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House expected to consider common sense Clean Air Act permitting bills

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House expected to consider common sense Clean Air Act permitting bills

  • By: Daren Bakst
  • 04/13/2026

Any serious federal permitting reform effort must address the massive obstacles created by the Clean Air Act (CAA).This week, the House is expected to address…

Energy and Environment

CEI’s The Surge: EU forest regulation, power scarcity, and more

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CEI’s The Surge: EU forest regulation, power scarcity, and more

  • By: Daren Bakst, Jacob Tomasulo
  • 03/23/2026

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…

Energy and Environment

Washington should resist the urge to overreact to high gas prices

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Washington should resist the urge to overreact to high gas prices

  • By: Ben Lieberman, Daren Bakst
  • 03/10/2026

Unfortunately, there has been a sharp increase in domestic gas prices since the conflict with Iran started.According to the Energy Information Administration, the national…

Energy

CEI’s The Surge: The PROVE IT Act, ‘green’ policies raising housing costs, and more

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CEI’s The Surge: The PROVE IT Act, ‘green’ policies raising housing costs, and more

  • By: Daren Bakst, Jacob Tomasulo
  • 02/06/2026

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…

Energy and Environment

New WOTUS rule has a problem: The use of ‘wet season’

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New WOTUS rule has a problem: The use of ‘wet season’

  • By: Daren Bakst
  • 02/03/2026

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Army Corps of Engineers, have proposed a new rule defining the “Waters of the United States”…

Water and Air Quality

CEI’s The Surge: US withdraws from climate change convention, proposed Endangered Species Act reform, and more

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CEI’s The Surge: US withdraws from climate change convention, proposed Endangered Species Act reform, and more

  • By: Daren Bakst, Jacob Tomasulo
  • 01/12/2026

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…

Energy and Environment

CEI’s The Surge: Clean Water Act reform, new CAFE standards, and more

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CEI’s The Surge: Clean Water Act reform, new CAFE standards, and more

  • By: Daren Bakst, Jacob Tomasulo
  • 12/23/2025

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…

Energy and Environment

What’s coming in 2026 for energy and environmental policy

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What’s coming in 2026 for energy and environmental policy

  • By: Daren Bakst
  • 12/09/2025

There are many important energy and environmental developments in the works, both in the executive branch and in Congress. The following are two different lists.

Energy and Environment

Subcommittee to markup commonsense Clean Air Act bills

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Subcommittee to markup commonsense Clean Air Act bills

  • By: Daren Bakst
  • 12/09/2025

Tomorrow, the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Environment Subcommittee is scheduled to hold a markup of several Clean Air Act-related bills.NAAQS refers to the…

Energy and Environment

What permitting reform should and shouldn’t include

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What permitting reform should and shouldn’t include

  • By: Daren Bakst, Paige Lambermont
  • 11/26/2025

Congress is working on bipartisan permitting reform. This is a good sign, but any such efforts need to ensure they deliver genuine permitting reform that…

Energy and Environment

Some minimum requirements for a proper WOTUS rule

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Some minimum requirements for a proper WOTUS rule

  • By: Daren Bakst
  • 09/16/2025

In the coming weeks, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Army Corps of Engineers are expected to release a proposed rule defining what…

Energy and Environment

House subcommittee to discuss important Clean Air Act bills

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House subcommittee to discuss important Clean Air Act bills

  • By: Daren Bakst
  • 09/16/2025

The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Environment will be holding a hearing today entitled “From Gridlock to Growth: Permitting Reform Under the…

Energy and Environment

Power plant greenhouse gas emissions don’t contribute significantly to ‘dangerous air pollution’

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Power plant greenhouse gas emissions don’t contribute significantly to ‘dangerous air pollution’

  • By: Daren Bakst, Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 08/18/2025

CEI recently submitted comments on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Proposed Rule to repeal greenhouse gas (GHG) emission standards for fossil fuel power…

Energy and Environment

The PERMIT Act is an important step for permitting reform

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The PERMIT Act is an important step for permitting reform

  • By: Daren Bakst
  • 07/22/2025

Tomorrow, the House is expected to consider the Promoting Efficient Review for Modern Infrastructure Today Act or PERMIT Act (H.R. 3898). It contains several…

Energy and Environment

45Q tax credit could help kill off power plants and reliable electricity

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45Q tax credit could help kill off power plants and reliable electricity

  • By: Daren Bakst
  • 06/17/2025

The 45Q tax credit serves as an incentive for power plants and industrial facilities to invest in carbon capture and sequestration/storage.The Inflation Reduction Act…

Energy

CEI’s The Surge: Clean Power Plan repeal, CRA resolutions and more

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CEI’s The Surge: Clean Power Plan repeal, CRA resolutions and more

  • By: Daren Bakst, Jacob Tomasulo
  • 06/13/2025

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…

Energy and Environment

CEI’s The Surge: Expert testimony, Spanish blackout, and more

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CEI’s The Surge: Expert testimony, Spanish blackout, and more

  • By: Daren Bakst, Jacob Tomasulo
  • 06/02/2025

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…

Energy and Environment

Eight energy policies that reduce competition and increase energy prices

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Eight energy policies that reduce competition and increase energy prices

  • By: Daren Bakst
  • 05/29/2025

The US Department of Justice’s Anticompetitive Regulations Task Force was accepting comments from the public in part “seeking information about laws and regulations that…

Energy

CEI’s The Surge: CRA resolutions, IRA reform, and more

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CEI’s The Surge: CRA resolutions, IRA reform, and more

  • By: Daren Bakst, Jacob Tomasulo
  • 05/20/2025

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…

Energy and Environment

Why IRA energy subsidies should be dismantled: A guide

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Why IRA energy subsidies should be dismantled: A guide

  • By: Daren Bakst, Jacob Tomasulo, Paige Lambermont
  • 05/12/2025

This article is intended to be a useful resource about the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) energy subsidies and is broken into three sections: The first…

Energy

CEI’s The Surge: California waivers, IRIS, and more

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CEI’s The Surge: California waivers, IRIS, and more

  • By: Daren Bakst, Jacob Tomasulo
  • 05/02/2025

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…

Energy and Environment

Congress needs to repeal the Biden EPA and California attack on gas-powered cars

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Congress needs to repeal the Biden EPA and California attack on gas-powered cars

  • By: Daren Bakst
  • 04/11/2025

The attack on gas-powered vehicles exists on multiple fronts, including through federal and state regulation.Regarding federal regulation, much of the attention has been focused on…

Energy and Environment

CEI’s The Surge: The EPA, WOTUS, and more

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CEI’s The Surge: The EPA, WOTUS, and more

  • By: Daren Bakst, Jacob Tomasulo
  • 04/03/2025

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…

Energy and Environment

Is the Solar for All program authorized?

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Is the Solar for All program authorized?

  • By: Daren Bakst
  • 03/26/2025

In 2022, Democrats passed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) without a single Republican vote in the House or Senate.One of the most controversial IRA…

Energy and Environment

Tossing gold bars off the Titanic is just the tip of the IRA iceberg

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Tossing gold bars off the Titanic is just the tip of the IRA iceberg

  • By: Daren Bakst
  • 02/20/2025

The Biden Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rushed to dole out billions of taxpayer dollars before President Donald Trump took office. A former Biden EPA official…

Energy and Environment

What Trump has already done to advance sound energy policy

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What Trump has already done to advance sound energy policy

  • By: Daren Bakst, Jacob Tomasulo
  • 01/24/2025

President Donald Trump has wasted no time in seeking to undo the harm of President Joe Biden’s energy and environmental policy. Through his presidential actions,…

Energy and Environment

President Trump should revoke these 7 energy and environment executive orders

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President Trump should revoke these 7 energy and environment executive orders

  • By: Daren Bakst
  • 01/17/2025

On Monday, President Donald Trump will begin his second term. He will be very busy in part because he needs to start undoing President Joe…

Energy and Environment

Congress needs to undo Biden’s sweeping attack on offshore drilling

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Congress needs to undo Biden’s sweeping attack on offshore drilling

  • By: Daren Bakst
  • 01/06/2025

Today, President Joe Biden announced that he is blocking more than 625 million acres of US ocean from future offshore drilling. The two…

Energy

Kerry’s statements reflect the moral failings of climate extremism

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Kerry’s statements reflect the moral failings of climate extremism

  • By: Daren Bakst
  • 12/06/2024

Last week, John Kerry told a Harvard audience how he thinks we need to address climate change: “We need to get people to…

Climate

Republicans shouldn’t do anything lame in the lame duck

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Republicans shouldn’t do anything lame in the lame duck

  • By: Daren Bakst
  • 11/26/2024

Next year is looking good for Republicans at the federal level. Control of the House, Senate, and the White House is a recipe for legislative…

Energy and Environment

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