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June 3, 2020
The Financial Times reported that many companies have cut dividends to shareholders because they are struggling with the current economic downturn. But even after we’ve recovered from the current emergency, reporter Billy Nauman writes, “[the] popularity of environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing could mean that dividend cuts extend beyond the downturn.”
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June 3, 2020
Many regulations have proven especially harmful during the COVID-19 crisis. But many of those waivers are temporary. Those temporary waivers should be made permanent. One of the principles behind CEI’s #NeverNeeded campaign is that if a rule is not needed during a crisis, it was probably never needed at all.
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June 3, 2020
On May 19, student loan servicer Navient filed for summary judgement on a CFPB lawsuit started over three years ago. In the filing, Navient urged Judge Robert D. Mariani of the Middle District of Pennsylvania to stop the litigation, arguing that the agency has yet to bring forth any evidence to support its claim that the company purposefully misled borrowers into forbearance.
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June 3, 2020
Left-of-center environmental activists are at it again, maligning the reputation of one of President Trump’s nominees—with little regard for the truth. One of their latest victims is toxicologist Nancy Beck, whom Trump recently nominated to chair the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
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June 3, 2020
How many unions are still charging dues to their unemployed members during the COVID-19 outbreak? While unions have been aggressively presenting themselves as the workers’ protectors during the COVID-19 crisis, it is unclear how many have been providing workers with the one form of financial relief that is directly in their power to bestow.
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June 2, 2020
To paraphrase a famous financial services commercial from the 1970s and 1980s, when J.K. Rowling asks, people answer. When the famed author of the Harry Potter series of books requested an explanation of bitcoin on Twitter in May, hundreds of people raced to reply. On May 17, CEI's John Berlau joined the fray in a tweet thread addressed to Rowling.
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June 1, 2020
At least $26 billion taxpayer dollars are going to be wasted through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) ACT, with “a large portion of it” being stolen through fraud, Labor Department Inspector General Scott Dahl told House lawmakers Monday. The government’s rules for providing COCID-19 relief funds have basically made it impossible to stop bogus claims.
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June 1, 2020
On June 1, the EPA issued a final rule clarifying that the Clean Water Act cannot be used by states to block energy projects based on climate or any other grounds unrelated to water quality. This rule should help remove roadblocks to many such projects that both create jobs and keep energy affordable for homes and businesses.
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June 1, 2020
On May 28, the EPA notified the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that it will not challenge its ongoing review of the Pebble Mine in Alaska at this time. Thus, the Army Corps can continue reviewing the project’s Environmental Impact Statement pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The EIS review and subsequent final decision on the mine permit are expected by the end of the year.
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June 1, 2020
Apart from sector-specific executive orders and directives to federal agencies, there are six prominent ways the Trump administration has streamlined regulation that were covered in the recent Ten Thousand Commandments report released last week.
The Financial Times reported that many companies have cut dividends to shareholders because they are struggling with the current economic downturn. But even after we’ve recovered from the current emergency, reporter Billy Nauman writes, “[the] popularity of environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing could mean that dividend cuts extend beyond the downturn.”
Many regulations have proven especially harmful during the COVID-19 crisis. But many of those waivers are temporary. Those temporary waivers should be made permanent. One of the principles behind CEI’s #NeverNeeded campaign is that if a rule is not needed during a crisis, it was probably never needed at all.
On May 19, student loan servicer Navient filed for summary judgement on a CFPB lawsuit started over three years ago. In the filing, Navient urged Judge Robert D. Mariani of the Middle District of Pennsylvania to stop the litigation, arguing that the agency has yet to bring forth any evidence to support its claim that the company purposefully misled borrowers into forbearance.
Left-of-center environmental activists are at it again, maligning the reputation of one of President Trump’s nominees—with little regard for the truth. One of their latest victims is toxicologist Nancy Beck, whom Trump recently nominated to chair the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
How many unions are still charging dues to their unemployed members during the COVID-19 outbreak? While unions have been aggressively presenting themselves as the workers’ protectors during the COVID-19 crisis, it is unclear how many have been providing workers with the one form of financial relief that is directly in their power to bestow.
To paraphrase a famous financial services commercial from the 1970s and 1980s, when J.K. Rowling asks, people answer. When the famed author of the Harry Potter series of books requested an explanation of bitcoin on Twitter in May, hundreds of people raced to reply. On May 17, CEI's John Berlau joined the fray in a tweet thread addressed to Rowling.
At least $26 billion taxpayer dollars are going to be wasted through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) ACT, with “a large portion of it” being stolen through fraud, Labor Department Inspector General Scott Dahl told House lawmakers Monday. The government’s rules for providing COCID-19 relief funds have basically made it impossible to stop bogus claims.
On June 1, the EPA issued a final rule clarifying that the Clean Water Act cannot be used by states to block energy projects based on climate or any other grounds unrelated to water quality. This rule should help remove roadblocks to many such projects that both create jobs and keep energy affordable for homes and businesses.
On May 28, the EPA notified the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that it will not challenge its ongoing review of the Pebble Mine in Alaska at this time. Thus, the Army Corps can continue reviewing the project’s Environmental Impact Statement pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The EIS review and subsequent final decision on the mine permit are expected by the end of the year.
Apart from sector-specific executive orders and directives to federal agencies, there are six prominent ways the Trump administration has streamlined regulation that were covered in the recent Ten Thousand Commandments report released last week.