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Environmental Protection Agency Proposes Changes to Mercury Air Rule
On December 28th, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed to rescind the Obama EPA’s justification for its 2012 Mercury Air Toxics Standards (MATS) rule. MATS…
CNS News
Trump’s EPA to Repeal Another Obama-Era Anti-Coal Regulation
The Environmental Protection Agency published its proposed revision of the Obama administration’s carbon dioxide emission standards for new coal power plants in late December. The Obama standards effectively…
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Year in Review 2018: Climate Policy
The Trump administration this year took additional steps to dismantle key components of President Obama’s climate policy “legacy.” Supporting and guiding those efforts is a…
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Attacks on Trump Administration Environmental Federalism Fall Short
Today’s Energy & Environment News (subscription required) has an article titled “Wheeler preaches federalism on water, not cars.” The gist is that various critics claim…
News Release
CEI Sues U.S. Department of Energy for Failing to Comply with Freedom of Information Request
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) today sued the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for failing…
The Epoch Times
Trump Targets Pair Of Obama-Era Green Rules To Boost Oil, Coal
The Epoch Times cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Marlo Lewis on EPA proposed roll back of Obama-era policies. The Trump administration took aim at…
The Washington Times
EPA Seeks To Fire Up Coal Industry By Rolling Back Obama-Era Standards
The Washington Times cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Marlo Lewis on EPA proposed roll back of Obama-era rules. The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed…
News Release
EPA’s New Proposed Rule on Emissions for Coal Plants Will Safeguard Affordable Energy for Consumers
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a new proposed rule, rescinding the Obama Administration’s carbon dioxide emission standards for new coal power plants.
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How Realistic Is National Climate Assessment’s Worst Case Scenario?
How realistic is the National Climate Assessment’s worst-case emissions scenario? A report released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) on Tuesday sheds some interesting…
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Latest Bipartisan Carbon Tax Folly
On Tuesday, November 27th, Representatives Ted Deutch (D-FL), Francis Rooney (R-FL), John K. Delaney (D-MD), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), and Charlie Crist (D-FL) introduced H.R. 7173,…
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National Climate Assessment Still Needs a Reset
The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) released Volume II of its Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4) report last week on November 23rd. Volume I,…
E&E News
Trump Tries To Quell Climate Attention. It Rises Instead
E&E News cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Marlo Lewis on the Administration’s response to the recent federal climate report. One reason the administration is struggling…
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Judge Blocks Keystone XL Pipeline
Montana federal judge Brian Morris ruled on November 8th that the State Department and TransCanada Corporation must discontinue all efforts to construct or operate the Keystone XL…
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What Do the Midterms Mean for Carbon Taxes?
Washington State’s Initiative 1631 to establish a “carbon emissions fee” went down in flames Tuesday with opponents outvoting supporters by 56 to 44 percent.
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Hole in the ACE: Legal Flaws in EPA’s Proposed ‘Clean Power Plan’ Replacement
The comment period closed this week (October 31st) for the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule, Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed replacement for the so-called…
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CEI Comments on EPA ACE Rule
Among the CPP’s multiple legal flaws, one stands out as most bizarre. The CPP purports to establish carbon dioxide (CO2) emission performance guidelines for existing…
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CEI Comments on Joint DOT/EPA Proposed SAFE Vehicles Rule
The Competitive Enterprise Institute hereby submits these comments on the joint DOT/ EPA proposed SAFE Vehicles Rule. We support this proposal, which would (1) reduce…
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Fewer Regulations, More Energy, Lower Emissions
The Trump administration had cheery news to report this week about deregulation, U.S. energy production, and greenhouse gas emissions.
Hoover Institute
Our Latest Global Warming Scare
Hoover Institute cited Senior Fellow Marlo Lewis on “Climate Change, Fossil Fuels, and Human Well Being” article. The United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on…
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Dutch Appeals Court, Citing Paris Climate Treaty, Upholds Climate Lawsuit
A Dutch appeals court last week upheld a lower court’s June 2015 decision requiring the government to cut Holland’s carbon dioxide…
The Washington Times
Trump To Raise Limit On Ethanol In Gasoline
The Washington Times cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Marlo Lewis on E15 fuel limit raise. The Competitive Enterprise Institute, which frequently supports Mr. Trump’s initiatives,…
Citation
CEI: Reported Trump Administration Plan to Boost E-15 Would Be a Step Backwards
According to reports, the Trump Administration is set to announce a new policy intended to boost use of E-15, an ethanol-blended gasoline.
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Twelve States Ask Court to Dismiss Climate Lawsuit against Big Oil
A dozen states led by Indiana this week filed an amicus brief asking the federal district court in Seattle, Washington to dismiss a climate…
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Booker and Holt Caricature Science Transparency Rule at Senate Hearing
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing this week on the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed rule to strengthen the transparency…
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Coal Plant Developers Still Building, Investing Despite Paris Agreement
“Since the Paris Climate Agreement was negotiated in December 2015, the world’s installed coal-fired capacity grew by 92,000 MW—an increase equal to the combined operating…
News Release
CEI Praises Senate Subcommittee Hearing on Sound and Transparent Science Rule
Ahead of today’s Senate Environment and Public Works subcommittee hearing on oversight of the Environmental Protection Agency’s implementation of the Sound and Transparent Science rule,…
The Daily Caller
Here’s What WAPO Neglected To Mention In Its ‘Scoop’ On Trump’s Climate Deregulation
The Daily Caller cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Marlo Lewis on RCP8.5. RCP8.5 is often cited as the “baseline” or “business as usual” scenario for…
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Trump Auto Rule: Washington Post’s Non-Shocking Non-Discovery
Today in the Washington Post, Juliet Eilperin, Brady Dennis, and Chris Mooney bash the Trump Administration’s SAFE Vehicles Rule, a proposal to freeze…
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‘Energy Independence’ Hawks Caricature Trump Auto Rule
Securing America’s Energy Future (SAFE), a pro-regulatory “energy independence” advocacy group, this week released “The Military Cost of Defending Global Oil Supplies.” The report…
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Free-Market Groups Urge Congress to Eliminate, Not Expand, Electric Vehicle Tax Credits
In a joint letter released this week, thirty free market groups urged House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) to oppose “any effort to expand…
The Washington Times
Al Gore’s Claim About Hurricane Florence Doused By Scientists
The Washington Times cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Marlo Lewis Jr. on “Al Gore’s Science Fiction: A Skeptic’s Guide to an Inconvenient Truth.” Numerous…
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California’s Gov. Brown Issues Carbon Neutrality Order, Signs Renewable Energy Bill
California Governor Jerry Brown (D) on September 10th issued Executive Order B-55-18 establishing a statewide goal to “achieve carbon neutrality as soon as possible, and…
Pacific Research Institute
Advice for Global Climate Summit-goers: Don’t Do What We’re Doing!
Pacific Research Institute cited Senior Fellow Marlo Lewis on the Global Climate Action Summit. PRI co-hosted a policy summit in Vancouver earlier this summer with…
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Ninth Circuit Opens Pandora’s Box in Oregon Fuel Standards Case
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals last week upheld Oregon’s Low Carbon Fuel Standards (LCFS), dismissing a lawsuit filed by U.S. refiners, truckers,…
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Energy Dominance: Department of Interior Breaks Previous Records for Oil and Gas Lease Sales
“In a testament to the Trump Administration's America First Energy Plan, the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) third-quarter oil and gas lease sale in New…
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CEI Comments In Support of EPA Transparency Rule
Suburban Newspapers Inc.
Another Climate Change Concern: Soil May Be Belching Carbon
Suburban Newspapers Inc. cited Senior Fellow Marlo Lewis Jr. on carbon pollution. In a blog post last year, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, which…
The Heartland Institute
U.S. Senate Launches Probe of NSF Climate Grants
The Heartland Institute cited Senior Fellow Marlo Lewis Jr. on NSF Climate Grants. The politicization of the climate issue through government grants is…
Investor's Business Daily
Trump’s Fuel Economy Plan is a No Brainer – It Saves Money and Lives
Investor’s Business Daily cited Senior Fellow Marlo Lewis Jr. on the proposal to postpone Obama-era CAFE standards. Obama’s rules would have required average…
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IPCC Overestimates Climate Sensitivity: Study
A new study by climate scientists Judith Curry and Nic Lewis, published in the August 2018 edition of Journal of Climate, estimates median values…
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Securities and Exchange Commission Drops Probe of ExxonMobil over Climate Risk
The Wall Street Journal reported late last Friday that Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulators have “decided against trying to penalize the energy giant over its…
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Trump Revision of Obama-era Fuel Economy Rules Is No Climate Disaster
In a recent article in Energy and Environment News, several prominent climate scientists bash the Trump administration’s proposed rollback of the Obama administration’s…
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Mileage Rule for New Cars Everything Free Marketers Hoped
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on August 2nd proposed to revise Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards and…
News Release
CEI: Proposed Changes to CAFE Standards Are Good News for Consumers
Today, the Department of Transportation and the Environmental Protection Agency released proposed revisions to future fuel economy standards set under the Obama Administration.
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Will Trump Auto Rule End California’s Regulation of Fuel Economy?
The Trump administration is expected tomorrow to release its proposed revisions of the Obama administration’s Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) and motor vehicle greenhouse…
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Final Repeal of Obama-era Clean Power Plan Expected in 2019
“EPA will not complete a replacement for the Clean Power Plan until at least early next year,” E&E News reported July 27, citing the Environmental…
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You Don’t Have to Be a Climate Skeptic to Oppose a Carbon Tax
In an op-ed published yesterday by CNS News, I explain why a carbon tax is not a conservative policy. The occasion for the piece…
CNS News
Sorry, GOP Rep. Curbelo: A Carbon Tax is Not a Conservative Policy
Is a carbon tax a conservative idea whose time has come? Carbon tax proponents have been preaching that message for years. It is nonsense.
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Federal Judge Dismisses Big Apple Suit against Big Oil
U.S. District Judge John F. Keenan on July 19 dismissed New York City’s climate change lawsuit against British Petroleum, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil, and…
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