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Administration’s Recent Crackdown on Domestic Mining at Odds with Its Electric Vehicle Agenda

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Administration’s Recent Crackdown on Domestic Mining at Odds with Its Electric Vehicle Agenda

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 02/07/2023

President Biden could hardly be more aggressive in trying to foist electric vehicles (EVs) on the American public, regardless of whether they really meet our…

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Federal Attacks on Gas Stoves Continue

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Federal Attacks on Gas Stoves Continue

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 02/02/2023

Think Biden administration regulators at the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) have really backed away from their threat to target natural gas stoves? No, they…

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It Isn’t Just Gas Stoves That Biden Regulators Dislike – EPA Adding Costly Red Tape To Air Conditioners

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It Isn’t Just Gas Stoves That Biden Regulators Dislike – EPA Adding Costly Red Tape To Air Conditioners

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 01/30/2023

In response to a strong consumer backlash, Biden administration regulators now insist they are not considering a ban on natural gas stoves, at least…

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CNN Cheers Proposed New Restrictions on Light Bulbs

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CNN Cheers Proposed New Restrictions on Light Bulbs

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 12/20/2022

CNN has some great news for American consumers—your choices in light bulbs are being reduced! The Department of Energy (DOE) will soon propose a new…

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Will the Second Chapter of the Renewable Fuel Standard Be Worse than the First?

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Will the Second Chapter of the Renewable Fuel Standard Be Worse than the First?

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 12/05/2022

Enacted in 2005 and expanded in 2007, the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) requires that specified amounts of biofuels like ethanol and biodiesel be added to…

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Could China’s Status as a Developing Nation in Climate Treaties Finally Be Coming to an End?

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Could China’s Status as a Developing Nation in Climate Treaties Finally Be Coming to an End?

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 11/17/2022

At the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) currently underway in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, representatives…

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Who’s Not Buying Electric Vehicles? Single Vehicle Households, for One

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Who’s Not Buying Electric Vehicles? Single Vehicle Households, for One

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 11/10/2022

Proponents of electric vehicles (EVs) have little to say about the one-third of American households that own only a single car or truck. That isn’t…

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A Dose of Reality Over “Zero-Emissions” Electric Vehicles

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A Dose of Reality Over “Zero-Emissions” Electric Vehicles

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 11/02/2022

 Far too many journalists sound like cheerleaders when the topic is electric vehicles (EVs). That’s why RealClear Investigations’ Zero Emissions From Electric Vehicles? Here’s…

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A Tough Winter Ahead for Heating Bills, According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration

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A Tough Winter Ahead for Heating Bills, According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 10/13/2022

High gasoline prices will soon have an equally unpleasant partner in the form of high energy bills this winter, according to the U.S. Energy Information…

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CEI Leads Coalition Comment Critical of DOE’s Proposed Furnace Regulation

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CEI Leads Coalition Comment Critical of DOE’s Proposed Furnace Regulation

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 10/04/2022

Several recent Department of Energy (DOE) efficiency standards for appliances have been a bad deal for consumers, but the latest proposed standard for residential natural…

Energy and Environment

Senate Bill Challenges China’s Status as a Developing Nation in New Treaty

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Senate Bill Challenges China’s Status as a Developing Nation in New Treaty

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 10/03/2022

Most United Nations environmental treaties are a bad deal for the United States, and some are made even worse because they give China a competitive…

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Senate Ratifies Anti-Consumer Kigali Amendment–but with A Silver Lining Regarding China

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Senate Ratifies Anti-Consumer Kigali Amendment–but with A Silver Lining Regarding China

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 09/23/2022

Last Wednesday, the Senate ratified the Kigali Amendment, a United Nations treaty restricting supplies of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), a widely used class of refrigerants now targeted…

Energy and Environment

Could Heating Costs Set Records This Winter?

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Could Heating Costs Set Records This Winter?

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 09/13/2022

Gasoline prices reached their peak at over $5 per gallon last June before declining to the current $3.70, but the worst may be yet…

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CEI Leads Coalition Letter Against EPA Interference with Alaska’s Pebble Mine

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CEI Leads Coalition Letter Against EPA Interference with Alaska’s Pebble Mine

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 09/06/2022

Mining is one of the relatively few environmentally related issues where federal agencies other than the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have been given the lead—or…

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CEI Submits Comment Opposing EPA Proposed Rule Allowing States to Use Clean Water Act as a Climate Policy Tool

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CEI Submits Comment Opposing EPA Proposed Rule Allowing States to Use Clean Water Act as a Climate Policy Tool

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 08/08/2022

Today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute submitted a comment to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on its proposed regulatory changes to Section 401 of the…

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Think Handouts to Rich Electric Vehicle Buyers Are Unfair? Check Out the Inflation Reduction Act’s Homeowner Tax Breaks

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Think Handouts to Rich Electric Vehicle Buyers Are Unfair? Check Out the Inflation Reduction Act’s Homeowner Tax Breaks

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 08/04/2022

The Manchin-Schumer Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 extends the current tax credits up to $7,500 for electric vehicles (EVs). Among the many flaws with…

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Important NEPA Reform Vote in Senate this Week, with Implications for the Schumer-Manchin Package

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Important NEPA Reform Vote in Senate this Week, with Implications for the Schumer-Manchin Package

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 08/02/2022

The Senate may vote as soon as this week to reinstate Trump administration reforms to the federal permit process under the National Environmental Policy Act…

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Lack of Air Conditioning, Not Climate Change, Is the Real Summer Heat Wave Threat

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Lack of Air Conditioning, Not Climate Change, Is the Real Summer Heat Wave Threat

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 07/11/2022

Climate change policies often pose a greater risk than climate change itself, and that is especially true during summer heat waves. Each new heat wave…

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Some Good News on the Mountain Valley Pipeline

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Some Good News on the Mountain Valley Pipeline

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 07/05/2022

There are a lot of bad federal policies currently blocking American energy. Perhaps worst of all are measures bottling up Appalachia’s abundant natural gas that…

Energy and Environment

The New Joe Biden – Friend of American Industry?

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The New Joe Biden – Friend of American Industry?

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 06/13/2022

In recent months, President Biden has undertaken several measures he claims will encourage domestic drilling, mining, and manufacturing. It’s a big change from 2021 when…

Energy and Environment

America’s Heat Pump Emergency

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America’s Heat Pump Emergency

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 06/08/2022

The Biden administration announced it will use the Defense Production Act (DPA)—a Korean War-era statute allowing presidents to demand American industry increase production of anything…

Energy and Environment

More Staycations This Summer, Thanks to Biden’s Gas Price-Raising Agenda

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More Staycations This Summer, Thanks to Biden’s Gas Price-Raising Agenda

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 05/31/2022

Memorial Day Weekend kicks off the summer driving season, and vacationers will be paying record-high gasoline prices—and quite a few families may even have to…

Energy and Environment

A Bad Day for Incandescent Light Bulbs – and Freedom of Choice

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A Bad Day for Incandescent Light Bulbs – and Freedom of Choice

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 04/27/2022

Consumers are better off with choices, and worse off when federal regulators step in and take them away. That’s the best way to view today’s…

Energy and Environment

E-15 May Do More Food Price Harm than Gas Price Good

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E-15 May Do More Food Price Harm than Gas Price Good

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 04/12/2022

The Biden administration Environmental Protection Agency has announced an emergency waiver allowing gasoline blends containing up to 15 percent ethanol in a bid to…

Energy and Environment

Algae and High Gasoline Prices

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Algae and High Gasoline Prices

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 04/11/2022

If you have managed to avoid record-high gasoline prices by using algae fuel instead, you have former President Barack Obama to thank. If not, you…

Energy and Environment

Kigali Amendment Would Raise Air Conditioning Costs and Undercut American Competitiveness

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Kigali Amendment Would Raise Air Conditioning Costs and Undercut American Competitiveness

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 04/05/2022

Air conditioning season will soon be here, and it may prove to be the most expensive one in years thanks to a new federal program…

Energy and Environment

Invoking Defense Production Act Won’t Unleash Domestic Mining

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Invoking Defense Production Act Won’t Unleash Domestic Mining

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 03/31/2022

President Biden is reportedly going to invoke the Defense Production Act for the minerals needed to make electric vehicle (EV) batteries. But it’s all…

Energy and Environment

The Russian Invasion of Ukraine And Energy Prices: Myth vs. Fact

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The Russian Invasion of Ukraine And Energy Prices: Myth vs. Fact

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 03/16/2022

Candidate Joe Biden repeatedly promised to aggressively target new domestic oil and natural gas projects in the U.S. as part of his climate change…

Energy and Environment

No Matter How You Heat Your Home, This Winter Is Costing A Lot More

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No Matter How You Heat Your Home, This Winter Is Costing A Lot More

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 02/23/2022

We are wrapping up the winter of 2021-2022, the first full one under the Biden administration and its energy policies. It has been a rough…

Energy and Environment

Why the Mountain Valley Pipeline Matters

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Why the Mountain Valley Pipeline Matters

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 02/22/2022

In what came as a surprise to few, if any, observers, the proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline has hit another judicial setback that will delay…

Energy and Environment

Either Support Domestic Mining or Oppose the Climate Agenda; You Can’t Do Both

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Either Support Domestic Mining or Oppose the Climate Agenda; You Can’t Do Both

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 02/14/2022

The Biden administration supports more electric vehicles and wind turbines and solar panels in order to address climate change. It should also support more domestic…

Energy and Environment

U.S. Geological Survey Study Underscores Extent of Import Dependence for Critical Minerals

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U.S. Geological Survey Study Underscores Extent of Import Dependence for Critical Minerals

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 02/04/2022

The U.S. Geological Survey’s recent report, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2022, documents the significant extent to which America relies on imports of numerous critical minerals,…

Energy and Environment

CEI Leads Coalition Letter to Department of Energy Defending Freedom of Choice for Light Bulbs

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CEI Leads Coalition Letter to Department of Energy Defending Freedom of Choice for Light Bulbs

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 01/27/2022

As I described in my recent Wall Street Journal op-ed, A Regulatory Burden For Every Room In Your House, the Biden administration has embarked…

Energy and Environment

Sustainable Aviation Fuel Provisions In Build Back Better – A Slippery Slope?

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Sustainable Aviation Fuel Provisions In Build Back Better – A Slippery Slope?

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 01/12/2022

There are many carrots for low-carbon alternatives to fossil fuels in the Build Back Better legislation passed by the House and now being considered…

Energy

America Can Keep Its Cool If Senate Rejects Kigali Amendment

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America Can Keep Its Cool If Senate Rejects Kigali Amendment

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 01/06/2022

The Biden administration apparently wants to add air conditioning to the long list of items becoming more expensive. This latest threat to consumers comes from…

Energy and Environment

For Energy Infrastructure Projects, Even Supreme Court Victories Mean Nothing

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For Energy Infrastructure Projects, Even Supreme Court Victories Mean Nothing

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 12/09/2021

In the last two years, two different natural gas pipeline projects were the subject of Supreme Court cases, and both times the project developers achieved…

Energy and Environment

Is It Finally Goodbye for Incandescent Light Bulbs—and Consumer Choice?

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Is It Finally Goodbye for Incandescent Light Bulbs—and Consumer Choice?

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 12/08/2021

President George W. Bush initiated the federal government’s targeting of incandescent light bulbs in energy legislation he signed in 2007. Subsequent Department of Energy…

Energy and Environment

Tapping the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Cannot Undo Biden Administration’s Anti-Drilling Agenda

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Tapping the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Cannot Undo Biden Administration’s Anti-Drilling Agenda

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 11/29/2021

The Biden administration seems to know the playbook for pretending to respond to high gasoline prices. First, blame big oil for price gouging and launch…

Energy and Environment

Another Gasoline Price Increase, Another Useless Federal Trade Commission Investigation

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Another Gasoline Price Increase, Another Useless Federal Trade Commission Investigation

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 11/23/2021

President Biden has officially requested the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate high gasoline prices. Unfortunately, this diversionary tactic has a long history and…

Energy and Environment

The Most Wasteful Infrastructure Bill Ever?

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The Most Wasteful Infrastructure Bill Ever?

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 11/12/2021

The $1.2 trillion dollar Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will be signed into law by President Biden on Monday. If it is like past…

Energy and Environment

Electric Vehicle Windfall Still in Big Spending Bill

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Electric Vehicle Windfall Still in Big Spending Bill

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 11/02/2021

Congress’ big spending bill, now called the Build Back Better Act, is evolving from truly terrible to somewhat less terrible. On energy, the highly…

Energy and Environment

CEI and AP Polls Agree: Americans Don’t Want to Spend Much on Climate Change

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CEI and AP Polls Agree: Americans Don’t Want to Spend Much on Climate Change

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 10/28/2021

Both the recent Competitive Enterprise Institute and Associated Press polls on climate change find that a clear majority of Americans have at least…

Energy and Environment

Are Sky High California Gas Prices in Store for the Rest of the U.S.?

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Are Sky High California Gas Prices in Store for the Rest of the U.S.?

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 10/25/2021

Want to know how high gasoline prices can go thanks to administration policies? Just look at where they’re already at in California. At $4.55…

Energy and Environment

Cost of Air Conditioning to Heat up, Thanks to New EPA Climate Regulation

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Cost of Air Conditioning to Heat up, Thanks to New EPA Climate Regulation

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 09/23/2021

We can soon add air conditioning to the long list of products contributing to inflation, thanks to a new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule,…

Energy and Environment

Exorbitant Tax Incentives for Electric Vehicles to Be Voted on in House Ways and Means Committee

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Exorbitant Tax Incentives for Electric Vehicles to Be Voted on in House Ways and Means Committee

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 09/13/2021

If electric vehicles (EVs) are to be judged by the amount of tax incentives needed to induce Americans to choose them, the latest provisions…

Energy and Environment

Washington’s War against the Incandescent Light Bulb Is Back

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Washington’s War against the Incandescent Light Bulb Is Back

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 08/13/2021

The Trump administration called a truce in the regulatory war against the incandescent light bulb by declining to target them with additional efficiency standards, but…

Energy and Environment

War on Natural Gas—End User Edition

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War on Natural Gas—End User Edition

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 07/23/2021

No matter that it is clean-burning, domestically plentiful, and affordable, natural gas is demonized by the Biden administration as a fossil fuel and for that…

Energy and Environment

Free Market Organizations Oppose Costly EPA Air Conditioner Regulations

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Free Market Organizations Oppose Costly EPA Air Conditioner Regulations

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 07/06/2021

With temperatures in Washington D.C. topping 90 degrees in recent days and with most of the summer yet to go, it is hard to imagine…

Energy and Environment

China Ratifies Kigali Amendment, At America’s Expense

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China Ratifies Kigali Amendment, At America’s Expense

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 06/24/2021

On June 17, China ratified the Kigali Amendment, the United Nations treaty provision that restricts future production of a widely used class of refrigerants…

Energy and Environment

Biden Administration to Impose Wave of Costly Regulations on Home Appliances

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Biden Administration to Impose Wave of Costly Regulations on Home Appliances

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 06/17/2021

The spring 2021 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Unified Agenda) has been released. It’s the roadmap of federal regulatory priorities, and being…

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