News Release
Biden EPA Fuel Standard Will Impose All-Pain, No-Gain Policies on Consumers
The Biden administration today announced a final rule raising fuel economy standards for cars and small trucks, reversing a more sensible Trump-era rule. The new…
News Release
CEI Commends Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin for Promise To Withdraw Virginia from Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
WASHINGTON – This week, Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin announced his intention to withdraw the Commonwealth of Virginia from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a…
News Release
As Washington Democrats Consider Imposing a Carbon Tax, Americans Voice Unwillingness to Pay More to Combat Climate Change
Senator Joe Manchin’s (D-WV) opposition to the so-called Clean Electricity Payment Program (CEPP) has the White House and Congressional Democrats looking for alternative climate proposals…
News Release
New CEI Poll: Four in Ten Americans Unwilling to Spend $1 Annually on Higher Gas and Electricity Prices to Mitigate the Effects of Climate Change
WASHINGTON – The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) released a new poll today, gauging the public’s views on energy issues and climate change as…
Breitbart
‘Eco-Imperialists’ Preventing Forest Management Lead to Wildfires, Not Climate Change
Breitbart cites Director of the Center for Energy and Environment Myron Ebell on current U.S. wildfires: “The basic problem with our national…
Fox News
How Federal Regulation, not Climate Change, Explains California’s Wildfire Crisis: Experts
Fox News cites Director for the Center for Energy and Environment Myron Ebell on California’s wildfire crisis: “The problem is not global…
The Daily Caller
Think COVID-19 Lockdowns Were Bad? Climate Lockdowns Could Be Next
The Daily Caller cites Director for the Center for Energy and Environment Myron Ebell on climate change: “The Biden-Harris administration wants to…
News Release
Senate-Passed Infrastructure Bill Is a Gigantic, Counterproductive Spending Bill: CEI Analysis
The Senate today passed a complicated, controversial $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill. CEI policy experts criticized the mammoth bill as a plan that will do…
Inside Sources
In Major Win for Energy Sector, SCOTUS Rules in Favor of PennEast Pipeline
Inside Sources cites Director of the Center for Energy and Environment on eminent domain: Myron Ebell, director of the Center for Energy…
News Release
Biden Administration Move to Cancel ANWR Leases Raises Serious Legal Questions
The White House today announced it plans to cancel several leases for energy exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska. Director of…
News Release
More than One-third of Registered Voters Are Unwilling to Spend $1 Per Month on Climate Change Policies
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) released a new poll today, measuring public sentiment on energy issues and climate change. The poll, conducted by CRC…
Blog
Biden Administration’s Net-Zero Climate Agenda Is a Loser for Americans, International Energy Agency Confirms
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has just released two major reports that destroy the plausibility and advisability of the Biden administration’s net-zero climate agenda.
Inside Sources
Biden’s Risking U.S. Energy Independence for ‘Unattainable’ Green Goals, Experts Say
Inside Sources cites Director of the Center for Energy and Environment Myron Ebell on U.S. energy independence: Myron Ebell, director of the…
The Washington Times
Democrats Push ‘National Climate Bank’ to Fund Green-Energy Projects with U.S. Tax Dollars
The Washington Times cites Director for the Center for Energy and Environment Myron Ebell on the Biden administration’s loan program: “The Obama-Biden…
Blog
Biden’s Leaders Climate Summit: China 2, U. S. 0
I was only able to watch part of the Biden administration’s global Leaders Climate Summit, but expect there will be opportunities for repeated viewings…
Blog
Which Way Forward on Energy and the Environment
This Earth Day, we are likely to once again hear the too-common predictions of climate catastrophe and calls for ambitious—and costly—policies to address the problem.
The Washington Examiner
Our Conversation About the Environment is Broken. What is the Way Forward?
In 1970, Sen. Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin predicted that “accelerating rates of air pollution could become so serious by the 1980s that many…
Blog
John Kerry, an Unlikely Truth-Teller?
John Kerry, America’s special presidential envoy for climate, will be on the world stage during the Biden administration’s online global Leaders Summit on Climate.
News Release
Biden Plan to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 50 Percent Would Cripple Economy
The Biden administration is expected to call for cutting America’s greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030, a move that would have disastrous consequences for…
The Washington Times
Countries with Freer Economies More Likely to Have Better Environmental Health, Report Finds
The Washington Times cites Director for the Center for Energy and Environment Myron Ebell on fossil fuels: But as Mr. Biden tries to…
Climate Depot
‘Green Fraud’ Book Review: ‘Exposes Elaborate Con Game’ – The Roadmap for the ‘Great Reset’
Climate Depot cites CEI’s GND video series: According to the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), a libertarian think tank, phasing out fossil fuels…
Washington Times
Democrats Push Biden to Adopt Carbon Tax to Help Pay for Infrastructure Spending
The Washington Times cites Director of the Center for Energy and Environment Myron Ebell on the idea of a carbon tax: “The…
The Liberty Beacon
Roadmap for the ‘Great Reset’
The Liberty Beacon blog cites CEI’s GND video series: According to the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), a libertarian think tank, phasing out…
The Washington Times
Big Oil Increasingly Open To Carbon Tax To Head Off More Stringent Environmental Regulations
The Washington Times cites Director of the Center for Energy and Environment Myron Ebell on the carbon tax: Myron Ebell, the director…
Arizona Daily Sun
Texas Blizzard is a Preview of Biden’s Blackout Agenda
The huge blizzard that knocked out electricity for several days for 10 million Texans in mid-February is a scary preview of what life would be…
The Washington Times
Biden’s Climate Agenda Likely To Push Gas Prices Even Higher
The Washington Times cites Director for th Center for Energy and Environment Myron Ebell on gas prices: “People are more sensitive to…
News Release
Covid ‘Relief’ Bill Spends Billions on Items Unrelated to Crisis Recovery and Risks Inflation
The House of Representatives is expected to vote this week on final passage of the ‘American Rescue Plan Act,’ a $1.9 trillion proposal touted as…
News Release
House Democrats’ Climate Bill Will Restrict Domestic Energy Sources and Raise Americans’ Utility Bills
House Energy and Commerce committee Democrats today introduced a new bill, the so-called CLEAN Future Act, aimed at restricting the use of reliable energy sources…
The Daily Caller
Democrats Keep Getting Their Climate Change Doomsday Predictions Wrong
The Daily Caller cites Director for the Center for Energy and Environment Myron Ebell on incorrect climate predictions: Competitive Enterprise Institute environmental…
News Release
CEI Opposes Haaland Confirmation Based on House Record Hostile to Property Rights and Resource Development on Federal Lands
WASHINGTON, DC – President Biden’s nominee to be Secretary of the Interior Representative Deb Haaland (D-NM) answered questions before a Senate committee ahead of a…
Letters
CEI Joins Coalition Urging Congress to Reject the Restoration of Earmarks
Dear Member of Congress, On behalf of the undersigned organizations and our millions of members and supporters from across the country, we urge you to…
News Release
Grid Problems in Texas Won’t Be Solved by More Subsidies and Mandates for Wind and Solar
Freezing temperatures and strong storms led to widespread blackouts in Texas over the weekend, with more than 4 million Texans living without power. Director of…
The Pipeline
Joe Biden’s Climate Nirvana — and Ours
Since Washington was locked down on inauguration day, President Joe Biden was free to spend his first day in office signing stacks of Executive Orders rather than…
Blog
President Biden’s Climate Day: The Entire Federal Government Will Be Focused on the “Climate Crisis”
Climate was the White House’s theme for January 27. President Joe Biden gave a major speech and signed two Executive Orders. Top climate advisers…
News Release
CEI Endorses POWER Act to Halt Biden Administration Bans on Energy and Mineral Leasing on Federal Lands
Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) today introduced the Protecting Our Wealth of Energy Resources (POWER) Act, which, if enacted, would prohibit the Biden Administration from blocking…
Blog
President Biden Moves Quickly to Unleash Regulatory Juggernaut
Not being distracted by the usual enjoyable folderol of inaugural parades and balls meant that President Joe Biden had time in his first day in…
The Washington Times
Boebert Bill To Block Paris Climate Agreement Reignites Senate Ratification Debate
The Washington Times cites Director for the Center for Energy and Environment Myron Ebell on the Paris Agreement: Opponents had urged Trump…
The Washington Examiner
Biden’s Quest to Reverse Trump-Era Environmental Rollbacks Could Take Years
The Washington Examiner cites Director of the Center for Energy and Environment Myron Ebell on regulatory reform and the Biden administration: “Changing…
News Release
EPA Administrator Wheeler Unveils Final Science Transparency Rule During CEI Forum
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler unveiled the agency’s final rule on strengthening transparency in pivotal science this morning during a policy…
News Release
New Law Banning Refrigerant Will Harm Consumers and Benefit Special Interests
WASHINGTON, DC – Congress intends to include ban a chemical commonly used in air-conditioners and refrigerators and extend billions in existing government spending toward unreliable…
Blog
Biden Names Climate Alarmists to All Top Environment and Energy Positions
President-elect Joe Biden this week announced his choices for the top environment and energy positions in his administration. All are climate alarmists, which confirms earlier…
News Release
Senators Should Object to Manchin-Murkowski Costly Energy and Climate Restrictions
Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) are pushing a plan to attach far-reaching energy and climate legislation to the government funding bill currently…
Blog
New CEI Video Series Looks at the Effects of Green New Deal Policies
In 2019, New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortezand Massachusetts Senator and fellow progressive Ed Markey introduced the Green New Deal, a Back-to-the-Dark-Ages manifesto that seeks to…
News Release
Trump Administration Denies Alaska Pebble Mine Permit, Denying Economic Opportunity to the State and the Nation
The Trump administration, via the Army Corps of Engineers, today denied a permit to the Pebble Mine in Alaska, to the great detriment of economic…
Blog
John Kerry, a Tall Climate Envoy
President-elect Joe Biden announced on Monday that he would appoint John Kerry as his administration’s “special presidential climate envoy.” The title is misleading: Kerry will…
Bloomberg Law
Biden Agenda Faces GOP Legal Attacks and Skeptical Trump Judges
Bloomberg Law cites CEI senior fellow Myron Ebell on the legal flaws of Biden’s climate agenda. Ebell, who is in charge of environmental and energy…
The Washington Post
A Biden victory positions America for a 180-degree turn on climate change
The Washington Post cites CEI senior fellow Myron Ebell on climate change. Myron Ebell, who directs the Center for Energy and…
The Intelligencer-Edwardsville
Commentary: Myron Ebell — Treaty withdrawal a cause to celebrate
The most consequential deregulatory action taken by President Donald J. Trump — the withdrawal of the United States from the Paris climate treaty — finally…
The Heartland Institute
Bye, Bye Paris, What’s Next? A Post-Election Analysis
The Heartland Institute cites CEI senior fellow Myron Ebell on Paris Climate Agreement. Myron Ebell, director of the Center for Energy and Environment at the…
The Washington Post
The Energy 202: Combating climate change hangs in the balance along with the presidential election
The Washington Post cites CEI senior fellow Myron Ebell on environment deregulation. Myron Ebell, who directs energy and environmental policy for the libertarian Competitive Enterprise…