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How Could We Have Known: Prohibiting E-cigarettes Leads to Smuggling and Smoking

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How Could We Have Known: Prohibiting E-cigarettes Leads to Smuggling and Smoking

  • By: Michelle Minton
  • 10/21/2020

Anyone with a passing knowledge of American history is aware of the failures of prohibition. Both the now-repealed ban on alcohol and the ongoing “war…

Consumer Freedom

NHTSA’s Consistent Understanding that California’s Tailpipe GHG Standards Are Unlawful

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NHTSA’s Consistent Understanding that California’s Tailpipe GHG Standards Are Unlawful

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 10/21/2020

October 27 is the deadline for submitting final legal briefs to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in Union of Concerned Scientists v. National Highway…

Energy and Environment

How Could We Have Known: Prohibiting E-cigarettes Leads to Smuggling and Smoking

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How Could We Have Known: Prohibiting E-cigarettes Leads to Smuggling and Smoking

  • By: Michelle Minton
  • 10/21/2020

Anyone with a passing knowledge of American history is aware of the failures of prohibition. Both the now-repealed ban on alcohol and the ongoing “war…

Consumer Freedom

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 10/19/2020

It was a four-day week due to Columbus Day or Indigenous People’s Day—the controversy over which was just one of the things people were outraged…

Regulatory Reform

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Calls for Carbon Pricing

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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Calls for Carbon Pricing

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 10/16/2020

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on October 15 proposed a policy statement to (1) “clarify its jurisdiction” over Regional Transmission Organization (RTO) and…

Climate

FinCEN Files Shows Regulatory and Privacy Concerns with the Bank Secrecy Act and the Necessity for Reform or Repeal

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FinCEN Files Shows Regulatory and Privacy Concerns with the Bank Secrecy Act and the Necessity for Reform or Repeal

  • By: Matthew Adams
  • 10/16/2020

Last month, BuzzFeed News published an investigative report that alleged that banks sat on their hands while criminals laundered trillions of dollars over the…

Banking and Finance

Supreme Court Nominee Barrett in Senate Testimony Alarms Climate Alarmists

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Supreme Court Nominee Barrett in Senate Testimony Alarms Climate Alarmists

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 10/16/2020

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett was asked repeatedly about her views on climate change at her Senate confirmation hearing this week. Unsurprisingly, her unwillingness…

Climate

Warming Nights, Longer Growing Seasons, and a Greener Planet

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Warming Nights, Longer Growing Seasons, and a Greener Planet

  • By: Patrick J. Michaels
  • 10/15/2020

Dozens of recent news stories note newly published research showing that night temperatures are rising faster than daytime readings. Despite this “asymmetric” warming, there…

Climate

A Brief Note on Airplane, Clouds, and Global Warming

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A Brief Note on Airplane, Clouds, and Global Warming

  • By: Patrick J. Michaels
  • 10/15/2020

We recently linked to a new paper by D.S. Lee of Manchester Metropolitan University (U.K.), along with 20 coauthors, on global aviation and climate…

Climate

New CEI Report: Making Sure a COVID-19 Vaccine Is Used

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New CEI Report: Making Sure a COVID-19 Vaccine Is Used

  • By: Joel Zinberg
  • 10/15/2020

One or more COVID-19 vaccines will likely be approved in the next few months. But this scientific achievement may prove to be the easy part.

Business and Government

Fed’s Community Reinvestment Act Reform Proposal Is a Step in the Wrong Direction

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Fed’s Community Reinvestment Act Reform Proposal Is a Step in the Wrong Direction

  • By: Matthew Adams
  • 10/14/2020

Last month, the Federal Reserve released a preliminary proposal to update the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). The Fed’s proposal, spearheaded by Obama-appointed Fed Governor Lael…

Banking and Finance

Students Need More Air Conditioning, Not More Climate Policy

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Students Need More Air Conditioning, Not More Climate Policy

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 10/14/2020

There’s a long and growing list of problems activists blame on climate change, including students’ reduced ability to learn due to hotter classroom temperatures. However,…

Climate

Forty Years of Freedom: Rail Deregulation Worked

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Forty Years of Freedom: Rail Deregulation Worked

  • By: Iain Murray
  • 10/14/2020

Forty years ago today, President Carter signed the Staggers Act, which deregulated the American freight rail industry. As CEI has long maintained, this…

Business and Government

Fans of California’s AB5 Are Drunk with Power, MADD Warns

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Fans of California’s AB5 Are Drunk with Power, MADD Warns

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 10/14/2020

Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is urging Californians to abolish AB5, the state law supposedly meant to prevent worker misclassification by employers. The nonprofit public…

Labor and Employment

Tit-for-Tat Tariffs Don’t Work: Boeing and Airbus Show Why

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Tit-for-Tat Tariffs Don’t Work: Boeing and Airbus Show Why

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 10/13/2020

A 16 year-long aerospace subsidies dispute between the United States and the European Union began another round this week. The U.S. claims that the EU’s…

Business and Government

Labor Department Proposes Letting Rank and File Union Members Watch over their Organizations

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Labor Department Proposes Letting Rank and File Union Members Watch over their Organizations

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 10/13/2020

The Department of Labor (DOL) announced today that it wants to update rules to require private sector unions to be more transparent in…

Labor and Employment

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 10/13/2020

It was another volatile pre-election week. A still-symptomatic President Trump returned to the White House from Walter Reed hospital during prime time. More key staffers…

Deregulation

The House Judiciary’s Antitrust Reports and Predatory Pricing

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The House Judiciary’s Antitrust Reports and Predatory Pricing

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 10/09/2020

It is human nature to fear what we do not understand. And if there is anything politicians do not understand, it is markets. This is…

Capitalism

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Jean-Baptiste Say on Manufacturing Nostalgia and Industrial Policy

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 10/08/2020

In his 1803 A Treatise on Political Economy, Jean-Baptiste Say writes: "Production is the creation, not of matter, but of utility." That captures one of…

Capitalism

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Court-Packing Isn’t the Left’s Only Threat to the Supreme Court

  • By: Iain Murray
  • 10/08/2020

The Left’s threat to the pack the Court by expanding the number of justices seems to be unpopular. But they have proposed other policies that…

Capitalism

Pension Managers Must Focus on Retiree Security, Not Politics

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Pension Managers Must Focus on Retiree Security, Not Politics

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 10/06/2020

A new proposed rule from the Department of Labor on pension funds would clarify the responsibilities of pension fund fiduciaries covered under the Employee Retirement…

Labor and Employment

Louisiana Frog Feud Illustrates Regulatory Threat to Property Rights and Economic Freedom

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Louisiana Frog Feud Illustrates Regulatory Threat to Property Rights and Economic Freedom

  • By: Kent Lassman, Steven D. Anderson
  • 10/06/2020

The dusky gopher frog doesn’t grow very large—only to about three inches long, on average. But despite its diminutive size, this little frog has had…

Property Rights

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 10/05/2020

President Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis marked the first of what will likely be many October surprises. Congress agreed on one spending bill to avoid another shutdown,…

Regulatory Reform

Up to 75 Percent of Uber Drivers Would Lose Work If They Were Classified as Employees

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Up to 75 Percent of Uber Drivers Would Lose Work If They Were Classified as Employees

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 10/05/2020

If organized labor and its allies in government are successful in their bid to force so-called gig economy companies like Uber and Lyft to treat…

Labor and Employment

EPA Encourages Innovation, Levels Playing Field for Sources Reducing Hazardous Air Emissions

Blog

EPA Encourages Innovation, Levels Playing Field for Sources Reducing Hazardous Air Emissions

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 10/02/2020

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on October 1 finalized a rule to implement the clear language of Section 112 of the…

Energy and Environment

New CFPB Reports Find Consumer Credit Resiliency During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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New CFPB Reports Find Consumer Credit Resiliency During the COVID-19 Pandemic

  • By: Matthew Adams
  • 10/02/2020

Recent research from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has found that consumers have not experienced significant increases in negative credit outcomes as a result…

Banking and Finance

In Debate, Biden Confirms That He Is for and Against the Green New Deal

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In Debate, Biden Confirms That He Is for and Against the Green New Deal

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 10/02/2020

Climate science and energy policy made a surprise appearance during the first presidential debate on September 29 in Cleveland. Moderator Chris Wallace had not included climate…

Energy and Environment

Amazon Claims Worker COVID-19 Infection Rates below Norm

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Amazon Claims Worker COVID-19 Infection Rates below Norm

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 10/02/2020

Amazon’s critics have made a point of saying the company is endangering its employees by keeping its fulfillment centers active during the COVID-19…

Labor and Employment

EPA Chooses Scientific Approach on Chlorpyrifos: Supports Transparency, Rejects Junk Science

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EPA Chooses Scientific Approach on Chlorpyrifos: Supports Transparency, Rejects Junk Science

  • By: Angela Logomasini
  • 10/02/2020

Green groups are upset because the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) decided to rely on science, rather than environmentalist hype, in its draft risk assessment…

Energy and Environment

Closing the Loop on Sea Level Rise

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Closing the Loop on Sea Level Rise

  • By: Patrick Michaels
  • 10/01/2020

Sea level rise is potentially the most important consequence of manmade climate change. The global mean sea level has been rising since the great continental ice-age…

Energy and Environment

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  • John Berlau
  • Greg Conko
  • Wayne Crews
  • Myron Ebell
  • Patrick Hedger
  • Sam Kazman
  • Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • Ben Lieberman
  • Angela Logomasini
  • Mario Loyola
  • Jessica Melugin
  • Patrick J. Michaels
  • Michelle Minton
  • Richard Morrison
  • Iain Murray
  • Ryan Radia
  • Marc Scribner
  • Fred L. Smith, Jr.
  • Devin Watkins
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