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Yes, women had access to credit before 1974

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Yes, women had access to credit before 1974

  • By: Patricia Patnode
  • 03/27/2025

March is Women’s History Month, a time to acknowledge and celebrate many “firsts” for women in public life. One of those “firsts” is the ability…

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Gov. Youngkin should veto restrictive credit bill

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Gov. Youngkin should veto restrictive credit bill

  • By: Patricia Patnode
  • 03/14/2025

While many watchful eyes focus on the economic impacts of actions of federal lawmakers inside the Beltway, pending legislation in a statehouse 100 miles south…

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Coinbase’s FOIA complaints against FDIC raise serious government transparency concerns 

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Coinbase’s FOIA complaints against FDIC raise serious government transparency concerns 

  • By: Patricia Patnode
  • 01/31/2025

In the waning days of the Biden administration, whistleblowers and investigative journalists put forth alarming revelations of financial regulators jawboning banks to cut off services…

Government Transparency

Consumers benefit from access to Buy Now, Pay Later options

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Consumers benefit from access to Buy Now, Pay Later options

  • By: Patricia Patnode
  • 11/13/2024

In a rapidly evolving retail landscape, with more and more commerce moving online, there has been a rise of financial technology (or fintech) tools. These…

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CEI’s The Surge: Nuclear Supreme Court case, the ADVANCE Act, and more

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CEI’s The Surge: Nuclear Supreme Court case, the ADVANCE Act, and more

  • By: Daren Bakst, Patricia Patnode
  • 10/09/2024

If you are interested in analysis and perspective on current energy and environmental issues, then we encourage you to subscribe to this new publication and special…

Energy

Iowa’s ‘Lean-in’ approach to successful permitting reform

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Iowa’s ‘Lean-in’ approach to successful permitting reform

  • By: James Broughel, Patricia Patnode
  • 09/26/2024

The State of Iowa has made significant strides in improving its environmental permitting processes, thanks to innovative reforms spearheaded by the state’s Department of Natural…

Regulatory Reform

House expected to consider legislation to block EPA’s ‘EV mandate’

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House expected to consider legislation to block EPA’s ‘EV mandate’

  • By: Patricia Patnode
  • 09/19/2024

This week the House is expected to consider a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to overturn the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) April 2024 rule…

Energy and Environment

CEI’s The Surge: HUD hiking housing costs, wind and solar subsidies, and more

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CEI’s The Surge: HUD hiking housing costs, wind and solar subsidies, and more

  • By: Daren Bakst, Patricia Patnode
  • 09/18/2024

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Americans are rejecting EVs despite government meddling

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Americans are rejecting EVs despite government meddling

  • By: Patricia Patnode
  • 08/13/2024

Some policymakers across the country continue to try and get American drivers out of gas-powered cars and into electric vehicles (EVs), using a…

Energy and Environment

Uncertain grids, growing market: The rise of backup power solutions in the US

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Uncertain grids, growing market: The rise of backup power solutions in the US

  • By: Patricia Patnode
  • 08/08/2024

In recent years, the generator market has seen remarkable growth, with more consumers opting for backup power solutions than ever before. The US generator sales…

Energy

CEI’s The Surge: <i>Loper Bright, </i>nuclear exports, and more

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CEI’s The Surge: Loper Bright, nuclear exports, and more

  • By: Daren Bakst, Patricia Patnode
  • 08/05/2024

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CEI’s The Surge: Carbon taxes, Chevron, nuclear bill becomes law, & more!

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CEI’s The Surge: Carbon taxes, Chevron, nuclear bill becomes law, & more!

  • By: Daren Bakst, Patricia Patnode
  • 07/23/2024

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Combatting climate anxiety: Yes, it’s okay to have children

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Combatting climate anxiety: Yes, it’s okay to have children

  • By: Patricia Patnode
  • 07/22/2024

The message that the Earth is rapidly decaying has long been evangelized by college professors and other gung-ho Malthusians in the media. It has led…

Climate

The Surge: California train regulations, DOE lawsuits, and more

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The Surge: California train regulations, DOE lawsuits, and more

  • By: Daren Bakst, Patricia Patnode
  • 06/18/2024

If you are interested in analysis and perspective on current energy and environmental issues, then we encourage you to subscribe to this new publication…

Energy and Environment

Technological limitations of California’s in-use locomotive rule

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Technological limitations of California’s in-use locomotive rule

  • By: Patricia Patnode
  • 06/12/2024

Like our cardiovascular system, freight trains work like arteries running 24/7 transporting bulk commodities and goods. This includes transporting everything from cardboard boxes for…

Rail and Mass Transit

The Surge: EPA’s new power plant rule, the PROVE IT Act, and more

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The Surge: EPA’s new power plant rule, the PROVE IT Act, and more

  • By: Daren Bakst, Patricia Patnode
  • 06/11/2024

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Energy and Environment

The Surge: Clean Power Plan 2.0 and more

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The Surge: Clean Power Plan 2.0 and more

  • By: Daren Bakst, Patricia Patnode
  • 05/09/2024

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Energy and Environment

Green rules, red tape: What American farmers can learn from EU protests

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Green rules, red tape: What American farmers can learn from EU protests

  • By: Patricia Patnode
  • 04/11/2024

The European Union (EU) has been implementing various measures to fundamentally transform the agricultural sector, notably through initiatives such as the European Green Deal…

Climate

Hailstorm exposes vulnerabilities in solar infrastructure: A wake-up call from Texas

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Hailstorm exposes vulnerabilities in solar infrastructure: A wake-up call from Texas

  • By: Patricia Patnode
  • 04/02/2024

Recent destruction of solar cells at the Fighting Jays Solar Farm in Texas has sparked concerns amongst locals about potential land contamination and drawn…

Energy

Another ban from California: Say goodbye to most new gas-powered lawn and garden equipment

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Another ban from California: Say goodbye to most new gas-powered lawn and garden equipment

  • By: Jacob Tomasulo, Patricia Patnode
  • 04/02/2024

California is not just banning gas-powered vehicles and trying to ban diesel locomotives. The state is also banning the sale of new gas-powered…

Energy

Fueling discontent: Minnesota’s costly push for a low carbon fuel standard

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Fueling discontent: Minnesota’s costly push for a low carbon fuel standard

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr., Patricia Patnode
  • 03/15/2024

Lawmakers in Minnesota are considering a Clean Transportation Standard (CTS) that would impose increasingly stringent carbon-intensity reduction targets on all motor fuels used in the…

Climate

The Surge: New EPA rulemaking, Biden’s LNG ‘pause,’ and more

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The Surge: New EPA rulemaking, Biden’s LNG ‘pause,’ and more

  • By: Daren Bakst, Patricia Patnode
  • 03/06/2024

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Energy and Environment

CEI’s The Surge: Biden admin particulate matter rule, GOP carbon tax support, and more

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CEI’s The Surge: Biden admin particulate matter rule, GOP carbon tax support, and more

  • By: Daren Bakst, Patricia Patnode
  • 02/15/2024

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Energy and Environment

CEI’s The Surge: Carbon tariffs, Natural Asset Companies, and weird emissions math

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CEI’s The Surge: Carbon tariffs, Natural Asset Companies, and weird emissions math

  • By: Daren Bakst, Patricia Patnode
  • 02/01/2024

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Energy

Virginia Senate Democrats block repeal of EV mandate

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Virginia Senate Democrats block repeal of EV mandate

  • By: Patricia Patnode
  • 01/21/2024

Democrats on a Virginia state Senate committee voted down Republican attempts to roll back the state’s vehicle emissions law on Tuesday. The law, passed…

Automobiles and Roads

Dear California, just let the trains run

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Dear California, just let the trains run

  • By: Patricia Patnode
  • 12/21/2023

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) in April approved regulations to ban the operation of diesel locomotives in California and the rule goes…

Rail and Mass Transit

CEI’s The Surge: COP28, House passes car legislation, and carbon taxes

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CEI’s The Surge: COP28, House passes car legislation, and carbon taxes

  • By: Daren Bakst, Patricia Patnode
  • 12/15/2023

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Energy and Environment

Tom Vilsack tries to change the subject, but a slush fund is still a slush fund

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Tom Vilsack tries to change the subject, but a slush fund is still a slush fund

  • By: Patricia Patnode
  • 12/07/2023

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack published an op-ed in direct response to an op-ed written by CEI’s Patricia Patnode in the Cedar Rapids Gazette.

Subsidies and Bailouts

CEI’s The Surge: Carbon tariffs, CAFE standards, and more!

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CEI’s The Surge: Carbon tariffs, CAFE standards, and more!

  • By: Daren Bakst, Patricia Patnode
  • 11/20/2023

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Energy and Environment

CEI’s The Surge: Climate change slush fund, the true cost of EVs, and more

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CEI’s The Surge: Climate change slush fund, the true cost of EVs, and more

  • By: Daren Bakst, Patricia Patnode
  • 10/30/2023

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Energy and Environment

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