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David Henderson (1927-2018), RIP

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David Henderson (1927-2018), RIP

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 10/16/2018

We are sad to note the death of our good friend and strong ally, David Henderson, on September 30th in London.  After a career as…

Business and Government

Five Western States Will Vote on Energy Questions on November Ballots

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Five Western States Will Vote on Energy Questions on November Ballots

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 09/30/2018

Five western states have initiatives or referendums on energy issues. They include increasing renewable energy mandates, instituting a carbon tax, restricting oil and gas production,…

Banking and Finance

Bangkok Climate Talks Make Little Progress on ‘Roadmap’ for Paris Climate Treaty

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Bangkok Climate Talks Make Little Progress on ‘Roadmap’ for Paris Climate Treaty

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 09/08/2018

International climate negotiators meeting in Bangkok, Thailand this week have apparently made little progress on agreeing to a “roadmap” or “rule book” for implementing…

Climate

Australia Dumps Another Prime Minister for Pushing Climate Policies

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Australia Dumps Another Prime Minister for Pushing Climate Policies

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 08/31/2018

Climate policy has once again toppled a prime minister in Australia. After Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton threatened to challenge Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s leadership over…

Climate

EPA Proposes Rule To Replace ‘Clean Power’ Plan

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EPA Proposes Rule To Replace ‘Clean Power’ Plan

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 08/26/2018

The Environmental Protection Agency on August 21st released its proposed rule to replace the “Clean Power” Plan (CPP). The rule, which is called the …

Climate

Carbon Taxers in Full Retreat in Canada

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Carbon Taxers in Full Retreat in Canada

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 08/05/2018

New Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced on August 2nd his government was filing suit in Ontario’s Court of Appeal challenging the Canadian federal government’s…

Climate

Massachusetts Passes Scaled-Down Green Energy Bill

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Massachusetts Passes Scaled-Down Green Energy Bill

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 08/04/2018

A massive green energy and climate bill passed by the Massachusetts Senate was scaled back considerably in negotiations with the House before being passed…

Climate

Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo to Introduce Carbon Tax Bill

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Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo to Introduce Carbon Tax Bill

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 07/21/2018

Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-FL) plans to introduce a bill to tax carbon dioxide emissions next week and will speak at a press conference at 9…

Climate

House Votes for Scalise Resolution Opposing Carbon Taxes

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House Votes for Scalise Resolution Opposing Carbon Taxes

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 07/20/2018

The House of Representative voted on July 19th for a resolution “expressing the sense of Congress that a carbon tax would be detrimental to American…

Climate

Reforming ‘Waters of the United States’ Critical for Economic Growth

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Reforming ‘Waters of the United States’ Critical for Economic Growth

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 06/29/2018

The Waters of the United States rule vastly expanded government control over land in America and is one of the prime examples of the…

Energy and Environment

Report Finds All European Union Countries Failing Paris Climate Targets

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Report Finds All European Union Countries Failing Paris Climate Targets

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 06/25/2018

CANEurope (for Climate Action Network Europe) released a report this month that finds that all 28 member nations of the European Union are failing…

Climate

Massachusetts Senate Unanimously Passes Carbon Tax Bill

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Massachusetts Senate Unanimously Passes Carbon Tax Bill

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 06/16/2018

The Massachusetts Senate on June 14th unanimously passed a mammoth climate bill that contains instructions to put a price on carbon dioxide emissions. S. 2545,…

Climate

President Trump Replaces Obama Executive Order on Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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President Trump Replaces Obama Executive Order on Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 05/19/2018

President Donald Trump on May 17th issued an executive order that replaces a March 19th, 2015 executive order by President Barack Obama requiring all federal departments…

Energy

UN Climate Talks in Bonn Result in More Climate Talks in Bangkok

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UN Climate Talks in Bonn Result in More Climate Talks in Bangkok

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 05/13/2018

The annual subsidiary body meetings of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) held in Bonn, Germany over the past two weeks have…

Climate

Good News from the United Nations Climate Talks in Bonn

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Good News from the United Nations Climate Talks in Bonn

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 05/05/2018

The subsidiary bodies of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) are meeting in Bonn, Germany this week and next to try to draft…

Climate

City of Boulder and Two Colorado Counties Join Climate Shakedown Racket

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City of Boulder and Two Colorado Counties Join Climate Shakedown Racket

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 04/21/2018

Boulder, Colorado and Boulder and San Miguel Counties filed suit in state court this week against ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy. The suit claims that petroleum products…

Climate

Judge in California Suit against Oil Companies Orders Climate Tutorial

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Judge in California Suit against Oil Companies Orders Climate Tutorial

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 03/10/2018

A federal judge in California last week ruled that a suit brought by the cities of Oakland and San Francisco seeking climate damages from major…

Climate

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President Trump in CPAC Speech Says Deregulation Is as Important as Tax Cuts

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 02/23/2018

President Donald J. Trump in his speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference today spent seven minutes discussing his deregulatory agenda, ending the war on…

Energy and Environment

No Mention of Global Warming or Renewable Energy in State of the Union

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No Mention of Global Warming or Renewable Energy in State of the Union

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 02/02/2018

This week’s address was the first State of the Union speech in eight years that didn’t mention global warming or climate change, and the first…

Climate

State of the Union: Trump Has Much to Take Credit for on Energy, Environment, and Climate

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State of the Union: Trump Has Much to Take Credit for on Energy, Environment, and Climate

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 01/26/2018

Message to President Trump on energy and environment issues: Don’t become comfortable with the status quo and sink back into the swamp; keep on doing…

Climate

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Washington Governor Inslee Working on Climate Policy for an Environmental Group

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 01/12/2018

My CEI colleague Chris Horner has discovered through state freedom of information laws that environmental pressure groups and major charitable foundations have been directing as…

Climate

Department of Interior Announces Ambitious New Offshore Oil Plan

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Department of Interior Announces Ambitious New Offshore Oil Plan

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 01/06/2018

Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke has announced an ambitious new oil and gas leasing plan for the federal Outer Continental Shelf.

Energy

A Banner Year for Deregulation on Energy, Climate, and Environment

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A Banner Year for Deregulation on Energy, Climate, and Environment

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 12/28/2017

2017 has been a banner year for advancing free market policies across the board on energy, climate, and environmental issues.

CEI Litigation

French President Holds Climate Finance Summit on 2nd Anniversary of Paris Treaty

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French President Holds Climate Finance Summit on 2nd Anniversary of Paris Treaty

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 12/15/2017

On December 12, on the second anniversary of the signing of the Paris Climate Treaty, French President Emmanuel Macron held a climate finance summit in…

Climate

President Trump Should Defend Federal Land Use and End Abuse of Antiquities Act

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President Trump Should Defend Federal Land Use and End Abuse of Antiquities Act

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 12/01/2017

Misuse of the Antiquities Act by radical environmental pressure groups and compliant presidents circumvents the constitutional authority of Congress…

Energy and Environment

UN Climate Pow-Wow Much Ado about Little

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UN Climate Pow-Wow Much Ado about Little

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 11/18/2017

A lot of time was spent on achieving nothing much. …

Climate

Trump Administration Releases Obama-Era Junk Climate Science Reports

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Trump Administration Releases Obama-Era Junk Climate Science Reports

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 11/04/2017

Three recently-released White House reports were essentially prepared by the Obama Administration to support President Obama’s climate agenda. They are full of junk science. …

Climate

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Past-Due Nomination of EPA’s Number Two Official Is Welcome News

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 10/06/2017

President Donald J. Trump nominated Andrew R. Wheeler to be deputy administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency on October 5th. Wheeler has worked since…

Climate

White House Officials Raise New Hopes that U.S. Will Stay in Paris Climate Treaty

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White House Officials Raise New Hopes that U.S. Will Stay in Paris Climate Treaty

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 09/22/2017

The Wall Street Journal set off a kerfuffle early Saturday evening, September 16, when it sent out an email news alert headlined, “Trump Administration…

Climate

House Passes Riders to Block Social Cost of Carbon and EPA Methane Rule

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House Passes Riders to Block Social Cost of Carbon and EPA Methane Rule

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 09/16/2017

The House of Representatives this week finished voting on amendments to the Interior-EPA appropriations bill.

Climate

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