impact of net metering with William Yeatman. “Net metering threatens the stability of electricity grids by depriving them…
Blog
Bipartisan Attorney General Letter Opposes Electric Vehicle Industrial Policy in EPA-VW Settlement
A bipartisan group of state attorneys general has released of a letter opposing the electrical vehicle infrastructure plan that the EPA negotiated with Volkswagen over…
Bloomberg BNA
Trump Successes May Limit Environmental Riders in Funding Bill
Bloomberg BNA discusses enviornmental riders in the government funding bill with William Yeatman. A Trump administration rolling back environmental actions and Congress quashing…
Daily Caller
EPA May Rewrite Obama-Era Regulation That Shut Down Coal Plants
The Daily Caller discusses the Obama-era regulation limiting mercury and other pollutants from power plants with William Yeatman. “According to the EPA, the…
One News Now
Just when you think you’ve heard the last …
One News Now speaks with William Yeatman on President Trump’s Executive Order withdrawing much of Obama’s climate policies. “I strongly doubt that the…
Politico
The hidden impact of Trump’s energy executive order
Politico speaks with William Yeatman on the impact of President Trump’s Executive Order withdrawing much of President Obama’s climate policies. Both liberal and…
Blog
Top Three Silliest Reactions to Trump’s Climate Executive Order
#3 Silliest Reaction: Red Scare! According to Nathan Richardson at Resources for the Future, the big problem with Trump’s Executive Order is what it signals…
Bloomberg BNA
Pruitt’s Not Talking ‘Public Health’: Is It Dangerous or Rhetoric?
Bloomberg BNA discusses tracking the number of times EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has said “public health” with William Yeatman. Will Yeatman, senior fellow…
Newsmax
If Only Solar Energy Was as Plentiful as Tax Dollars
Newsmax discusses government subsidies of energy companies with William Yeatman. Now you may say there is no way of predicting which new companies…
Bloomberg BNA
Environment, Energy Rules’ Delay Raises Concerns: Legal Experts
Bloomberg discusses democratic criticism of the Trump administration’s handling of the Administrative Procedure Act But Will Yeatman, senior fellow at the free-market Competitive…
Blog
More Anxiety over White House Budget for EPA
Whatever the administration hopes to accomplish with its budget, it must work with Congress.
Blog
Buckeye Institute Study: Ohio’s Green Energy Mandate Is Bad Economics
If Ohio's renewable energy mandate is fully implemented, the state would suffer 134,100 fewer jobs and a loss of $15.5 billion in GDP by 2026…
Washington Examiner
EPA has been neglecting clean air to freelance on climate change
While critics and supporters alike pore over President Trump’s proposed federal budget to pinpoint programs that will suffer and savings that will benefit taxpayers, President…
News Release
CEI Responds to EPA and DOT Revisiting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards
William Yeatman of the Competitive Enterprise Institute applauded today’s move by the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Transportation to “revisit Obama-era standards…
Fox News
Another taxpayer-funded energy company files for bankruptcy
Fox News speaks with William Yeatman on the failure of a government subsidized energy company. A cutting-edge battery maker that received millions from…
Christian Science Monitor
Scott Pruitt says CO2 isn’t a pollutant. What next on US climate change policy?
Christian Science Monitor discusses the role of the Environmental Protection Agency with William Yeatman. Where Democrats see health and environmental protection, Pruitt,…
Bloomberg BNA
EPA Climate Science Next Target After Pruitt’s Carbon Comments?
Blog
Courts Should Abandon Deference Doctrines; Congress Should Fund Review Capacity
Judicial deference has engendered an imbalance between Articles II and III of the U.S. government, and we should look to the Founding Fathers for a…
Blog
Proposed EPA Budget Cuts Raise Serious Concerns
Proposed cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency budget suggest a poorly thought out initial effort.
News Release
Response from the Competitive Enterprise Institute on President Trump’s Executive Order on the Waters of the United States
CEI has for years advocated for a reining in of the overreaching EPA authority over waters across the country. President Trump’s executive order to revisit…
Daily Caller
Trump May Have To ‘Repeal And Replace’ Another Obama Policy — The Clean Power Plan
The Daily Caller discusses the EPA’s Clean Power Plan with William Yeatman. Will Yeatman, a senior fellow at the libertarian Competitive Enterprise Institute,…
Blog
Trump Not Bound by Obama Volkswagen Settlement with EPA
The judicial settlement which was reached between Volkswagen and the U.S. Department of Justice last October infringes on President Trump’s Article II authority.
Blog
Congress Should Eliminate Obama’s Stream Protection Rule
Congress should eliminate the Department of Interior’s harmful Stream Protection Rule. …
Blog
White House Should Revisit Volkswagen Settlement with EPA
A coalition of free-market groups ask President Trump to investigate the VW emissions settlement with the EPA.
News Release
CEI Expert Responds to Trump’s Executive Orders on Pipelines
Statement from Competitive Enterprise Institute Senior Fellow William Yeatman on the news that President Trump signed executive orders to push forward the Keystone and…
Miami Herald
Trump Expected to Roll Back Obama Climate Initiatives Despite Easing of ‘Hoax’ Rhetoric
Miami Herald discusses Trump’s potential request for a remand of the Clean Power Plan with William Yeatman. Upon Trump’s taking office, one of…
Blog
Vox Begs the Question on Climate Change ‘Lukewarmers’
The key insight of the "lukewarmer" position on climate change is that policy has costs and that these costs can harm human beings just as…
Christian Science Monitor
Why the EPA nominee wants to be a political wrecking ball
The Christian Science Monitor discusses the Environmental Protection Agency’s regulations with William Yeatman. Since state offices already are increasingly shouldering the burden of…
ClimateWire
Watchdogs criticize Perry’s Texas jobs record ahead of confirmation
ClimateWire discusses environmental regulations under the Trump administration with CEI’s William Yeatman. President-elect Donald Trump has multiple options to defeat potential lawsuits in…
Bloomberg BNA
Scott Pruitt Could Tip Regulatory Power From EPA to States
Bloomberg BNA discusses Scott Pruitts nomination as the EPA Administrator with William Yeatman. A Pruitt EPA may be less inclined toward “pushing the…
Blog
Advice for EPA, Part 3: How to Restore Cooperative Federalism
The Environmental Protection Agency can achieve bipartisan environmental improvement by restoring harmony between itself and state governments. …
InsideClimate News
In Pruitt’s Hearing for EPA Chief, His Fossil Fuel Ties Will Take Center Stage
InsideClimate News discusses with William Yeatman Scott Pruitt’s nomination to be Administrator of the Enviornmental Protection Agency. Pruitt’s supporters say his environmental record…
Inside EPA
Congress: Pruitt sidesteps Carper’s queries
InsideEPA.com’s Daily Briefing discusses Scott Pruitt’s nomination to the Enviornmental Protection Agency with William Yeatman. Nevertheless, an official at the Competitive Enterprise Institute…
Blog
Misleading New Republic Hit on EPA Nominee Scott Pruitt Demonstrates Ignorance of Subject Matter
Blog
Key Omission Undercuts Attempted New York Times Exposé of EPA Nominee Scott Pruitt
Blog
Reaction to Reported EPA Fuel Efficiency Rule, Part 1: The Politics of the Matter
Blog
Scrutinizing Sen. Carper’s Questions for EPA Nominee Pruitt
Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) is unwilling to hold a confirmation hearing on President-elect Trump’s choice for Environmental Protection Agency administrator until the nominee, Oklahoma Attorney…
Blog
Activist Criticism Again Misses Mark on EPA Nominee Pruitt
It’s implausible to argue that Pruitt’s past acceptance of PAC donations are “unprecedented” for someone overseeing the…
Blog
Environmental Litigation Strategies and Defenses for Trump Era
Environmental litigation groups like the Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Center for Biological Diversity will pursue three types of lawsuits over the…
Blog
New York Times Misleads on U.S.-China Renewable Energy Trade
The source of demand for Chinese renewable energy exports are countries, like the U.S. and Europe, that have mandated and subsidized green energy.
Blog
Energy & Environmental Policy News: Multimedia Roundup
Observations and analysis on recent energy and environment news by senior fellow William Yeatman.
Bloomberg BNA
House Republicans Target EPA Methane Rule Under Review Act
Bloomberg BNA discusses with William Yeatman the House using the Congressional Review Act to target an EPA rule. House Republicans for the first…
Sun Sentinel
Counterpoint: Flimsiness of Obama’s regulatory legacy telling
President Obama’s regulatory-based legacy will be easy to unravel because most anything one president can do unilaterally, a subsequent president can undo. The flimsiness of…
The Federalist
Environmentalists Worry Trump’s EPA Pick Will Harm Unborn Children
The Federalist discusses the Environmental Defense Fund’s attack ad on Scott Pruitt with William Yeatman. Now here’s where things get fun. The Competitive…
Blog
Second Round of Advice for EPA: People Are Policy
The incoming Administration should fill lower ranking political appointees at the EPA with officials across a broad spectrum of state environmental programs and legal officers.
Blog
EPA Region 6 Throws Bombs to the Bitter End
Among the Environmental Protection Agency's 10 offices, by far the most aggressive during the Obama administration has been Region 6, which operates out of Dallas…
Blog
Environmental Defense Fund Attack Ad Full of Lies about EPA Nominee Scott Pruitt
The Environmental Defense Fund’s mendacious attack ad on Scott Pruitt demonstrates much that is wrong with the green movement.
Inside EPA
Pending Litigation Could Be Wild Card For Trump Climate Policy Rollbacks
Inside EPA discusses pending lawsuits on EPA regulations with William Yeatman. Litigation moving through federal courts may play a large role in determining…
Blog
Is It ‘Mission Accomplished’ for the EPA?
Does it make any sense to spend ever greater sums of money for ever fewer environmental benefits? That’s the very fair question that’s been asked…
Blog
What Paul Ehrlich’s “Eco-Catastrophe!” Tells Us about Climate Change Alarmism
In “Eco-Catastrophe,” the bad guys are “obtuse agriculturists and economists” whose false bill of goods (the green revolution) plunges the globe into anarchy. In real…
Blog
Trump Administration Will Have Legal Authority to Halt Clean Power Plan
It would not be illegal for President Trump to order the Environmental Protection Agency not to enforce the Clean Power Plan.
Blog
NRDC Is Wrong: Trump Can Issue Day 1 Executive Order Declaring Clean Power Plan Illegal
The Clean Power Plan in its current form is illegal, and there is no problem with the President issuing an executive order to this effect…