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President Obama Uses Alaska as a Backdrop for Climate Agenda
President Barack Obama followed up his disgraceful speech in Las Vegas last week with an insulting tour of Alaska, which included another disgraceful speech,…
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Cooler Heads Coalition News
The Heartlander
Congressional Republicans Attempt to Delay, Defang Clean Power Plan
The Heartlander cites CEI`s Myron Ebell on the EPA rules: President Barack Obama has already threatened to veto any bill attempting to block…
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EPA Reportedly Will Issue Final Rules on Power Plant Greenhouse Gas Emissions This Week
Mainstream media outlets reported this week that the Environmental Protection Agency will release its final rules for limiting greenhouse gas emissions from new and existing…
Washington Examiner
Can this businessman’s green turn GOP green?
The Washington Examiner cites CEI`s Myron Ebell on Jay Faison`s donation to super PAC for a non-binding amendment affirming climate change as real and primarily…
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Joel Kotkin’s Analysis of Pope Francis’s Encyclical
Joel Kotkin has written an outstanding analysis posted on the Daily Beast of Pope Francis’s encyclical, Laudato Si’. I would quibble with certain details. For example, I think Francis…
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Vatican Downplays Political Involvement in Climate Debate While Joining Forces with Radical Leftist Naomi Klein
Kathryn Jean Lopez reports on NRO’s The Corner that Cardinal Peter Turkson downplayed the political intentions of Pope Francis’s encyclical, Laudato Si’, when he spoke to…
Duluth News Trubine
Pro/Con: Is government micromanaging US auto industry?
Yes: Industry, motorists victims of over-regulation Over-regulation is slowing growth, stifling innovation and costing jobs across the economy. The auto industry is the prime example.
Bradenton Herald
Auto industry and motorists prime victims of government`s overregulation
Over-regulation is slowing growth, stifling innovation and costing jobs across the economy. The auto industry is the prime example. Auto workers and investors are obviously…
GazetteXtra
Pro: Auto industry and motorists prime victims of government’s over-regulation
Auto workers and investors are obviously harmed by heavy-handed government regulation, but the biggest losers are drivers. In buying new vehicles, they already face higher…
Canada Free Press
Auto industry and motorists prime victim of Feds over-regulation
Auto workers and investors are obviously harmed by heavy-handed government regulation, but the biggest losers are drivers. In buying new vehicles, they already face higher…
The Sacramento Bee
Auto industry and motorists prime victims of government’s over-regulation
Over-regulation is slowing growth, stifling innovation and costing jobs across the economy. The auto industry is the prime example. Auto workers and investors are obviously…
News Release
Statement on Pope’s Encyclical on Climate Change
June 18 is the official release date of the Pope’s encyclical on climate change. CEI’s Myron Ebell provides this assessment of Pope Francis’s statements, lamenting…
Washington Times
Forecast sees milder-than-average hurricane season
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How to Improve the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill
The Energy and Water Development Appropriations bill for FY 2016 passed by the House Appropriations Committee spends too much, but does move some funding from…
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President Obama’s UN Climate Plan Ignores American People and Congress
Myron Ebell of the Competitive Enterprise Institute responded to the Obama Administration’s submission of its intended nationally-determined contribution (INDC) to the United Nations:…
Washington Times
The Land Grab Deemed a Backroom Deal
The Washington Times quotes Myron Ebell on the land grab hidden in the NDAA: Beware the land grab, adds Myron Ebell, energy and…
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Obama’s Meaningless China Deal on Climate Change
It will be up to future Presidents and Congresses after he leaves office in January 2017 to decide whether to require the emissions reductions.
National Review
The Hard Sell On Climate Change; Media Outlets Continue To Push A Crisis Scenario, And The Public Isn’t Buying
More and more people in the middle of America — both geographically and culturally — have come to believe either that global warming is…
EE News
Public interest in climate change declining, but unaffected by recent scandals — study
The Hill
Experts Debate Government Role In Alternate Fuels
Alternative fuel vehicles could improve the United States’ energy security and protect it from volatility in the oil market. But Myron Ebell, director of…
Wall Street Journal
Ranchers Harassed Off Their Land
Letters
Coalition Letter to the Ways and Means Committee on Wind Production Tax Credits
Townhall
Wind Blows
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Supreme Court Overwhelmingly Votes to Uphold Rights of Private Property Owners
The Supreme Court has decided an important property rights case in favor of the private property owners and against the claim of the federal government…
Washington Times
Al Gore’s latest outlandish outburst
Heartlander
Obama Hires Incendiary Podesta as Top Advisor
Daily Caller
Report: Obama Offers UN Climate Agreement That Doesn’t Need Congressional Approval
Daily Caller
Obama Has Done More to Circumvent Congress Than Bush
Daily Caller
Al Gore Once Again Suggests ‘Fertility Management’ To Fight Global Warming
National Review
Maryland’s Low-Energy Chill
The increased cost of energy isn’t just a side effect of Maryland’s environmental agenda; for radical green policymakers, it’s the point, explains Myron Ebell, the…
Daily Caller
Podesta’s White House return means a more aggressive green agenda
“Since the Republicans won control of the House in the 2010 elections, he has criticized the Obama White House for wasting time on legislation that…
USA Today
Rising sea levels torment Norfolk, Va., and coastal U.S.
Climate skeptics don't buy the global projections. "We don't know how much sea levels will rise or fall," says Myron Ebell, director of the Center…
National Review
Grilling the Park Service Bullies
The Park Service closed the City Tavern in Philadelphia, a meeting place for those who signed the Declaration of Independence, even though the tavern, at…
Comment
Testimony on NPS Closures Before House Oversight and Natural Resources Committees
Full Document Available in PDF Chairman Issa and Chairman Hastings, thank you for inviting me to testify today on the National Park…
Cleveland
Los Angeles Times riles climate-change skeptics by banning letters: A Closer Look (poll)
But Myron Ebell, director of the Center for Energy and Environment at the Competitive Enterprise Institute and a leading global-warming skeptic, tells the Washington…
The Hill
Shutdown halts federal regs
“We’re very pleased that the Obama administration’s ongoing efforts to wreck the U.S. economy with more and more heavy-handed and colossally expensive regulations has been…
Daily Caller
Environmentalists blame GOP for government shutdown
“This is a totally phony complaint that comes up every time there is a federal shutdown or threat of a shutdown,” Myron Ebell, director of…
PBS
What Climate Change Skeptics Think About the UN Report
“The global warming establishment is in denial,” said Myron Ebell, director of Freedom Action and the Center for Energy and Environment at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. “The IPCC…
Independent
IPCC report: The financial markets are the only hope in the race to stop global warming
Myron Ebell , the right-wing think tank the US Competitive Enterprise Institute “Global warming, although it may become a problem some decades in the…
The Guardian
Leading climate change economist brands sceptics ‘irrational’
Myron Ebell, of the US Competitive Enterprise Institute, told the Guardian: "Global warming, although it may become a problem some decades in the future, is…
Letters
Coalition Letter to End Wind Production Tax Credit
Full Document Available in PDF Coalition Letter to End Wind Production Tax Credit Dear Senators and Representatives: On behalf of the…
The Guardian
Big business funds effort to discredit climate science, warns UN official
To those who are in disagreement with climate science, however – even though recent research has found that more than 90% of scientific studies support…
Science Insider
U.S. Science Laureate Bill Hits Roadblock
But Hart says that he’d like the bill’s supporters to clarify several provisions, including the number of laureates, length of service, and type of duties…
Washington Examiner
EPA stalling policy to prevent politicizing science
Whether or not EPA has a policy in place won't matter until the agency is transparent about the data behind its science and decisions, said…
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MoveOn admits: “[I]f younger, healthier people don’t participate, then costs will skyrocket and Obamacare will fail.”
MoveOn.org yesterday sent me an appeal asking for $5 to help fund a $250,000 social media campaign supporting ObamaCare targeted to reach young adults. Here’s…
EE News
Jackson hires lawyer as e-mail probes escalate
In a statement today, CEI extended its accusations to current EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy. "Former EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson has hired a lawyer because she…
Letters
Coalition Letter to Congressman Scalise in Support of H.R. 367
Full Document Available in PDF We write to express our support for your amendment to HR 367, the Regulations From the Executive…
Products
Letter to Rep. Paul Broun and Attached Comments on EPA’s Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment
Full Document Available in PDF I want to thank you for holding a hearing in your Oversight Subcommittee on 1st August on…
Daily Caller
EPA admin: It’s our ‘responsibility’ to fight global warming
“By confirming Gina McCarthy to head EPA, senators are endorsing President Obama’s war on affordable energy and ensuring that there is much more to come,”…
Washington Examiner
Europe exits climate money pit as Obama jumps in
Myron Ebell, director of the Center for Energy and Environment at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, told me, "The centerpiece of President Obama's climate plan is…
Trib Live
Obama’s climate monstrosity: Fight back, Congress
Thankfully, Obama can't circumvent congressional control of the federal purse strings. “Congress should move immediately to defund as much of this as possible,” says Myron…
Daily Caller
Little support from conservative groups for a carbon tax
“There is little chance that this Congress (or even a future Congress in which Democrats control both chambers) will enact a carbon tax on straight…
Chicago Tribune
Obama taps REI chief Sally Jewell for interior secretary
"We're not going to get excited that she's suddenly going to change course from the current anti-energy policies of the Obama administration," said Myron Ebell…
Washington Examiner
Bush officials, Environmental Defense Fund join in appeal to conservatives
Myron Ebell, who directs the Competitive Enterprise Institute's Center for Energy and Environment, dismissed the council as "one of several attempts by the environmental movement…
Human Events
Carbon Tax Is Being Floated, But No One’s Biting–Yet
The Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Myron Ebell sees another angle. “… [T]he alarmists and the left have a strategy to make a carbon tax part of…
San Francisco Gate
State a Pioneer of Cap and Trade
New York Times
From Frontline, A Look at the Skeptics’ Advance
The correspondent, John Hockenberry, asks Mr. Ebell about that rout, which many attribute to Mr. Inglis’s speaking out about climate change and the need to…
Human Events
Romney Energy Plan Makes Bold Contrast From Obama
From Audrey Hudson's post in Human Events: In addition to his strong support for fossil fuels, Romney recently took a tough stance against…
Financial Times
Letter to the Editor: The Most Cosmopolitan of Composers
Sir, Andrew Clark’s appreciation of Frederick Delius and of Sir Thomas Beecham’s Delius recordings is most welcome and perceptive (“…
NJ
In the light of day, that solar plan looks like cap-and-trade
From Paul Mulshine's column in The Star Ledger: That’s a bailout. On that Myron Ebell of the conservative Competitive Enterprise Institute is in…
Washington Times
Carbon tax proposal by left-right coalition sparks backlash
From Daniel Wiser's column in The Washington Times: Continuing discussions about the carbon tax have sparked a backlash among other conservative policy analysts.
Reason
A Conservative-Progressive Carbon Tax Plot?
Representatives from the conservative American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and a number of environmentalist activist groups met behind closed doors yesterday apparently for the fifth time…
Washington Examiner
Conservative think tank AEI hosted secret meeting with liberal groups on carbon taxation
From The Washington Examiner's Beltway Confidential: A copy of the agenda was obtained Myron Ebell, director of energy and global warming policy at the…
Washington Examiner
Start of Darkness for America’s Shining Cities
For months, we’ve heard about President Obama’s “all of the above” energy policy, but recently, it has become clear that it would be more accurate…
Popular Science
The Battle Over Climate Science
From Tom Clynes' article in Popular Science: On a summery afternoon in mid-March, Senator Inhofe dashes onto the stage at the Heritage Foundation,…
Daily Mail
Obama’s War on Resource Industries
Also published in The Orange County Register. As much as President Barack Obama claims to be concerned about jobs for Americans, he…
Bloomberg
Light Bulb Battle Pits Tea Party Against Manufacturers
From Ari Natter's article in Bloomberg: “I think that many people feel it is a personal intrusion into their lives by government,” said…
Toledo Blade
Believers, Skeptics Stand Ground on Climate Change
From Dan Hopey's article in The Toledo Blade: Myron Ebell, director of the Competitive Enterprise Institute's Center for Energy and Environment, which has…
Orange County Register
California Shuns Black Gold
From an Orange County Register editorial: "Part of the intentional destruction of the California economy is raising energy prices," Myron Ebell told us;…
Fox News
Let There Be Light: ‘Human Achievement Hour’ to Coincide With Earth Hour
From Fox News: The Competitive Enterprise Institute plans to commemorate Earth Hour 2012 with its "Human Achievement Hour," 60 minutes to…
New York Times
Report Maps U.S. Risks from Rising Seas in Warming World
From Andrew C. Revkin's post in The New York Times' Dot Earth Blog: Gillis’s news story could wind up being criticized by some…
New York Times
Rising Sea Levels Seen As Threat to Coastal U.S.
From Justin Gillis' article in The New York Times: The handful of climate researchers who question the scientific consensus about global warming do…
Politico
Heartland Burned by “DenialGate” Memos
From Darren Samuelsohn's article in Politico: Myron Ebell, director of energy and global warming policy at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, said…
Orange County Register
Politics of the Pipeline Denial
Orange County Register
Myron Ebell: Environmental issues and the 2012 election
Myron Ebell: Environmental issues and the 2012 election…
New York Times
Police Inquiry Prompts New Speculation on Who Leaked Climate Change Emails
New York Times
Myron Ebell explains the benefits of a Fed. Judge blocking California’s plan to regulate emissions
Myron Ebell explains the benefits of a Fed. Judge blocking California's plan to regulate emissions…
Washington Examiner
Climategate Proves Scientists Are – Gasp! – Human
News Max
Gingrich Woos Right at Closed-Door Meeting
Washington Examiner
Newt Hit Buzz Saw in Meeting With Right Leaders
Washington Post
Gingrich Faces Questions From Conservative Leaders
Forbes
Climategate II: More Smoking Guns From The Global Warming Establishment
Farm Online
Stolen Email Fuels Climate Sceptics Before Talks
New York Times
New Trove of Stolen E-Mails From Climate Scientists Is Released
Politico
Climate Scientists Scoff at Stolen Emails
The Berkeley Blog
Gingrich and the Environment
Environmental Finance
Rand Paul Fails to Bring Down US Emissions Markets
MRC
In Pipeline Battle, Left Hypes Climate Threat Ignores Need for Jobs, Oil
Orange County Register
7 Billion People Isn’t the Problem
Orange County Register
Fossil Fuels Fight Back
Orange County Register
EPA Policy Based on ‘Junk Science’
Standpoint
How the US’s Climate of Opinion Changed
The global warming fad is waning. At the same time, a majority of the American people have realised that the policies proposed to address…
Standpoint
Inside the Beltway
Standpoint
Shine a Light on Solyndra Dealings
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Malcolm Wallop, Stand-Up Guy, R.I.P.
Standpoint
10 Years After Sept. 11, ‘Business as Usual’ on Energy
Standpoint
Industry Pressure and Politics Blamed for Obama’s Smog Rule Delay
Standpoint
We’re Powerless in the Face of the Alternative-Energy Lobby
Standpoint