The Free Beacon
Sierra Club: Saudi Arabia ‘Our Best Ally’ in Keystone Fight
US News
The Clean Power Plan’s Dirty Secret
The Environmental Protection Agency recently announced it would finalize three enormous rules regulating carbon emissions this summer, as a part of the Obama administration’s plan…
One News Now
One observation on Keystone: Legal but not ‘thrilled’ over land grab
One News Now talks to William Yeatman on Keystone XL: OneNewsNow sought comment from William Yeatman, a senior fellow specializing in energy policy…
Products
Obama Operative Joins Taxpayer-Backed Solar Company
Products
Spanish Firm Under Federal Investigation Wins $230 Million in DOE Subsidies
A Spanish renewable energy company under investigation by at least two federal agencies unveiled a new biofuel production facility on Friday that will receive hundreds…
InsideEPA
CEI Pushes Air Law Reform To Bolster State-EPA ‘Cooperative Federalism’
Conservative think tank the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) is suggesting Congress pursue Clean Air Act amendments to correct what it sees as an imbalance in…
National Review
Access Is Power
The foxes are running the henhouse at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In academic parlance, this is a textbook example of “regulatory capture” —…
Study
How the EPA Is Undermining Cooperative Federalism under the Clean Air Act
When it crafted legislation to fight air pollution, Congress relied on America’s unique system of federalism. For most of the Clean Air Act’s history, states and…
The Daily Caller
Report: Accept International Climate Agreements To Save South Asia
“Aside from the impossibility of projecting anything a hundred years into the future, there are countervailing reports and studies that suggest the exact opposite. It…
Study
Deadline Citizen Suits: An Idea Whose Time Has Expired
This study was originally published at the Applachian Natural Resources Law Journal. Read Full Study Here Two statutory devices — deadlines…
Study
The EPA’s War Against the States
This study was originally published at the Capital Research Center Read Full Study Here Congress intended the Environmental Protection Agency to…
Investor's Business Daily
States Tire Of Regulatory Overreach, Take Obama EPA To Court
William Yeatman is mentioned in an Investor's Business Daily article discussing why 12 states are suing the Environmental Protection Agency over proposed rules on greenhouse-gas emissions:…
The Daily Signal
Panel: Obama’s Emissions Regulations Mark ‘Unprecedented’ Executive Expansion
The Environmental Protection Agency kicks off public hearings today on its new carbon dioxide and greenhouse gas emissions regulations for power plants. But before the…
Study
EPA’s Illegitimate Climate Rule
Full Document Available in PDF On June 2, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a proposed rule under the Clean Air…
Citation
Worried Moms: Global Warming Endangers Our Kids
From CBN News: WASHINGTON — Moms who are hot to stop global warming came with their kids to ask Congress Wednesday to…
The Freebeacon
Obama Allies Court Corporate Support for Climate Regulations
Whether the administration’s proposed policies will address those impacts is another question. “It’s weird that their argument is that [anthropogenic global warming] is bad for…
Products
Xcel Energy seeks $138 million electric rate increase
If approved by the PUC, typical residential rates would increase by $3.96 a month starting in 2015. An additional increase in 2016 and 2017, in…
Products
Political Spotlight Returns to Energy Panel This Week with Votes on FERC Nominees, KXL Pipeline
Adding to the mix is Competitive Enterprise Institute, which took part in attacking Binz last year before he pulled his name for the nomination to…
Free Beacon
IG: DOE Ignored Internal Expert’s Advice in Subsidizing Bankrupt Solar Company
The Blaze
What Obama Isn’t Telling You About the ‘All-of-the-Above’ Energy Strategy
Free Beacon
Begich Earmarked Millions for Bankrupt Green Energy Company
Platts
Bay nomination process marked so far by fewer fireworks, outcry by free market groups
Review Journal
Nevada prepares for arrival of fracking
Sun News
Turning lights on
Washington Times
The Light Fantastic
Blog
Kicking off Human Achievement Hour 2014
Annually since 2009, my colleague Michelle Minton has organized a celebration of economic liberty for one hour at the end of March, known as Human…
Free Beacon
A Tale of Two Cities
National Review
Man vs. Wild — California Water Crisis
National Review’s Law and Disorder Debate, “Man vs. Wild: California in Crisis,” took place in Washington, D.C., on February 28, 2014. The keynote speakers were…
Fox News
SolarCity’s skyrocketing stock dependent on government tax giveaways
Citation
Pruitt Eyes New Legal Discovery To Bolster ‘Sue And Settle’ Attack On EPA
News Max
EPA’s Wood-Burning Stove Ban Deals Blow to Rural Homes
Citation
Energy analyst warns of ‘regulatory capture,’ urges adaptation to climate change
The Hill
House Looks at ‘Sue and Settle’
Republican leadership in the House of Representatives has scheduled floor action this week on H.R. 2279, the Reducing Excessive Deadline Obligations (REDO) Act. ‘Redo’ is…
The Diane Rehm Show
William Yeatman on the Diane Rehm Show
Free Beacon
Steyer Panelist Wants Massive Tax Hikes, Smaller TVs
William Yeatman, a senior fellow and energy policy expert at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, also criticized Harvey’s vision. “The fact is that wealthier is healthier,…
Arizona Daily Independent
EPA targets wrong cause of haze in Grand Canyon
William Yeatman of the Competitive Enterprise Institute notes that: “Regional Haze is an aesthetic regulation pursuant to the Clean Air Act. Its purpose is to…
EPW
Neglecting a Cornerstone Principle of the Clean Air Act: President Obama’s EPA Leaves States Behind
Cited on pages 15, 19, 22, 25.
Tulsa World
Energy conference speakers blast regulations
William Yeatman, an energy policy analyst for the Competitive Enterprise Institute, said he opposes regulation that serves no public health benefit and only gratifies a…
Capital Research
The EPA’s War Against the States: States are supposed to lead in fighting pollution, but federal bureaucrats have usurped the states’ role
Full Document Available in PDF Summary: Congress intended the Environmental Protection Agency to work closely with state and local officials—those nearest to…
Washington Times
Obama campaign manager Jim Messina joins company awarded millions in federal cash
“Obviously, he was chosen because of his political connections, which are, alas, essential to LanzaTech, a company that wouldn’t exist without taxpayer handouts,” said…
WPR
Will Carbon Caps Be A Boon Or Bust For The Economy?
William Yeatman, policy analyst at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, said he’s worried about the impact of the new regulations on the economy, in part because…
Free Beacon
IBEW Criticizes EPA’s New Coal Emission Standards
“The unions oppose President Obama’s new coal rule for a simple reason: It’s terrible for the economy,” said William Yeatman, an energy policy expert at…
Free Beacon
EPA Coal Regs Will Require Halving of Carbon Emissions in New Plants
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), a D.C.-based think tank, said the changes to the new rule were “cosmetic” and likely to still be shot down…
Daily Caller
Report: FERC nominee too much of a greenie for key energy post
William Yeatman, associate director of the Competitive Enterprise Institute and the report’s author, is concerned that Binz will use his position as FERC chairman to…
Power Magazine
Binz Hearing Opens as Nominee to Head FERC Draws Fire
In a press release issued before the hearing, CEI analyst William Yeatman argued, “Binz’s record as Colorado PUC chair makes it clear that he’s a…
Washington Times
ECOtality fatality: Green company files for bankruptcy after 115M stimulus funding granted
“Government is terrible at picking winners and losers for a simple reason: Politics always interferes,” said William Yeatman, an energy policy expert at the…
Study
FERC Nominee Ron Binz: Lessons from Colorado
Full Document Available in PDF On Tuesday, September 17, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will conduct a hearing to vet…
Citation
Observers say Binz nomination in doubt in light of unprecedented attention and attacks
William Yeatman of the conservative free-market Competitive Enterprise Institute said that Binz’s work with the Colorado PUC raised concerns, including his actions in support of…
Study
EPA Overreach: Higher Cost, Less Energy, Greater Risk
Full Document Available in PDF Since President Barack Obama took office in 2009, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a suite…
Tulsa Today
EPA settlement on Regional Haze more costly
William Yeatman of the Competitive Enterprise Institute said the following: “PSO’s strategy to close two coal plants decades early is certainly the best deal for…