New York Times
Monopolies, Like Google, Are Innovators, Which Is Good for Consumers
Last week, the European Commission brought new antitrust charges against Google, alleging the company unfairly favors its own services on smartphones running its Android operating…
Washington Examiner
Environmentalists’ attack on free speech
The Washington Examiner reports on the attorneys general intimidation campaign to silence the debate on climate change, and their attack on CEI's First Amendment rights. …
WND
How Dems are Criminalizing Dissent
WND reports on the subpoena that CEI receieved from Attorney General Claude Walker and discusses Sam Kazman's response. One of the members of…
Blog
Congress Must Pass Email Privacy Act
This week, the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on the Email Privacy Act (H.R. 699) sponsored by Rep. Kevin Yoder (R-Kan.). The Competitive Enterprise…
Blog
Wind Energy Industry Suffers Fuel Shortage in 2015
Wind energy can’t compete. Instead, it exists only by the grace of favorable politics. On the supply side, the industry enjoys the federal production tax…
Blog
FSOC Misunderstands Leverage, Threatens Risk Management
The Financial Stability Oversight Council recently released its “Update on Review of Asset Management Products and Activities,” in which it questions “how certain asset…
Blog
The Proliferation of Federal Agency Guidance Documents
Recently we looked at some prominent recent examples of federal agency guidance—costly to-dos for the private sector. Today I wanted to say just a…
Cook County Record
Big Green’s out-sized influence over free speech
The Cook County Record reports on Center for Class Action Fairness's objection of the Southwest Airlines class action settlement. After the deal was…
National Review
A Chance to Stop Obamacare for Your IRA
A few weeks ago I warned about the Department of Labor’s “Fiduciary Rule” – Obamacare for your retirement accounts. Now comes a chance…
Investor's Business Daily
How Overregulation Is Killing The Economy
The Investor's Business Daily highlights Wayne Crews's annual Ten Thousand Commandments report on the costs of federal regulation. The Competitive Enterprise Institute publishes…
Daily Caller
John Kerry, Teresa Heinz Family Trusts Invest Heavily In Fossil Fuels
The Daily Caller discusses John Kerry and Terry Heinz-Kerry's trust investments in compainies closely tied to fossil fuel with Myron Ebell. Myron Ebell, director…
Cook County Record
Judge Awards $450k More to Attorneys Already Paid $1.6 Million for Class Action vs Southwest over Flight Drink Vouchers
After beating back an appeal of the settlement agreement that granted them more than $1.6 million in fees, the attorneys who represented a group of…
Blog
The Chilling Effect of Dark Matter
Here at CEI, we know all about the chilling effect of executive power. We also know quite a bit about the extent to which…
Letters
CEI Joins 11 Organizations Supporting Amendment to Cut Wasteful Spending
Blog
Bureaucratic Double Jeopardy: Feds Order University of New Mexico to Restrict “Unwelcome” Speech
Even if you convince one bureaucratic agency to leave you alone, another may come along and harass you. The possibilities are endless in an age…
The Hill
Department of labor overtime rule is a roadblock to a bright career path
Obama labor regulators are touting a plan to boost wages, but unfortunately for people living in the real world, it’s a bill of false goods.
Daily Caller
Coal Company Sues EPA To Stop A Regulation That Will Close More Coal Plants
The Daily Caller discusses the Enviornmental Protection Agency's mercury rule with William Yeatman. “These benefits are so miniscule because they are based on…
Daily Caller
Coal Company Sues EPA To Stop A Regulation That Will Close More Coal Plants
The Daily Caller discusses the Enviornmental Protection Agency's mercury rule with William Yeatman. “These benefits are so miniscule because they are based on…
Comment
CEI and Tech Freedom Comments to the FCC on “Set-Top Box” Regulations
Full Document Available in PDF The FCC claims it is trying to “Unlock the Box” to “empower consumers to choose how they…
Blog
When Bureaus Attack: Recent Examples of Federal Regulation by “Guidance Document”
In the recent paper “Why Congress Must End Regulation by Guidance Document,” I described the rise of federal agency regulatory dark matter and…
Blog
RealClear Radio Hour: State Budget Maven & Climate Show Trials
Blog
A Diverse Collection of Stakeholders Oppose the DOL’s Overtime Rule, Really
The Huffington Post recently ran a piece entitled, “Who Opposes Overtime Pay Increase, Really?” The author, Harlan Green, publisher at PopularEconomics.com, says, “That’s a…
Blog
TSCA “Reform”: Consensus May Again Prove Toxic
According to a story in Bloomberg BNA, a final vote on legislation to reform the nation’s chemical law—the Toxic Substances Control Act—may be imminent. The…
Blog
CEI’s Battered Business Bureau: The Week in Regulation
The number of new final regulations in 2016 passed the 1,000 mark on Friday. Last week’s new rules cover everything from semipostal stamps to vapor…
CQ Magazine
14 Influencers: A Thorn with a Smile
Argus Leader
Online sales tax coming to your inbox
Argus Leader discusses the online sales tax with CEI's Jessica Melugin. In a letter to Congress in 2013, groups such as Americans for…
The Times
Climate change lobby wants to kill free speech
The Times reports on the subpoena CEI recieved from an attorney general as part of the intimidation campaign to silence the debate on climate change.
Financial Times
Climate change skeptics must be able to speak out
Financial Times discusses the subpoena CEI recieved as part of the attorneys general intimidation campaign to silence the debate on climate change. The…
Daily Caller
Opposition Grows To Liberal AGs Targeting Global Warming Skeptics
The Daily Caller mentions Kent Lassman and Sam Kazman's oped in the Washington Post on the subpoena CEI recieved from Attorney General Claude Walker. …
The Hill
Court holds fate of Obama’s climate legacy
The Hill discusses Obama's consideration of Judge Sri Srinivasan to replace Justice Scalia with CEI's William Yeatman. In private practice, he defended ExxonMobil…
The Washington Post
The Environmental Campaign that Punishes Free Speech
With seven state attorneys general and Al Gore sharing a New York City stage, there was no doubt about it: It was showtime for…
Forbes
Celebrating International Mother Earth Day With A Normal Western Civilization Gas Can
It’s the weekend after International Mother Earth Day 2016, and the United States signed the Paris Climate Agreement. To President Barack Obama, the…
The Hill
Palestine is latest GOP offensive in climate change wars
The Hill discusses GOP efforts to dismantle the Paris climate agreement with Myron Ebell. Myron Ebell, who leads the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI),…
Blog
175 Countries Sign Paris Climate Treaty at UN Headquarters on International Mother Earth Day
Letters
CEI Joins Coalition to Oppose Taxpayer Bailouts for Government-Run Insurance Schemes
Full Document Available as PDF Dear Representative, On behalf of the millions of citizens represented by the undersigned groups, we write in…
Blog
Give Job Seekers a Break: Get Government Out of the Licensing Business
Public policy easing union organizing is not an economic cure-all, and really wouldn’t help at all—no matter how many times union-backed politicians say so (see…
Blog
Labor Department’s “Persuader Rule” Gives Unfair Advantage to Unions
The Department of Labor’s “persuader rule,” which is set to go into effect on Monday, April 25, will give unions a new tool to…
Daily Caller
Be The Earth Day You Want To See
With Earth Day upon us, millions of Americans will be looking for a way to observe the event and celebrate the planet’s bounty and resources.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta streetcar ridership takes a plunge in 2016
The Alanta Journal-Constitution quotes Marc Scribner on recent developments with the Atlanta streetcar: But Marc Scribner, who tracks streetcar projects across the country as…
Washington Post
Scientific silencers on the left are trying to shut down climate skepticism
The Washington Post reports on Attorney General Claude Walker's issue of a subpoena for CEI documents, part of the attorneys general intimidation campaign to silence the…
Heartland Institute
Obama Administration Disregards Congress, Gives $500 Million to U.N. Climate Fund
The Heartland Institute discusses White House reprograming of other funds for the Green Climate Fund with Myron Ebell. “The Obama administration’s action is…
The Atlanta Jornal-Constitution
Atlanta streetcar ridership takes a plunge in 2016
The Atlanta Jornal-Constitution discusses streetcar ridership with Marc Scribner. But Marc Scribner, who tracks streetcar projects across the country as a research fellow…
Daily Signal
Victim of AGs’ Climate Change Inquisition Fights Back
The Daily Signal reports on CEI's response to the subpoena they recieved from the attorney general for the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Competitive Enterprise…
Real Clear Politics
Climate Alarmism Muzzling Independent Science
Real Clear Politics reporst on the subpoena CEI recieved as part of the capaign launched by attorneys general to silence the debate on climate change.
Blog
Easing Union Organizing Won’t Fix the Economy
Most progressive policy makers view labor unions as the panacea that would address the problem of stagnate wages and disappearing middle class. A proposal to…
Blog
The Senate Must Confront the President on the Paris Climate Treaty
On Friday April 22, Earth Day, the White House will purport to commit the United States to the Paris Climate Agreement. The Obama administration claims…
Blog
Free Market Road Show: The Sharing Economy
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CEI to AG Walker: Withdraw Un-American, Unlawful Subpoena or Expect a Fight
Yesterday, the Competitive Enterprise Institute responded to U.S. Virgin Islands Attorney General Claude Walker, who recently sent us a subpoena demanding we turn over…
Daily Caller
Five Climate Lies The Attorneys General Aren’t Investigating
The Daily Caller reports on the attorneys general attack on CEI's free speech to silence the debate on climate change. The attorneys general…
Daily Caller
Wasserman Schultz Slammed For Opposition To E-Cigarettes
The Daily Caller discusses with CEI's Michelle Minton, the Democratic National Commitee chair's criticism of the e-cigarette industry. “The industry exists because smokers…