The Open Market Blog

• By: William Yeatman
• 09/18/2015

In 2014, the International Energy Agency reported that global greenhouse gas emissions had stalled, despite positive economic growth. Proponents of “doing something” about climate change…

• By: William Yeatman
• 09/18/2015

Last week, the American Wind Energy Association, which serves as wind power’s top lobbying shop, released a report warning that the industry would face a…

• By: William Yeatman
• 07/22/2015

Today the House Energy and Commerce Committee set to work doing markup on a yet-to-be-named energy bill. CEI’s William Yeatman breaks down the good,…

• By: William Yeatman
• 04/09/2010

The Kyrgyz Republic is again in turmoil. President Kurmanbek Bakiyev fled on Wednesday after violence claimed scores of lives. Like the “Tulip” revolution that toppled…

• By: William Yeatman
• 07/09/2009

Earlier this week the House Appropriations Committee passed a $27 billion budget for the Department of Energy. You might think that the DOE already has…

• By: William Yeatman
• 06/30/2009

Last week, the Competitive Enterprise Institute released a 98 page report written by Alan Carlin, a 38 year veteran of the EPA, on the shaky…

• By: William Yeatman
• 03/05/2009

A month ago, I coined the term "envoy of disappointment" to described Todd Stern, who had been chosen to become the State Department's roving ambassador…

• By: William Yeatman
• 02/17/2009

When is it OK for an oil slick to coat a pristine beach? When it’s a “natural occurrence,” of course! My boss stayed at a…

• By: William Yeatman
• 11/20/2008

Our individual carbon footprints are a function of consumption, which, in turn, is a derivative of individual wealth. Accordingly, my carbon footprint should be small,…

• By: William Yeatman
• 11/11/2008

First, it was called “global warming.” But then it stopped warming, so alarmists changed it to “climate change.” But that’s insufficiently scary:…

• By: William Yeatman
• 07/23/2008

Public transportation is often wearisome. Today, for example, I missed my metro train from Northern Virginia to Washington,…

• By: William Yeatman
• 06/17/2008

Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) today announced that he wants to end the federal…

• By: William Yeatman
• 06/12/2008

The leftist Center for American Progress today released a press statement…

• By: William Yeatman
• 06/12/2008

Congratulations New Hampshire! Yesterday Governor John Lynch signed a bill that makes the Granite…

• By: William Yeatman
• 06/11/2008

Last month, the Democrat-controlled Senate was intent on “doing something” about the high price of fuel.

• By: William Yeatman
• 06/09/2008

Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) looked ridiculous last week when she insisted the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act would cause…

• By: William Yeatman
• 06/04/2008

General Motors announced yesterday that it is closing 4 pickup truck…

• By: William Yeatman
• 05/20/2008

E&E News has an advance copy of Senate EPW…

• By: William Yeatman
• 05/08/2008

The media is supposed to watch the government, but who monitors the media?…

• By: William Yeatman
• 04/09/2008

Last Saturday, Hans wrote a blog post about unrest in Egypt sparked by inflation in the price of food, which, in turn, is caused…

• By: William Yeatman
• 04/08/2008

It’s been a bad week for China’s global image. French police had to extinguish the Olympic torch three times due to “Free Tibet” agitators, who…

• By: William Yeatman
• 03/17/2008

It was a big weekend for the delicate diplomacy of climate change.In Brussels, EU ministers met to try to figure out how to slash greenhouse…

• By: William Yeatman
• 02/14/2008

CEI has long warned that the fuel-from-food craze threatens the world’s poorest citizens by making it harder for them to feed themselves. If you…

• By: William Yeatman
• 02/12/2008

The Wall Street Journal today ran a top-fold, front page news item about how China’s insatiable demand for energy has stimulated a boon in…

• By: William Yeatman
• 01/11/2008

I see a silver lining to Angela’s post about the ambiguous environmental benefits of banning plastic bags in China. The news story she references…

• By: William Yeatman
• 01/11/2008

Indian automaker Tata today unveiled the “People’s Car,” an inexpensive, compact designed to bring automotive travel to the masses in the developing world. The…

• By: William Yeatman
• 01/07/2008

European governments are paying close attention to negotiations in Abuja, Nigeria, where Russian officials are trying to access the host country’s sizable natural gas…

• By: William Yeatman
• 12/11/2007

Richard McGregor reports in today’s Financial Times that the China’s energy demand continues to skyrocket, growing at an annual rate of 16.2 % so…

• By: William Yeatman
• 12/10/2007

According to the Daily Mail, Al Gore left a London audience wanting more after one of his $6,000/minute climate speech. To be sure, the…

• By: William Yeatman
• 11/26/2007

My brother in Denver is very much the everyman. He’s blue collar-John Melencamp-middle America, and I value his opinion as a bellwether of the nation’s…

• By: William Yeatman
• 11/21/2007

It looks as if environmentalists have finally turned against biofuels. Despite mounting evidence to the contrary, many remained faithful to the illusion that biofuels are…

• By: William Yeatman
• 11/13/2007

The International Panel on Climate Change is holding a conference to draft a report on global warming and what can be done to stop it.

• By: William Yeatman
• 11/08/2007

MSNBC reports that two think tanks, the Center for Strategic and International Studies and the Center for a New American Security, released a study…

• By: William Yeatman
• 11/07/2007

Steven Mufson reports in today’s Washington Post that Kansans for Affordable Energy, a non-profit funded by coal interests, has taken out full page advertisements…

• By: William Yeatman
• 11/05/2007

The Draft Gore for ‘08 campaign is picking up steam. According to the Draft Gore Newsletter (sign up here!), signatures are piling up (more…

• By: William Yeatman
• 10/24/2007

The developed world’s seemingly unquenchable thirst for miracle fuels made from food is pushing Russia further towards authoritarianism. The Financial Times today reports that…

• By: William Yeatman
• 10/15/2007

If Al Gore harbors Presidential ambitions, he would be insane to run in ’08. In the parlance of campaign operatives, Al Gore”‘owns” the global warming…

• By: William Yeatman
• 10/01/2007

Some time ago, I reported to the CEI staff, their close friends, and the readers of Openmarket.org that Congress’s ethanol policies were making me…

• By: William Yeatman
• 09/28/2007

Ex-CIA Director James Woolsey is a proponent of ethanol because he believes it can help make the United States more energy independent. Never mind…

• By: William Yeatman
• 09/26/2007

The Hummer is the bane of the greens’ existence. It is big and loud, so it makes an easy target for those so keen on…

• By: William Yeatman
• 09/24/2007

If you happen to catch Arnold Schwarzenegger’s speech to the U.N. on climate change today, please remember as you listen that the governator is full…

• By: William Yeatman
• 09/11/2007

Business leaders in the land of the rising sun have gone kamikaze on energy efficiency. According to a front page story in the Wall Street…

• By: William Yeatman
• 09/10/2007

According to a story in today’s Financial Times, Europeans are buying more SUVs than ever. Evidently, European consumers don’t care that larger cars emit…

• By: William Yeatman
• 07/06/2007

Over the last half century, the developed world has spent almost $2.5 trillion to develop the less developed world. By any accounting, that spending was…

• By: William Yeatman
• 06/13/2007

I acted unlawfully yesterday. In a fit of intemperance, I rode in the Senator-only elevator at the Russell building. In fact, I rode in it…