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Tell the Energy Department What You Think about Your Dishwasher

  • By: Devin Watkins
  • 05/18/2018

Thirty-five years ago, dishwashers cleaned dishes in about an hour. Sadly today, due to federal regulations, there are no dishwashers that do so. This isn’t progress—it’s…

Consumer Freedom

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Liberate Dishwashers from Federal Efficiency Mandates

  • By: Devin Watkins
  • 03/23/2018

Thirty-five years ago dishwashers cleaned dishes in about an hour. Sadly, today there are no dishwashers that do so due to federal government regulations. This…

Consumer Freedom

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CEI Petition to Department of Energy on Dishwasher Cycle Times

  • By: Devin Watkins, Sam Kazman
  • 03/20/2018

View Full Document as PDF The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), submits this petition for rulemaking under 5 U.S.C. § 553(e). We request…

Energy and Environment

Inside Sources

Freedom of Speech Should Protect All Opinion

  • By: Devin Watkins
  • 03/09/2018

President Trump has called this country’s libel laws a sham and a disgrace and said he wants to change libel laws to allow liability for…

Free Speech

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CEI Asks State Department to Turn Over Records of Contacts with Paris Climate Treaty’s Media Cheerleaders

  • By: Devin Watkins
  • 02/08/2018

The Obama State Department pushed the line, via media contacts it called "validators," that the Paris Climate Agreement was not a treaty and didn’t need…

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Cities’ Global Warming Lawsuits Raise ‘Serious Questions of Bond Fraud,’ Attorneys Say

  • By: Devin Watkins, Sam Kazman
  • 02/02/2018

The Daily Caller covers CEI’s letter to the Securities Exchange Commision (SEC) notifying them of potential municipal bond fraud. A libertarian think tank has…

Business and Government

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SEC Should Investigate California Cities for Securities Fraud Related to Climate Risks

  • By: Devin Watkins, Sam Kazman
  • 02/01/2018

View Full Document as PDF Dear Ms. Gaunt: It has come to our attention that various municipalities expect substantial future financial harm,…

Energy and Environment

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SEC Should Investigate California Municipalities for Climate-Related Securities Fraud

  • By: Devin Watkins
  • 02/01/2018

It appears a variety of California municipalities have gotten themselves in hot water. To investors of their bonds, they have claimed that they are unable…

Banking and Finance

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The First Amendment Protects the Right Not to Speak

  • By: Devin Watkins
  • 01/30/2018

Many local governments are abusing product disclosure mandates because it costs the local government nothing, yet enables them to push an ideological message. This will…

CEI Litigation

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