Washington Examiner
Critics Increase Pressure on Paris Climate Deal as Trump Mulls Exit
Washington Examiner reports on Marlo Lewis and Chris Horner’s study on the cost of remaining in the Paris Climate Treaty. The free-market Competitive…
Washington Examiner
Groups Prod Senate to Undo Obama’s Fracking Rule as Deadline Nears
Washington Examiner reports on a coalition letter signed by CEI to urge senators to pass a bill repealing an Obama-era climate change rule. …
InsideSources
Help the World’s Poor with a Bitcoin and Blockchain Future
In this age of virtual reality and talk of space elevators and head transplants, it can be hard to know what is real versus “fake…
Letters
CEI Joins Coalition Letter Urging Congress to Reject BLM Methane Rule (H.J. Res.36)
Blog
Paris Agreement: Why Trump Should Ignore Obama Officials’ Legal Counsel
President Trump is expected to decide soon whether he will keep his campaign promise to “cancel” America’s participation in the Paris Agreement.
News Release
CEI Releases New Report on Serious Economic and Legal Consequences of Remaining in Paris Climate Agreement
Today the Competitive Enterprise Institute released “The Legal and Economic Case Against the Paris Climate Treaty,” a new report outlining why President Donald…
News Release
Polluted Logic Taints WHO Reports on Children’s Health
A misleading World Health Organization report defines children's health challenges as driven by environmental hazards and ignores the real issue.
Study
The Legal and Economic Case Against the Paris Climate Treaty
Failure to withdraw from the Paris Climate Treaty would entrench a constitutionally damaging precedent, set President Trump’s domestic and foreign policies in conflict, and ensure…
News Release
CEI Calls Working Families Flexibility Act “Common-Sense Legislation”
Daily Caller
Inside the Coal Industry’s Split Over The Paris Agreement
The Daily Caller discusses those advising President Trump to stay in the Paris Climate Treaty with Marlo Lewis. Paris agreement critics said it’s…
The Fiscal Times
How Congress Could Make Steve Bannon’s Wildest Dream Come True
The Fiscal Times discuses regulatory reform barriers that the administration faces with Wayne Crews. But as Wayne Crews of the right-wing Competitive Enterprise…
Washington Free Beacon
GOP Urges Acosta to Block Obama Retirement Rule
The Washington Free Beacon discusses why the Department of Labor should eliminate the fiduciary rule with John Berlau. Labor watchdogs also have called…
Bloomberg BNA
Lawmakers Gird for 2018 Fight as Budget Bill Retains EPA Funds
Bloomberg BNA discusses budget cuts at the Environmental Protection Agency with Myron Ebell. But both sides are now girding for the fiscal 2018…
Washington Times
Pulling the Administrative State off Autopilot
Reducing burdensome regulations could unleash the full potential of America This past weekend marked President Trump’s 100th day in office. While tax cuts and health…
Law 360
Era of Mammoth Cases Tests Remedy of Last Resort
Law 360 discusses a Google class action settlement and cy pres class actions with teh director of CEI’s Center for Class Action Fairness Ted Frank.
Comment
Options for Addressing President Trump’s Paris Climate Pact Promise
View Full Document as PDF This memo analyzes two principal options for dealing with the Paris Climate Agreement, U.S. participation in which…
Study
Polluted Logic Taints WHO Reports on Children’s Health
View Full Document as PDF The world has been getting wealthier in recent decades. That economic growth has enabled millions of people…
Blog
European Populism Is Nationalist Conservatism
As European conservative governments deploy authority and ignore economic forces, it is likely that the problems facing their nations will intensify rather than decrease.
Blog
Celebrate National Small Business Week
There is no better way to celebrate National Small Business Week than for the Trump administration to rollback red tape that discourages business formation and…
Washington Times
Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson snared in growing pursuit of personal Email
The Washington Times reports on CEI’s FOIA case against White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director John Holdren. In that case,…
Washington Examiner
The Wire Act was Already Restored
In his April 24 op-ed, lobbyist Jon Bruning presented several alternative facts about our nation’s gambling laws and history. The most egregious error was…
News Release
CEI’s John Berlau Warns Trump Against Return to Glass-Steagall Banking Restrictions
President Trump said on Monday in a Bloomberg News interview that he was considering breaking up America’s biggest banks. “I’m looking at that right now,”…
Litigation
Kumar v. Salov North America Corp., et al.
On May 2, 2017, CEI’s Center for Class Action Fairness (CCAF) filed an objection on behalf of a class member to the proposed settlement in Kumar v.
New York Times
Fact-Checking President Trump Through His First 100 Days
The New York Times reports on President Trump highlighting CEI’s estimated cost of regulation from Wayne Crews’ annual Ten Thousand Commandments report. During…
Reason.com
Trump’s First 100 Days: At Least He Picked Some Good People to Run Things
Reason.com discusses the FCC’s broadband privacy rule with Ryan Radia. Trump and Congress teamed-up to use the Congressional Review Act 13 times during…
Reuters
Environmental Protesters Swarm Outside White House as Trump Hits Milestone
Reuters discusses the impact of the People’s Climate March with Myron Ebell. Since Trump’s inauguration, there have been national protests focused on issues…
Bloomberg BNA
EPA Science Policies Go Under Congressional Microscope
Bloomberg BNA discusses with Marlo Lewis two bills setting limits on the science driving Environmental Protection Agency regulations. Industry advocates, however, say the…
Blog
Democrats Kill Vape Amendment, Possibly Thousands of Americans
It is a dark day for science-based regulation. In the early hours of Monday morning, Congress finally rolled out its $1 trillion budget deal in…
Letters
CEI Leads Coalition Supporting Working Families Flexibility Act
View Full Document as PDF Dear Members of Congress: On behalf of the undersigned organizations, we write in support of the Working…
Forbes
New Trump Executive Order Seeks To Boost Agriculture And Rural America
“My farmer died.” —Punchline to the old joke about why a USDA employee is weeping at his desk The ratio of number of farmers…
Blog
This Week in Ridiculous Regulations
While most of the week’s new final regulations are either routine or procedural, they still range from rural phone calls to airplane batteries.
Blog
Trump Issues Executive Order on ‘America-First Offshore Energy Strategy’
President Trump issued an executive order on Friday directing the Departments of Interior and Commerce to “encourage energy innovation, exploration, and production” in U.S. offshore areas including…
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…
Blog
White House Debate on Paris Climate Treaty Heats Up
Senior members of the Trump Administration met on Thursday afternoon to try to agree on a recommendation to President Trump on whether and how to…
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…
Blog
Technology and Process Failures at TSA
The Transportation Security Administration has a history of tripping over itself to rush out technologies that are ill-considered and invasive.
Citation
VIDEO: Marlo Lewis Discusses the Paris Climate Treaty on One America News
Letters
CEI Joins Coalition Letter Supporting Financial CHOICE Act
Blog
March for Climate Another Demonstration of Groupthink
Trump threatens the climate industrial complex by questioning its certitudes, demoting its policy priorities, and proposing to cut its budget.
The Spectator Australia
“Buy Ethical” Will Only Harm the World’s Poorest
For the past four years, Baptist World Aid Australia have been releasing their annual Behind the Barcode report into the working conditions of…
Forbes
Reform Bill Trades Foreign Aid For Corporate Welfare
A new foreign aid bill soon to be introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives looks to substitute U.S. development assistance in favor of private…
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.
Blog
People’s Climate March: Recycled Humor for a Sustainable Society
We're recycling our March for Science jokes from last week for tomorrow’s People’s Climate March, with a few additions.
Politico
No Obamacare vote this week
Politico’s Morning Money highlights John Berlau’s review of President Trump’s first one hundred days in office. TRUMP IN REVIEW — CEI’s John Berlau:…
Blog
The Future of Liberty and Democracy in Europe
The classical liberal tradition calls for respecting the liberty of individuals and of conscience, the freedom to trade goods and services, and even the mobility…
Investor's Business Daily
World Bank And IMF Get African Development Wrong, Again
It’s springtime in Washington D.C., which, for the uninitiated, means not only cherry blossoms and Nationals’ baseball, but the spectacle of the World Bank’s and…
Townhall
Restoring Archaic Law Bad for States and Taxpayers
Townhall highlights a coalition letter led by CEI opposing a regulation on online gambling. In fact, a coalition of free market groups led…
InsideSources
Senate Confirms Trump’s Labor Secretary Pick
InsideSources highlights CEI’s coalition letter’s estimation of regulatory costs from the Department of Labor. Those opposed to the last administration also hope the…
Washington Free Beacon
Acosta Is New Secretary of Labor
The Washington Free Beacon discusses the confirmation of Alexander Acosta as Labor Secretary with John Berlau. Conservative legal experts urged Acosta to act…
Daily Caller
White House Aides Huddle To Discuss Breaking A Trump Campaign Promise
The Daily Caller discusses withdrawing U.S. commitment to the Paris Climate Treaty with Myron Ebell. The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) launched a second…
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…
National Review
Trump’s 100 Days Have Made a Good Start on Regulation
National Review highlights Wayne Crews’ calculated cost of regulation from his annual Ten Thousand Commandments report. While a regulatory improvement commission would help…
Consumer Reports
How Consumer Financial Protections Could Be Rolled Back
Consumer Reports discusses removing the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with John Berlau. Supporters of the current structure, in which the…
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…
NPR
Energy Star Program For Homes And Appliances Is On Trump’s Chopping Block
NPR discusses the EPA’s Energy Star program with Myron Ebell. Another critic is Myron Ebell, a climate change skeptic with the Competitive Enterprise…
Scientific American
One Big Legal Obstacle Keeps Trump from Undoing Greenhouse Gas Regulation
Scientific American discusses removing the EPA’s endangerment finding with Myron Ebell. The rule’s fundamental power is exactly why Pruitt has to remove it,…
Vox
Trump’s FCC Chair Just Declared War on Obama’s Net Neutrality Rules
Vox discusses the Federal Communication Commission’s net neutrality rules with Ryan Radia. Now, surprisingly, Republicans like Sen. John Thune (R-SD), the chair of…
News Release
CEI Priorities for New Labor Secretary Acosta
The Senate on Thursday confirmed Alexander Acosta to head the U.S. Department of Labor. CEI experts on labor and financial policy, respectively, offered their thoughts…
Blog
Reason TV Interviews Ajit Pai on the Future of the Internet
Blog
Time to Repeal Special Interest ‘Prevailing Wage’ Laws
If Congress passes a massive infrastructure spending plan, it is imperative to ensure the best rate of return for tax dollars spent on these projects.
Forbes
New Trump Executive Orders Spotlight Interior And Education ‘Regulatory Dark Matter’
Executive orders and proclamations expanding the scope of Washington over the nation’s business characterized much of the Barack Obama presidency. The former president himself–not just…
Washington Times
Trump Advisers Propose Declaring Obama’s Climate Deal A ‘Treaty,’ Sending It To Senate To Die
The Washington Times reports on White House advisors meeting on the Paris Climate Treaty and the ideas of CEI’s Christopher Horner and Marlo Lewis discussed. …
Blog
Five Reasons President Trump Should Withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement
President Trump should keep his campaign promise to withdraw from the Paris Climate Treaty and submit it to the Senate with a recommendation against ratification.
Blog
Reviewing Trump’s First 100 Days
This Saturday, April 29th, marks President Trump’s 100th day in office, which offers us the opportunity to reflect on what his administration has accomplished so…
Blog
Activist Attorneys General Urge Trump to Stay in Paris Agreement
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is the gift that keeps on giving. Yesterday, Schneiderman and 13 other Democratic attorneys general urged President…
Blog
An Overdue Review of the Antiquated Antiquities Act
Kudos to President Trump for signing the Antiquities Act executive order today directing Interior Secretary Zinke to undertake the long overdue review of the misuses and…
Letters
CEI Joins Coalition Urging Missouri Governor to Champion Public Sector Union Reform
View Full Document as PDF Dear Governor Greitens, In your first month in office, Missouri joined a growing majority of states to…
Letters
CEI Joins Coalition Letter Urging for Modernization of Tobacco Control Act
Letters
CEI Joins Coalition Letter to McMorris Rogers Supporting USA Act
Letters
CEI Joins Coalition Letter Urging Defunding of Sunshot Solar Program
News Release
CEI Calls USA Act an “Important Step” to Restoring Separation of Powers
The Competitive Enterprise Institute supports the Unauthorized Spending Accountability (USA) Act of 2017, aimed at reducing and bringing transparency to executive branch spending. Ryan Young,…
News Release
CEI Commends FCC Plan to Roll Back Net Neutrality Regulations Threatening Internet Freedom
CEI commends Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai's plans for rolling back harmful net neutrality regulations that hamper Internet freedom and consumer access to more…
News Release
CEI Applauds Trump Executive Order To Counter Massive Land Grabs
President Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday directing Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to review the designation of dozens of national monuments on federal lands. The…
Blog
VIDEO: CEI Releases Second Digital Ad Urging Trump to Withdraw from Paris Climate Agreement (April 26, 2017)
White House senior advisers continue to meet about the future of U.S. involvement in the Paris Climate Treaty, even though President Trump made a campaign…
Bloomberg
State Department Memo Boosts Case to Stay in Paris Climate Pact
Bloomberg discusses the Paris Climate Treaty with Marlo Lewis and Chris Horner. Opponents of the agreement, including Marlo Lewis, a senior fellow at…
Fortune
How Trump’s FCC Head Plans To Attack Net Neutrality
Fortune discusses with Ryan Radia the Federal Communication Commision’s Chairman Ajit Pai’s expected announcement to eliminate net neutrality rules. Already, the various sides…
Wall Street Journal
Who Watches a Murder Streamed Live on Facebook?
The Wall Street Journal discusses regulating social media live streaming with Ryan Radia. With nearly two billion users, Facebook wants to be not…
CNBC
Banks and Trump: ‘The Rally Has Met Reality’
CNBC discusses President Trumps banking and finance policy agenda with John Berlau. Trump’s rhetoric has alternated between being tough on Wall Street risk-taking…
Politico Morning Money
So … No Shutdown: Financial Fixes Report
Politico’s Morning Money highlights John Berlau’s report on five key financial reforms. FINANCIAL FIXES REPORT — The Competitive Enterprise Institute on Tuesday is…
Blog
Left-wing Groups Attack Civil Rights Official for Enforcing Civil Rights Act
Civil rights laws do not contain exceptions for particular races, much less countenance segregation.
Citation
VIDEO: Myron Ebell Discusses Paris Climate Treaty on C-SPAN
Watch Myron Ebell discuss the Paris Climate Treaty on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal. [VIDEO::https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt_KD2ROJRc&feature=youtu.be::aVideoStyle]…
Blog
CFPB Delays Prepaid Card Rule
Earlier today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced it will delay its 1,700-page prepaid spending cards rule until April 1, 2018. This follows…
Blog
California’s Proposed Automated Vehicle Regulations under Fire
Unless they cease attempting to involve their state in matters of federal responsibility, California’s politicians and bureaucrats will have blood on their hands.
Comment
Comments of CEI, R Street, et al. on Proposed California DMV Driverless Car Regulations
News Release
To Boost Innovation, FCC Should Roll Back Net Neutrality Regulations
Over the past decade, the FCC has sought to transform itself into the Internet’s regulator in spite of a clear directive to the contrary from…
Blog
Energy Policy in Trump’s First 100 Days
President Trump’s energy and climate record is one of solid achievement so far. However, until Trump cancels America’s participation in it, the Paris Agreement will…
Blog
Senate Moves to Confirm Acosta as Labor Secretary
There is much work to do at the Department of Labor. The Obama administration’s DOL spent eight years imposing huge costs on the economy and…
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…
Letters
CEI Joins Coalition Letter Urging FCC to Repeal Data Retention Rule
View Full Document as PDF Dear Chairman Pai, Commissioner Clyburn, and Commissioner O’Rielly, More than a year and half ago, a coalition…
Citation
VIDEO: Chris Horner Discusses Paris Climate Treaty on Fox News
Watch Chris Horner discuss withdrawing U.S. commitment to the Paris Climate Treaty on Fox News Special Report. [VIDEO::https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdrbVdB8Yto&feature=youtu.be::aVideoStyle] …
News Release
Court Criticizes Schneiderman’s Evasion of Open Records Law
A new court ruling criticizes New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s illegal stonewalling of public records requests. At issue in the case is the key…
CapX
Only Economic Freedom Will Keep Africa Growing
Ever since African nations began to gain independence in the 1960s, Western countries have looked to assist their economic development. While the nature of this…
Bloomberg
Republican Cracks Emerge in Trump’s Coal-Heavy Energy Plan
Bloomberg reports on Myron Ebell’s speech on Trump’s climate policy at the Bloomberg New Energy Finance conference. That tug-of-war will play out in the…
Daily Caller
Judgeless Administrative Subpoenas Are An Enemy Of Free Speech
The Daily Caller reports on the subpoena CEI recieved from the U.S. Virgin Islands Attorney General. In the spring of 2016 after meeting…
Blog
Big Changes to Banking and Finance Regulation on the Horizon
Major reform of banking and finance regulation could be coming soon to Washington, D.C.
Newsmax
Climate Accord Withdrawal Divides White House
Newsmax discusses the Paris Climate Treaty’s impact with Richard Morrison. As Richard Morrison at the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) warns, “The Paris Climate…
Bloomberg
China Doubts U.S. Climate Pledge as Trump Mulls Paris Withdrawal
Bloomberg discuss withdrawing U.S. comittment to the Paris Climate Treaty with Marlo Lewis. Conservatives arguing in favor of a U.S. pullout from Paris…
Bloomberg BNA
Objector: Flight Fare Conspiracy Settlement Unfair
Bloomberg BNA reports on CEI’s Center for Class Action Fairness’ objection to the settlement in Transpacific Passenger Air Trans. Antitrust Litig. This is…
One News Now
The Truth About GMOs
One News Now discusses concerns about Monsanto’s genetically modified seeds and pesticides with Angela Logomasini. This month, a tribunal brought together by a…
Letters
CEI Joins Open Letter Congress Urging a Stop to the Obama Administration’s Fiduciary Rule
View Full Document as PDF Members of Congress: On behalf of the undersigned free market organizations representing millions of Americans, we urge…