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Daily Caller

Obama Will Bypass Congress And Join UN Climate Treaty, Sources Say

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 08/30/2016

The Daily Caller speaks with Myron Ebell on President Obama's intentions to sign the Paris climate treaty in China.  “Lo and behold, the…

Energy and Environment

Washington Times

White House defends Obama evading Senate on Paris climate deal

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 08/29/2016

The Washington Times discusses President Obama's plan to sign the Paris Climate Treaty in China with Myron Ebell.  Myron Ebell, director of the…

Energy and Environment

Blog

California Legislature Passes Ambitious Greenhouse Gas Reduction Target, But Cap-n-Tax Program Remains in Limbo

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 08/26/2016

The California Senate on 24th August passed legislation that extends the state’s greenhouse gas (GHGs) emission reductions to 2030.  SB 32, which passed on a 25…

Daily Caller

Britain’s Plan To Save Energy By Paying Businesses To Shut Down Falls Apart

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 08/23/2016

The Daily Caller quotes Myron Ebell on Britain's gid operators' decision to pay for "negative electricity" when there isn't enough power to meet demand.  …

Energy

U.S. News & World Report

SolarCity Announces Layoffs, Co-Founders Take Massive Salary Cuts

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 08/18/2016

U.S. News & World Report discusses SolarCity's announcment of major layoffs with Myron Ebell.  "It looks like its further confirmation, despite massive federal and…

Energy

Daily Caller

Wind Industry Furious That Wyoming Is Taxing Wind Turbines

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 08/15/2016

The Daily Caller discusses Wyoming's plan to raise taxes on a wind power project with Myron Ebell.  Construction on thePower Company of Wyoming’s…

Energy

Herald Democrat

Subsidizing Luxury Vehicles Makes No Sense

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 07/29/2016

Should you spot a Tesla electric car on the road, see if the driver is smiling. He should be smiling at you for contributing $7,500…

Energy and Environment

Blog

Democrats’ Platform: Surmount Climate Challenge with Good-Paying Jobs, Low-Cost Clean Energy

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 07/27/2016

The Democratic Party officially adopted their 2016 platform at their national convention in Philadelphia on 25th July. The energy and environment section is titled, “Combat…

Climate

Blog

GOP Platform Calls for Fewer Regulations and More Energy Production

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 07/24/2016

The Republican National Convention on 18th July officially adopted their 2016 party platform.  Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) chaired the platform committee; and the co-chairs were…

Energy and Environment

Daily Caller

California Dem: Our Global Warming Plans Devastate The Poor

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 07/18/2016

The Daily Caller speaks with Myron Ebell on California's lieutenant governor's statement that the state's climate policies will hurt the poor.  “It’s nice to…

Energy

The Hill

GOP divided over $500M for climate fund

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 07/17/2016

The Hill discusses Republican's division over an international climate change program with Myron Ebell.  Voters, then, will likely set the path forward for…

Energy and Environment

Blog

House Science Chairman Lamar Smith Subpoenas NY AG Schneiderman, Mass. AG Healey, and Eight Organizations

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 07/15/2016

House Science Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Tex.) on 13th July made good on his threat to subpoena state attorneys general and private organizations that appear to…

Energy and Environment

Blog

House Science Committee Presses Climate Inquisitors

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 07/08/2016

House Science Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Tex.) on 6th July sent follow-up letters to New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, Massachusetts AG Maura Healey, and eight…

Energy and Environment

Blog

House Appropriations Bills Try To Block Obama’s Anti-Energy Climate Agenda

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 07/08/2016

The Interior-EPA appropriations bill, which the House of Representatives is scheduled to consider on the floor next week, contains a number of riders that if enacted…

Energy and Environment

Washington Times

Science Groups Blasted For Crossing Line into Activism with Climate-Change Letter to Congress

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 07/06/2016

The Washington Times discusses with Myron Ebell a letter written to Congress by science associations advocating for climate change policies.  Myron Ebell, director…

Energy and Environment

Blog

Exxon Mobil Is Lobbying for a Carbon Tax

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 07/01/2016

Exxon Mobil has begun pushing actively for a carbon tax on Capitol Hill and with other oil companies, according to a story by Amy Harder and…

Energy and Environment

Daily Caller

British Solar Industry In Total Free Fall After Subsidy Cuts

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 06/27/2016

The Daily Caller discussess the impacts of government cuts on solar energy subsidies in the UK with Myron Ebell.  “All industries have their ups…

Energy and Environment

Blog

Brexit and the Paris Treaty

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 06/24/2016

What does the vote by Britons to leave the European Union mean for the Paris Climate Treaty, for green energy subsidies and mandates, and for…

Energy and Environment

Daily Caller

Britain Braces For Blackouts And Pricey Power Due To Green Energy

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 06/13/2016

The Daily Caller dicusses the negative impacts of Great Britain's reliance on green energy with Myron Ebell.  Intermittent power sources [such as wind and solar]…

Energy and Environment

Blog

House Passes Resolutions Opposing Carbon Tax and Obama’s Oil Tax

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 06/10/2016

The House of Representatives on 10th June passed two resolutions opposing taxation of fossil fuel consumption.  The vote on H. Con. Res. 89, which expresses…

Energy and Environment

Blog

Senator Vitter Introduces Bill To Enforce Law and Stop Funding of UNFCCC and Green Climate Fund

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 05/13/2016

Senator David Vitter (R-La.) on 12th May introduced a bill, S. 2930, to ensure that federal funding of the UN Framework Convention on…

Blog

EPA Finalizes Methane Rule for New Gas and Oil Production

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 05/13/2016

The Environmental Protection Agency on 12th May released its final rule for regulating methane emissions from new oil and gas production.  The agency also…

Blog

Virginia Court Releases RICO 20 Documents from George Mason University

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 05/13/2016

A judge for the Richmond Circuit Court of Virginia on 13th May lifted his protective order on documents from and to Professor Edward Maibach of…

Washington Times

AGs’ motives questioned as Exxon climate change ‘fraud’ probe recalls tobacco windfall

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 05/13/2016

The Washington Times discusses the attorneys general shake down of Exxon Mobil with Myron Ebell.  “I believe this $800 million settlement gives the…

Energy and Environment

Fox News

Real Science Dries Up in US Schools

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 05/13/2016

Fox News discusses attacks against scientists who disagree on the climate change debate with Myron Ebell.  Scientific researchers who once were above reproach…

Energy and Environment

Investor's Business Daily

Oil Drillers Face Even Higher Costs Under Final Obama Methane Rule

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 05/12/2016

Investor's Business Daily discusses the EPA's new methane emissions rule with Myron Ebell.  Critics hinted at a possible legal challenge of the new…

Energy and Environment

Daily Caller

New Report Shows The Collapse Of Green Energy In Europe

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 05/10/2016

The Daily Caller discusses subsidies of renewable energy projects with Myron Ebell.  “Whenever subsidies or mandates are lowered, interrupted, or ended, then investment…

Energy

Daily Caller

VW Emissions Scandal Being Used To Push Obama’s Electric Vehicle Agenda

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 05/01/2016

The Daily Caller discusses political pressure on Volkswagen with Myron Ebell.  “Does Volkswagen have a future if political pressure is going to cost…

Energy

Blog

State Department Tells 28 Senators To Go Pound Sand

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 04/29/2016

The U. S. State Department replied this week to the 18th April letter to Secretary John Kerry from 28 Senators that pointed out that Palestine…

Energy and Environment

Heartland Institute

New Study Shows Renewable Energy May Always Need Government Support

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 04/29/2016

The Heartland Institute discusses renewable energy sources inability to be competitive in the marketplace with Myron Ebell.  Myron Ebell, director of the Center for Energy…

Energy

Daily Caller

The EPA Stashes BILLIONS In Slush Fund-Like Accounts

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 04/29/2016

The Daily Caller discusses the Enviornmental Protection Agency's spending and "special accounts" with Myron Ebell.  “This is the very definition of an out-of-control…

Energy and Environment

Daily Caller

John Kerry, Teresa Heinz Family Trusts Invest Heavily In Fossil Fuels

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 04/27/2016

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…

Energy and Environment

The Hill

Palestine is latest GOP offensive in climate change wars

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 04/23/2016

The Hill discusses GOP efforts to dismantle the Paris climate agreement with Myron Ebell.  Myron Ebell, who leads the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI),…

Energy and Environment

Blog

175 Countries Sign Paris Climate Treaty at UN Headquarters on International Mother Earth Day

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 04/22/2016

Secretary of State John Kerry signed the Paris Climate Treaty on behalf of the United States along with representatives from 174 other countries at a gala,…

Heartland Institute

Obama Administration Disregards Congress, Gives $500 Million to U.N. Climate Fund

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 04/22/2016

The Heartland Institute discusses White House reprograming of other funds for the Green Climate Fund with Myron Ebell.  “The Obama administration’s action is…

Energy and Environment

Daily Caller

Leaked Docs Reveal A Single-Minded Campaign To ‘Delegitimize’ Exxon

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 04/15/2016

The Daily Caller discusses the subpoena CEI recieved with Myron Ebell.  Claude Walker, the Virgin Islands AG, also subpoenaed records going back 20…

Energy and Environment

Washington Times

The global warming assault on free speech

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 04/14/2016

The Washington Times reports on the subpoena sent to CEI from an attorney general as part of their campaign to silence the debate over climate…

Energy and Environment

Daily Caller

Gov’t Prosecutors Likely To Target More Groups Skeptical Of Global Warming

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 04/12/2016

The Daily Caller reports on the subpoena sent to CEI in attempts to silence the debate on climate change.  U.S. Virgin Islands Attorney…

Free Speech

The Daily Signal

Think Tank Announces It Will Fight Government’s Demands to Turn Over Climate Change Documents

  • By: Kent Lassman, Myron Ebell, Sam Kazman
  • 04/12/2016

The Daily Signal reports on the subpoena sent to CEI in attempts to silence the debate on climate change.  The Competitive Enterprise Institute,…

Energy and Environment

Blog

Attorney General’s Climate Investigation Subpoenas CEI

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 04/08/2016

The attorney general of the U. S. Virgin Islands, Claude E. Walker, has subpoenaed the Competitive Enterprise Institute for a stunningly wide array of documents…

Energy and Environment

The New American

Alarmist Prosecutor Demands E-mails from Climate Skeptics

  • By: Myron Ebell, Sam Kazman
  • 04/08/2016

The New American reports on the subpoena sent to CEI as a part of the Attorneys General's campaign to silence the debate on climate change. …

Free Speech

Washington Times

Climate change fears put wolverine on endangered species watch

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 04/07/2016

The Washington Times discusses the Endangered Species Act with Myron Ebell.  “The Endangered Species Act is a natural place to take over the…

Energy and Environment

Daily Caller

Researchers Say ‘Going Green’ Is Mostly About Being Trendy And Fashionable

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 04/02/2016

The Daily Caller discusses companies labeling products as "green" with Myron Ebell.  “Every era produces hucksters trying to sell snake oil,” Myron Ebell,…

Energy and Environment

Blog

State Attorneys General Conspire To Shake Down Big Oil

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 04/01/2016

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, former Vice President Al Gore, and attorneys general from Massachusetts, Virginia, Connecticut, Maryland, Vermont, and the U. S. Virgin…

Energy and Environment

Daily Caller

China Stops Building Wind Turbines Because Most Of The Energy Is Wasted

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 03/29/2016

The Daily Caller reports on why China is no longer building wind turbines, and speaks with Myron Ebell on their decision.  “China is…

Government Unions

One News Now

A little update on energy

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 03/28/2016

One News Now discusses nuclear energy with Myron Ebell.   Speaking of money, nuclear has struggled to compete against subsidized solar and wind power,…

Energy and Environment

Daily Caller

Scientists Say The Math Simply Doesn’t Add Up On Obama’s Big Global Warming Plan

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 03/25/2016

The Daily Caller discusses President Obama's plan to prevent global warming with Myron Ebell.  “The costs of reducing emissions are enormous, while the…

Energy and Environment

Heartland Institute

Questions Arise Concerning Whether GOP Candidates Remain Climate Skeptics

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 03/15/2016

The Heartland Institute speaks with Myron Ebell on the presidential candidates' mentions of climate policy.  “I don’t see any significant changes in the…

Energy and Environment

Daily Caller

Hillary Calls Her Own Supporters Science Deniers

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 03/15/2016

The Daily Caller discusses the effects of Hillary Clinton's climate policies with Myron Ebell.   “Although Hillary Clinton is eager to kill the…

Energy and Environment

Daily Caller

Oregon Bans Coal-Fired Power, Effectively Hiking Electricity Prices

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 03/10/2016

The Daily Caller discusses Oregon's coal power plant shut down legislation with Myron Ebell.  “Oregon, along with Idaho and Washington, is blessed with…

Energy and Environment

Daily Caller

Critics Bash GOP’s Failure To Stop Obama From Funding The U.N.’s Global Warming ‘Slush Fund’

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 03/09/2016

The Daily Caller discusses with Myron Ebell the omnibus rider prohibiting Obama from giving money to the United Nations global warming fund.  “The…

Energy and Environment

Heartland Institute

Amid Industry Decline, Obama Proposes New Oil Tax

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 03/07/2016

The Heartland Institute discusses President Obama's proposed oil tax with Myron Ebell. Myron Ebell, director of the Center for Energy and Environment at…

Energy and Environment

Daily Caller

If Europe Wants Fracking, It Needs Property Rights

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 03/02/2016

The Daily Caller discusses fracking in Europe with Myron Ebell.  “National governments in Europe own the subsurface rights, which is the principal reason…

Energy and Environment

Daily Caller

Feds: Here’s Another HUGE Problem With Green Energy

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 02/29/2016

The Daily Caller discusses the unreliability of green enery with Myron Ebell.  “The intermittency of renewable sources of electricity is already threatening reliability…

Energy and Environment

Blog

Opening Briefs Filed in Case Challenging EPA Greenhouse Gas Rules for Existing Power Plants

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 02/26/2016

The opening briefs (here and here)  for the petitioners in West Virginia et al v. EPA—the lawsuit challenging the EPA’s greenhouse gas rule for existing power…

Energy and Environment

Blog

The Supreme Court Should Hear the Appeal of EPA’s Chesapeake Bay TMDL Rule

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 02/25/2016

The Supreme Court will soon decide whether it will hear an appeal to overturn the latest outrageous power grab by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Energy and Environment

Daily Caller

MIT: Green Energy Can’t Work Unless You Tax Everything

  • By: Myron Ebell, William Yeatman
  • 02/25/2016

The Daily Caller reports discusses renewable energy with Myron Ebell and William Yeatman. “Windmills, solar panels, and ethanol could not compete with coal,…

Energy

Blog

Justice Scalia’s Death Scrambles EPA Power Plant Litigation

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 02/19/2016

The death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on 13th February has quickly ended jubilation among opponents of the EPA’s greenhouse gas rule for existing…

Blog

Todd Stern Reassures Europeans That Republicans Won’t Undo Paris Commitments

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 02/19/2016

Todd Stern, the U. S. State Department’s special envoy for climate change negotiations, said in London on 18th February, that if the next President repudiates the…

Watchdog.org

Expert: Reversing Clean Power Plan about ‘keeping the lights on’ for economy

  • By: Gregory Conko, Myron Ebell
  • 02/17/2016

Watchdog.org reports on the Clean Power Plan and discusses the issue with CEI's Gregory Conko and Myron Ebell.  “Clean power alone will add billions…

Energy and Environment

Blog

Senate Energy Bill Stalled by Wrangling

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 02/05/2016

The Senate spent part of the week considering amendments to the Energy Policy Modernization Act, S. 2012, but then got hung up on Democratic demands…

Blog

President Obama Will Propose $10 a Barrel Tax on Oil To Pay For $32 Billion Green Transit Slush Fund

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 02/05/2016

The White House has begun to release details of President Barack Obama’s budget request for Fiscal Year 2017.  Most interesting so far is the announcement that…

Energy and Environment

Blog

Twenty-Six States Appeal to Supreme Court To Stay EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Rule for New Power Plants

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 01/29/2016

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on 26th January filed on behalf of twenty-six States an appeal of the…

Energy and Environment

Forbes

Supreme Court Ruling Entrenches Demand Response And Customer Engagement Into The Energy Marketplace

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 01/25/2016

Forbes quotes Myron Ebell's statement in response to the Supreme Court's ruling in favor of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commision's authority to regulate demand response programs.

Energy and Environment

New York Times

Supreme Court Upholds Efforts on Managing Electricity Use Through Pricing

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 01/25/2016

The New York Times quotes Myron Ebell's statement in response to the Supreme Court's ruling that federal regulators authority to issue demand response programs.

Energy

Daily Caller

Supreme Court Allows ‘Socialized Electricity’ To Make Green Energy Profitable

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 01/25/2016

The Daily Caller quotes Myron Ebell's statement in response to the Supreme Court's decision to uphold federal agencies ability to artificially make green energy more…

Energy

News Release

CEI Supports Congressional Action on WOTUS and STREAM Act

  • Myron Ebell
  • 01/12/2016

Today and tomorrow Congress will vote on measures to limit the federal government’s jurisdiction beyond the original intent of the Clean Water Act and the…

Energy and Environment

Blog

COP-21 Adopts Big, New Paris Climate Treaty (But We’re Not Supposed To Call It a Treaty)

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 12/18/2015

COP-21 (the 21st Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change) concluded in Paris only one day late on Saturday, 12th…

Energy and Environment

Blog

Republican House and Senate Give Huge Victory to President Obama’s Climate Agenda

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 12/18/2015

The House and Senate on 18th September passed omnibus appropriations legislation that provides $1.15 trillion to fund the federal government for the remainder of FY…

Energy and Environment

Blog

COP-21 Nears Agreement on New Paris Climate Treaty

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 12/11/2015

A third straight night of all-night negotiations will almost certainly end Saturday morning with a new climate deal at COP-21. The Paris Climate Treaty is…

Energy and Environment

Huffington Post

Paris Plastered with Wanted Posters for ‘Climate Criminals’

  • By: Christopher C. Horner, Myron Ebell
  • 12/07/2015

Huffington Post discusses the wanted posters of climate skeptics at the UN Climate Conference, which target CEI's Myron Ebell and Chris Horner.  The article quotes Myron's response to…

Energy and Environment

Blog

Senate Likely To Vote on Resolutions To Block EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Rules for Power Plants Next Week

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 11/13/2015

The Senate is tentatively scheduled to take up the two resolutions of disapproval of the EPA’s greenhouse gas rules for new and existing power plants…

Energy and Environment

Patriot Post

Obama Pushing for a New UN Climate Agreement

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 11/11/2015

The Patriot Post speaks with Myron Ebell on the President's plan to bypass Congress in Paris climate change meetings. “So this is just…

Energy and Environment

Washington Times

A Republican president in 2017 could revive debate over Keystone pipeline

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 11/09/2015

The Washington Times looks to Myron Ebell for insights on the future of the Keystone oil pipeline issue. For now, analysts say, both…

Energy and Environment

Daily Caller

Obama Will Personally Attend UN Climate Summit- Will it be a Repaeat of Copenhagen?

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 11/09/2015

The Daily Caller discusses with Myron Ebell the outcome of the approaching United Nations' global warming summit in Paris. “As I understand, the…

Energy and Environment

Blog

China Burns 17% More Coal Than Reported

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 11/07/2015

China has been burning up to 17% more coal per year than previously reported, according to new data released by the Chinese government.  New York’s…

Energy and Environment

Blog

O Says No to Keystone XL

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 11/06/2015

President Barack Obama on 6th November determined that the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline is not in the national interest and therefore denied the cross-border permit necessary…

Energy and Environment

Bloomberg Business

Energy Pipeline: What they’re saying about…

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 11/04/2015

Bloomberg Business quotes Myron Ebell on the new EPA ozone standards along with other key voices on this issue. The Obama Administration's new…

Energy and Environment

Blog

Congressional Resolutions To Block EPA’s Climate Rules and DC Circuit Decision on Stay of Power Plant Rule

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 11/01/2015

Congressional Resolutions To Block EPA’s Climate Rules Are Introduced and Set To Move Quickly Representative Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.), chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s…

Energy and Environment

Blog

Bonn Climate Negotiations Still Come Down To One Question: Where’s the Cash?

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 10/23/2015

The last officially scheduled negotiating session before COP-21 (the twenty-first Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change) in Paris concluded…

Energy and Environment

Blog

Senate and House Move Quickly To Block EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Rules for Coal and Gas Power Plants

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 10/23/2015

The EPA’s greenhouse gas emissions rules for new and existing coal and natural gas power plants were finally published in the Federal Register on Friday, 23rd October. …

Energy and Environment

Blog

India Wants More Aid and Easier Commitments in Paris Climate Treaty

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 10/16/2015

India’s Business Standard reported that the Indian government is not happy with the new “first draft” negotiating text of the Paris climate treaty that was released…

Blog

President Obama: Foreign Policy Disasters in Middle East Are Small Potatoes Compared to Forthcoming Paris Climate Treaty Triumph

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 10/16/2015

CBS’s Sixty Minutes on 11th October aired Steve Kroft’s interview of President Barack Obama.  The most heated part of the interview concerned the administration’s disastrous foreign…

Breitbart

Study: Governments More Likely To Break Enviornmental Law Than Private Firms

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 10/14/2015

Breitbart consults CEI's expert Myron Ebell on the topic of government's environmental regulations. “The study confirms many observations over the years that government agencies…

Energy and Environment

Blog

United Nations Releases “First Draft” of Paris Climate Treaty

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 10/09/2015

The co-chairmen of UN negotiations on the forthcoming Paris climate treaty on 6th October released what they called a “first draft,” which they said will…

Energy and Environment

Blog

IPCC Selects New Leader

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 10/09/2015

The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change elected Dr. Hoesung Lee as its new chairman at its meeting in Dubrovnik, Croatia, this week. Dr.

Energy and Environment

Blog

House Moves To Lift Oil Export Ban

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 10/09/2015

The House of Representatives passed a bill on October 9, 2015, to lift the forty-year-old ban on crude oil exports by a vote of 261…

Energy and Environment

One News Now

EPA’s newest rule a job-killer, says CEI

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 10/03/2015

One News Now cites Myron Ebell on EPA regulations. Meanwhile, Myron Ebell of the Competitive Enterprise Institute tells OneNewsNow that smog levels have…

Energy and Environment

Blog

VW Diesel Scandal Exposes Conflicting Regulatory Mandates

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 10/02/2015

The Environmental Protection Agency on 18th September charged that Volkswagen had sold approximately 480,000 diesel cars in the U. S. that contained “defeat devices” that allowed…

Energy and Environment

Blog

Professor Who Advocates Criminalizing Global Warming Skepticism Has Taken $63 Million in Federal Grants

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 10/02/2015

In early September, twenty professors sent a letter President Barack Obama, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, and White House science adviser John Holdren that congratulates the President…

Energy and Environment

Blog

EPA Issues Job Killing Ozone Rule

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 10/02/2015

The Environmental Protection Agency released its final rule to reduce ozone levels on 1st October.  The current National Ambient Air Quality Standard of 75 parts…

Energy and Environment

USA Today

EPA moves to restrict ozone emissions

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 10/01/2015

USA Today quotes CEI expert Myron Ebell on EPA's new restrictions on ozone pollutants. The pro-business Competitive Enterprise Institute said compliance costs of…

Energy and Environment

Blog

American and Chinese Presidents Agree To Continue To Work Together To Raise U. S. Energy Prices

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 09/25/2015

President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping issued a three-and-a-half page joint statement on climate change on 25th September during the Chinese leader’s state visit…

Blog

Pope Francis Barely Mentions Climate Change in Speeches at the United Nations, Congress, and the White House

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 09/25/2015

Pope Francis cooled his rhetoric on climate change and the need to de-industrialize the world in order to help the poor in his three speeches…

Blog

Pope Francis Cools It on Climate Change Rhetoric

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 09/24/2015

Pope Francis in his speeches at the White House on Wednesday morning and to a joint session of Congress on Thursday morning toned down his…

Climate

Daily Caller

Misplaced Concern: Pope Francis’s Energy Agenda

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 09/22/2015

In the Daily Caller, Myron Ebell discusses the problem with Pope Francis' views on energy:  “Everybody loves Pope Francis” for his “humble…

Energy and Environment

Blog

California’s Path to Climate Nirvana Hits Some Snags

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 09/11/2015

Legislation to complete California’s transformation into climate nirvana hit some snags this week.  On Wednesday, 9th September, State Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon…

Blog

Rep. Paul Gosar Will File Articles of Impeachment Against EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 09/11/2015

Representative Paul Gosar (R-Az.) on 9th September announced that he will introduce articles of impeachment of EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy for high crimes and misdemeanors. The draft…

Blog

Ten Major Energy Companies Support Paris Accord, But 18 Don’t

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 09/08/2015

CDP—formerly known as the Carbon Disclosure Project—this week announced in a press release that: “Disclosures from thousands of the world’s largest listed companies reveal…

Energy and Environment

Blog

UN Climate Negotiators Make Slow Progress in Bonn

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 09/08/2015

Another week of UN climate negotiations ended in Bonn, Germany, on 4th September with expressions of mild optimism that progress was being made from negotiators…

Energy and Environment

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