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Debunking the ‘Race to the Bottom’ Theory of Regulatory Competition

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Debunking the ‘Race to the Bottom’ Theory of Regulatory Competition

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 01/19/2018

Its success in policymaking notwithstanding, the "race to the bottom" theory has fared poorly with the passage of time.

Climate

Trump Administration Nominates Holly Greaves to Most Important EPA Post You’ve Never Heard of

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Trump Administration Nominates Holly Greaves to Most Important EPA Post You’ve Never Heard of

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 01/03/2018

Members of Congress should press Greaves to ensure that she is committed to producing an intelligible budget that allows for congressional oversight.

Climate

EPA Considers ‘What Comes Next’ after Ending Obama-Era Clean Power Plan

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EPA Considers ‘What Comes Next’ after Ending Obama-Era Clean Power Plan

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 12/19/2017

This week's Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking is a brainstorming exercise for what comes in the wake of the EPA’s rescission of the Clean Power…

Climate

Despite Global Warming, Developers Still Love Miami

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Despite Global Warming, Developers Still Love Miami

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 12/09/2017

20,000 condominiums are in various stages of construction in Miami, in spite of global warming.

Climate

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EPA Administrator Pruitt Cleans Up Advisory Committees

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 10/31/2017

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt today is going to announce a new agency policy whereby independent science advisors cannot be funded by agency grants.

Energy and Environment

House Passes Two Bills to Reform EPA Settlement Abuse

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House Passes Two Bills to Reform EPA Settlement Abuse

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 10/27/2017

By a 238-183 bipartisan vote on October 24, the House of Representatives passed the Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2017 (H.R. 732).

Energy

EPA Administrator Pruitt’s Welcome Efforts to End Sue and Settle

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EPA Administrator Pruitt’s Welcome Efforts to End Sue and Settle

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 10/20/2017

On October 15, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt issued a directive taking on the practice known as “sue and settle,” whereby environmental…

Energy

Blog

Senate Budget Resolution Breathes Life into ANWR

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 10/20/2017

By a 51-49 vote, the Senate this past week passed a budget resolution that creates a fast-track process for writing legislation to permit drilling in…

Energy

Blog

My Take on Energy Department’s Prompt Letter to FERC

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 10/12/2017

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is the federal agency responsible for regulating interstate power flows, but the Federal Power Act authorizes the Department of…

Energy

Sen. Graham’s Perplexing Pivot to a Carbon Tax

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Sen. Graham’s Perplexing Pivot to a Carbon Tax

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 09/22/2017

Lindsey Graham's enthusiasm for a carbon tax may be less popular than he imagines.

Climate

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Clinton’s ‘What Happened’ Latest Evidence that Climate Mitigation Policy Is Political Poison

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 09/13/2017

Climate change policy is opposed by healthy bipartisan majorities.

Climate

Fuzzy Math behind Xcel’s New ‘Colorado Energy Plan’

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Fuzzy Math behind Xcel’s New ‘Colorado Energy Plan’

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 09/09/2017

The Colorado utility is claiming that unnecessarily retiring cheap power and then replacing it with new expensive power would somehow save ratepayers money.

Energy

Blog

Weak Allegations Fill NYT’s Latest Ill-Founded Pruitt Expose

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 08/14/2017

The New York Times is back with another attempted blockbuster on Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt.

Climate

Congress, Courts Should Stamp Out EPA’s Power of the Purse

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Congress, Courts Should Stamp Out EPA’s Power of the Purse

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 08/09/2017

Federal judges should give greater thought to what is being asked of them when the government seeks a court order entering a consent decree that…

Chemical Risk

SCOTUS’s Illogical ADEC Opinion Roiling Clean Air Act Cooperative Federalism

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SCOTUS’s Illogical ADEC Opinion Roiling Clean Air Act Cooperative Federalism

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 07/13/2017

If the EPA’s expert always receives deference, then the state is very much subject to “second guessing,” despite the fact that states have no less…

Energy and Environment

Blog

Two Responses to Anonymous EPA Staffer Diary in New York Magazine

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 07/12/2017

EPA employees work for the American people, not the Sierra Club.

Climate

Blog

EPA Chlorpyrifos Imbroglio Demonstrates Confounding Journalistic Themes

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 07/12/2017

Confounding beliefs lead to cognitive dissonance for the modern progressive environmental reporter.

Chemical Risk

Bad Week in Courts for EPA Policy

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Bad Week in Courts for EPA Policy

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 07/01/2017

If the Trump administration had folded the Obama-era appeal of Judge Bailey’s decision, then the only legal precedent regarding the relevant section of the Clean…

Energy

Government Documents on EPA-VW Settlement Highlight Need for Congressional Oversight

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Government Documents on EPA-VW Settlement Highlight Need for Congressional Oversight

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 06/14/2017

It is well past time for a committee of jurisdiction to ask of the EPA: How much are you spending on the VW settlement?…

CEI Litigation

Blog

EPA Should Use Review of Mercury and Air Toxics ‘Supplemental Analysis’ to Put ‘Co-benefits’ in the Grave

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 06/12/2017

The Trump EPA should undertake its own supplemental analysis, including a review of the one performed by the previous administration.

Chemical Risk

What Congress and the Trump Administration Need to Do to Fix the EPA’s Broken Budget

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What Congress and the Trump Administration Need to Do to Fix the EPA’s Broken Budget

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 06/10/2017

Congress should demand that EPA submit a budget that is capable of being understood by lawmakers.

Climate

Blog

A Short & Concrete Defense of the Legal Risk Rationale behind the Paris Exit

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 06/05/2017

The agreement could have been used to muck up the Trump administration’s planned rollback of Obama-era climate rules, including the Clean Power Plan…

Climate

Paris Exit Enjoys Electoral Legitimacy Agreement Itself Lacked

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Paris Exit Enjoys Electoral Legitimacy Agreement Itself Lacked

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 06/02/2017

Trump’s Paris exit fulfills a 2016 campaign pledge.

Climate

Blog

Why Not a “Nuclear Option” for Legislative Vetoes?

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 05/25/2017

For the sake of clarity, I start with questions presented in this blog, which serve as a useful guide: Is it constitutional for one Congress…

Legal

New York Times Again Misses Mark with Pruitt Hit

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New York Times Again Misses Mark with Pruitt Hit

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 05/23/2017

The truth is a lot blander then what the journalists would have you believe.

Climate

Blog

Confusing EPA Budget Process Calculated to Resist Meaningful Oversight

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 05/22/2017

Congress can’t exercise the power of the purse to rein in an administrative agency when lawmakers have no idea how the money is spent.

Climate

Blog

Double Dose of Good News from D.C. Circuit Court

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 04/29/2017

In a double dose of good news, the D.C. Circuit Court this week put on hold litigation surrounding two major Obama-era EPA rules for existing…

CEI Litigation

Bipartisan Attorney General Letter Opposes Electric Vehicle Industrial Policy in EPA-VW Settlement

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Bipartisan Attorney General Letter Opposes Electric Vehicle Industrial Policy in EPA-VW Settlement

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 04/25/2017

A bipartisan group of state attorneys general has released of a letter opposing the electrical vehicle infrastructure plan that the EPA negotiated with Volkswagen over…

CEI Litigation

Blog

Top Three Silliest Reactions to Trump’s Climate Executive Order

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 03/29/2017

#3 Silliest Reaction: Red Scare! According to Nathan Richardson at Resources for the Future, the big problem with Trump’s Executive Order is what it signals…

Climate

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More Anxiety over White House Budget for EPA

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 03/22/2017

Whatever the administration hopes to accomplish with its budget, it must work with Congress.

Climate

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