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…