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Trump executive order establishing a portal for regulatory dark matter

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Trump executive order establishing a portal for regulatory dark matter

  • By: Carter Johnson, Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 06/30/2025

Even at the insistence of Congress in 2018, 46 federal agencies could only uncover only about 13,000 of their guidance documents and policy statements…

Regulatory Reform

The week in regulations: Nuclear fees and unintentional otter injuries

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The week in regulations: Nuclear fees and unintentional otter injuries

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 06/30/2025

The possible war with Iran did not escalate. The reconciliation bill debate continued, as did presidential pressure on the Federal Reserve to lower rates. U.S.

Deregulation

EPA Proposes to Repeal Biden Power Plant Rule

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EPA Proposes to Repeal Biden Power Plant Rule

  • By: Paige Lambermont
  • 06/27/2025

As demand for electricity continues to rise, a pragmatic energy policy wins out.  EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin just announced the proposed repeal of a Biden…

Energy and Environment

The cold wind of socialism

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The cold wind of socialism

  • By: Brian A. Rankin
  • 06/27/2025

In an episode of the Netflix series The Crown, an aging Winston Churchill refers to the Labour Party’s return to power as the “cold…

Capitalism

Supreme Court likely to decide fate of federal unions

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Supreme Court likely to decide fate of federal unions

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 06/27/2025

A matter likely to end up before the Supreme Court soon is the right of federal government employees to form unions. Whether they retain that…

Government Unions

Free the Economy podcast: Shareholders vs. stakeholders with Jerry Bowyer

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Free the Economy podcast: Shareholders vs. stakeholders with Jerry Bowyer

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 06/26/2025

In this week’s episode we cover the failure of postal banking, Trump pausing the TikTok ban (again), and the political crack-up…

Deregulation

New CEI paper: End IRA Subsidies Now

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New CEI paper: End IRA Subsidies Now

  • By: Jacob Tomasulo
  • 06/26/2025

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is the flagship climate spending law from the Biden administration. Estimates place its cost between $936 billion and $1.97…

Energy and Environment

Trump’s deregulation shines, but tariffs and antitrust cloud the scene

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Trump’s deregulation shines, but tariffs and antitrust cloud the scene

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 06/25/2025

The White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) this month released a new report on the Trump administration’s regulatory rollback efforts. Titled “The Economic…

Deregulation

New York City breadlines

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New York City breadlines

  • By: Ryan Hwang
  • 06/24/2025

Zohran Mamdani, a candidate for New York City’s mayoral Democratic primary, proposes to address the city’s housing and affordability crisis through rent control (rent freezes…

Business and Government

Are we losing the subsidized clean energy race to China? Let’s hope so

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Are we losing the subsidized clean energy race to China? Let’s hope so

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 06/24/2025

Do we need to retain the Green New Deal-style subsidies from the Inflation Reduction Act or risk losing the clean energy race to China? Many…

Energy

Trump’s ‘Golden Share’ breaches government’s proper role 

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Trump’s ‘Golden Share’ breaches government’s proper role 

  • By: Nadav Sternheim
  • 06/24/2025

On June 13, President Trump issued an executive order declaring that the proposed acquisition of U.S. Steel by Japan’s Nippon Steel…

Business and Government

EU downsizes and delays its climate disclosure policy

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EU downsizes and delays its climate disclosure policy

  • By: Stone Washington
  • 06/23/2025

The European Union (EU) is undergoing a major reality check regarding its climate disclosure policy for corporations. Its executive arm, the European Commission, has significantly…

Energy and Environment

The week in regulations: FAA ethics and Postal Service justice

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The week in regulations: FAA ethics and Postal Service justice

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 06/23/2025

Social Security will go bust in 2033. War with Iran is a real possibility. The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady, as expected. It is…

Deregulation

‘With you or without you’ – The growing rift between unions and Democrats

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‘With you or without you’ – The growing rift between unions and Democrats

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 06/20/2025

A rift is growing between the Democratic Party and the labor movement. It was caused in large part by the party’s inability to move the…

Labor and Employment

Free the Economy podcast: The Reagan legacy in the 21st century with Dan Rothschild

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Free the Economy podcast: The Reagan legacy in the 21st century with Dan Rothschild

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 06/20/2025

In this week’s episode we cover FreedomFest 2025, the FDA’s war on effective sunblock, good news about critical minerals, and Walmart’s…

Deregulation

FDA can’t stomach fluoride and doesn’t want you to, either

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FDA can’t stomach fluoride and doesn’t want you to, either

  • By: Jeremy Nighohossian
  • 06/18/2025

On May 13, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it would begin a process intended to exclude ingestible prescription fluoride products for…

Health and Safety

GENIUS Act needs free market fixes before it graduates to law

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GENIUS Act needs free market fixes before it graduates to law

  • By: John Berlau
  • 06/18/2025

Yesterday, the US Senate voted to approve a regulatory regime for stablecoins. This vote represents one of the most significant milestones for cryptocurrency since the…

Banking and Finance

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

The week in regulations: CAFE standards and Christmas tree promotions

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The week in regulations: CAFE standards and Christmas tree promotions

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 06/16/2025

Israel launched a military strike against Iran. US Senator Alex Padilla was detained for trying to ask a question at a Department of Homeland Security…

Deregulation

The CFPB director’s dominance over adjudication must end

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The CFPB director’s dominance over adjudication must end

  • By: Stone Washington
  • 06/13/2025

On behalf of CEI, I submitted a new comment to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) calling on the Bureau to rescind one…

Law and Litigation

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

Congress should deregulate if it will not tackle entitlement spending 

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Congress should deregulate if it will not tackle entitlement spending 

  • By: Carter Johnson
  • 06/12/2025

The Senate is currently reviewing the House version of the One Big Beautiful Bill in an effort to have President Trump sign the bill into…

Deregulation

Trump, Congress overturn California’s gas-car ban

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Trump, Congress overturn California’s gas-car ban

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 06/12/2025

President Trump today signed three Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolutions of disapproval to overturn Biden administration Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) waivers greenlighting California’s plans…

Energy

UN report says tree planting can result in more greenhouse gas emissions

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UN report says tree planting can result in more greenhouse gas emissions

  • By: Jacob Tomasulo
  • 06/12/2025

It is common knowledge that trees act as carbon sinks. Through the process of photosynthesis, trees take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen that we…

Climate

New nuclear executive orders come at a time when power demand is rising

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New nuclear executive orders come at a time when power demand is rising

  • By: Paige Lambermont
  • 06/12/2025

On Friday, May 23, President Trump signed four executive orders related to nuclear power. These lay the groundwork for reforming nuclear regulation and enabling nuclear power…

Energy

AI boom power surge: Plants revived, fossil fuels reconsidered

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AI boom power surge: Plants revived, fossil fuels reconsidered

  • By: Paige Lambermont
  • 06/12/2025

Rising power demand is causing retired power plants to be reopened and repurposed.  Power demand in the United States was relatively stagnant for many years,…

Energy

Free the Economy podcast: Drug costs and benefits with Sally Pipes

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Free the Economy podcast: Drug costs and benefits with Sally Pipes

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 06/12/2025

In this week’s episode we cover reforms to the Endangered Species Act, attacks on US tech firms, nuclear power innovation,…

Deregulation

The MAHA Report is a missed opportunity

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The MAHA Report is a missed opportunity

  • By: Jeremy Nighohossian
  • 06/11/2025

Less than six months into the new administration, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has produced its Make Our Children Healthy Again…

Health and Safety

Your family’s share of federal red tape last year was…

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Your family’s share of federal red tape last year was…

  • By: Jeremy Lott, Ryan Smith
  • 06/11/2025

Most people can see taxes on their pay stubs, but there’s another sort of tax that’s much less visible: the cost of government regulations. These…

Deregulation

Matt Ridley’s wisdom on trust and trade 

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Matt Ridley’s wisdom on trust and trade 

  • By: Nadav Sternheim
  • 06/11/2025

In 1834, Charles Darwin encountered a group of natives in Tierra del Fuego, at the southern tip of South America. Although both parties were unable…

Trade and International

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