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Congress Should Nullify Obama’s Unlawful and Wasteful Methane Rule

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Congress Should Nullify Obama’s Unlawful and Wasteful Methane Rule

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 02/02/2017

This week, the U.S. House will consider a Congressional Review Act joint resolution of disapproval to overturn the Bureau of Land Management’s methane capture rule.

Climate

Senate Should Disregard Spurious Public Health Charges against EPA Nominee Pruitt

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Senate Should Disregard Spurious Public Health Charges against EPA Nominee Pruitt

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 01/30/2017

The Senate should disregard accusations that EPA Administrator-designate Scott Pruitt is somehow responsible for asthma rates in his home state of Oklahoma.

Energy

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Update on Pruitt Recusal Kerfuffle

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 01/27/2017

During the January 18 Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee hearing on Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt’s nomination to be Environmental Protection Agency…

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Climate Scientist Judith Curry Files Legal Brief Supporting CEI’s Free Speech Rights

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Climate Scientist Judith Curry Files Legal Brief Supporting CEI’s Free Speech Rights

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 01/25/2017

Climate scientist Judith Curry today filed an amicus brief with the D.C. Court of Appeals supporting the petitions for full-court review of a three-judge panel’s…

CEI Litigation

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Trump Reverses Obama Rejection of Keystone XL Pipeline

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 01/24/2017

President Trump today signed executive orders aimed at reviving the Keystone XL Pipeline and rescuing the Dakota Access Pipeline from death by regulatory delay.

Climate

Pruitt Cool under Fire at Senate Confirmation Hearing

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Pruitt Cool under Fire at Senate Confirmation Hearing

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 01/23/2017

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing on the nomination of Scott Pruitt to be Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Chemical Risk

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Can Trump, Congress Undo EPA’s Midnight Fuel Economy Regulation?

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 01/13/2017

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today finalized—14 months ahead of schedule—its Mid Term Evaluation (MTE) of greenhouse gas emission standards for model year…

Questions Senators Should Ask Rex Tillerson

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Questions Senators Should Ask Rex Tillerson

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 01/10/2017

Tillerson is probably the only influential person President-elect Trump would ever nominate as Secretary of State who supports both a carbon tax and the Paris…

Climate

Can Trump (or Congress) Rescind Obama’s Arctic Drilling Ban?

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Can Trump (or Congress) Rescind Obama’s Arctic Drilling Ban?

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 12/21/2016

President Obama yesterday designated “the vast majority of U.S. waters in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas as indefinitely off limits to offshore oil and gas…

Energy

Can Congress Veto EPA’s Fuel Economy Rush Job?

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Can Congress Veto EPA’s Fuel Economy Rush Job?

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 12/16/2016

The Environmental Protection Agency’s recent proposal to keep in place the agency’s model year greenhouse gas emission standards for new motor vehicles is the epitome…

Automobiles and Roads

Trump Picks Scott Pruitt to Head EPA

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Trump Picks Scott Pruitt to Head EPA

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 12/08/2016

Yesterday, President-elect Donald Trump picked Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to head the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The nomination is significant in several ways.

Energy

EPA Rushes to Lock in Obama Administration Fuel Economy Standards

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EPA Rushes to Lock in Obama Administration Fuel Economy Standards

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 12/05/2016

The Environmental Protection Agency last Wednesday released its proposed Mid-Term Evaluation (MET) of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission standards for model year (MY) 2022-2025 passenger vehicles.

Automobiles and Roads

Drain the Swamp: Sunset the Renewable Fuel Standard

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Drain the Swamp: Sunset the Renewable Fuel Standard

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 11/30/2016

“Draining the swamp” includes abolishing the RFS.

Automobiles and Roads

Federal Biofuel Programs Headed for Failure

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Federal Biofuel Programs Headed for Failure

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 11/28/2016

Today the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released two reports on the Environmental Protection Agency’s Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program.

Energy

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Clean Power Plan Is Dead

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 11/22/2016

David Bookbinder, formerly chief climate counsel for the Sierra Club and now a consultant with the Niskanen Center, is one of the sharpest policy experts…

Energy and Environment

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Which of Obama’s Midnight Regulations Will Get Rolled Back?

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 11/16/2016

Yesterday, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and every Republican House Committee Chairman sent a one-paragraph letter to all executive agencies cautioning them “against finalizing…

Regulatory Reform

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Three Climate Policy Executive Orders the President-Elect Should Repeal

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 11/15/2016

President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to “cancel immediately” all of President Obama’s “illegal and overreaching executive orders,” and he strongly opposes Obama’s climate agenda.

Energy and Environment

Is EPA’s Clean Power Plan “Transformative”?

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Is EPA’s Clean Power Plan “Transformative”?

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 11/04/2016

In an October 31 letter to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, National Mining Association attorney Peter Glaser provides new evidence “EPA far understated the…

The “Voluntary” Component of EPA’s Clean Power Plan Makes It Even More Unlawful

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The “Voluntary” Component of EPA’s Clean Power Plan Makes It Even More Unlawful

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 11/01/2016

Today I filed a comment letter on the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed rule titled “Clean Energy Incentive Program Design Details.” The comment period closes today…

Climate

Dog Bites Man: Nature Magazine Endorses Hillary

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Dog Bites Man: Nature Magazine Endorses Hillary

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 10/31/2016

“Hillary Clinton will make a fine U.S. president.” So declares the title of a recent lead editorial in Nature magazine.

Climate

Global Warming Concerns ‘Not a Blank Check’ for Clean Power Plan

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Global Warming Concerns ‘Not a Blank Check’ for Clean Power Plan

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 10/17/2016

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals last week released a 320-page transcript of the September 27th oral argument on EPA’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emission standards…

CEI Litigation

Clean Power Plan Oral Argument: Will Limited Government Survive the Age of Global Warming?

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Clean Power Plan Oral Argument: Will Limited Government Survive the Age of Global Warming?

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 10/07/2016

It’s now 10 days since the D.C. Court of Appeals heard oral argument on EPA’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emission performance standards for existing fossil-fuel power…

CEI Litigation

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Legal Vulnerabilities of EPA Power Plan’s Prerequisite Regulation

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 10/05/2016

Washington is still abuzz about the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals oral argument last week on the Environmental Protection Agency’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emission standards…

Climate

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Does Climate Change Cause an Additional 140,000 Deaths a Year?

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 10/04/2016

In a recent Washington Post op-ed, environmental researcher Bjorn Lomborg calls on the next president to “get our priorities straight” on climate change. A…

Climate

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Free Market Allies Challenge Legality of EPA’s Clean Energy Incentive Program

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 10/03/2016

On behalf of policy analysts from 13 non-profit free-market organizations and seven independent scholars, I have submitted a joint comment letter…

Climate

What President Obama Will Not Tell Leonardo DiCaprio About Climate Policy

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What President Obama Will Not Tell Leonardo DiCaprio About Climate Policy

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 09/28/2016

“President Obama will meet with actor Leonardo DiCaprio at an upcoming White House-sponsored arts festival to discuss the dangers posed by climate change,” the Washington…

Climate

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Comment on EPA Power Plan’s Alleged Air Pollution “Co-Benefits”

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 09/24/2016

Climate activists assure us that even if we don’t consider global warming a big problem, we should still support carbon taxes, renewable energy quota, and…

Energy and Environment

Issues to Watch in Next Week’s Clean Power Plan Oral Argument

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Issues to Watch in Next Week’s Clean Power Plan Oral Argument

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 09/22/2016

Next week the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals hears oral argument on EPA’s so-called Clean Power Plan (CPP), which establishes first-ever carbon dioxide (CO2) emission…

CEI Litigation

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House Panel Holds Hearing on Its Power to Investigate New York and Massachusetts AGs

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 09/16/2016

On Wednesday (September 14, 2016), the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee held a hearing on the Committee’s efforts to subpoena documents from the New York…

Energy and Environment

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Climate Change Already Measurably Harming Society, Study Claims

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 09/10/2016

A UC Berkeley study published online this week in the journal Science purports to quantify the current harmful impacts of anthropogenic climate change. According to…

Climate

Precedent on Environmental Pacts: Treaty or “Executive Agreement”?

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Precedent on Environmental Pacts: Treaty or “Executive Agreement”?

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 09/08/2016

President Obama claims the global climate pact negotiated in Paris last December—the so-called Paris Agreement—is an executive agreement, not a treaty, hence is not subject…

Climate

New Study Finds Ethanol More Carbon Intensive than Gasoline

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New Study Finds Ethanol More Carbon Intensive than Gasoline

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 08/28/2016

A University of Michigan study published in the journal Climatic Change challenges a fundamental assumption of the life cycle analyses underpinning the EPA’s Renewable Fuel…

Climate

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Transport Groups Oppose Obama Greenhouse Gas Power Grab

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 08/28/2016

​Twenty-three organizations representing highway users, transportation, vehicle, and energy trade associations filed joint comments last weekend opposing any proposal by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)…

Automobiles and Roads

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Trump Presents Energy Policy Ideas in Detroit

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 08/09/2016

In a policy speech yesterday in Detroit, GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump outlined his program of tax, regulatory, and trade policies to jump-start the economy.

Energy

Does EPA’s Renewable Fuel Standard Increase Greenhouse Gas Emissions?

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Does EPA’s Renewable Fuel Standard Increase Greenhouse Gas Emissions?

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 08/04/2016

A new University of Minnesota study finds that the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2) program leads to net increases in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Climate

New Climate “Guidance” Could Breed Anti-Energy Obstructionism

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New Climate “Guidance” Could Breed Anti-Energy Obstructionism

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 08/02/2016

The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) today released its final guidance on how federal agencies should consider climate change effects in National Environmental…

Climate

World Nature Conservation Day: a Reason to Celebrate Fossil Fuels

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World Nature Conservation Day: a Reason to Celebrate Fossil Fuels

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 07/28/2016

Today is World Nature Conservation Day (WNCD), “observed on 28th July all over the world with the objective of increasing awareness about and protecting the…

Climate

Does Global Warming Policy Increase Summer Swelter?

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Does Global Warming Policy Increase Summer Swelter?

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 07/22/2016

Supporters of EPA’s Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) claim the program “mitigates” anthropogenic global warming by substituting biofuels for petroleum products in the nation’s motor fuel…

Climate

“Web of Denial” Basher Sen. Schatz Ignores Science on Carbon Dioxide

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“Web of Denial” Basher Sen. Schatz Ignores Science on Carbon Dioxide

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 07/14/2016

The core premise of Senate Democrats’ fulminations this week against the “web of climate denial” is that there is no real debate about how dangerous…

Climate

How to Hoist Sen. Whitehouse and Rep. Lieu on their own Petards

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How to Hoist Sen. Whitehouse and Rep. Lieu on their own Petards

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 07/13/2016

Nineteen Senators led by Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) yesterday launched a series of floor statements denouncing fossil fuel companies and more than 30 conservative and free-market…

Climate

Blog

Obama Officials Spin Paris Treaty as Done Deal

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 07/08/2016

Two prominent Obama administration officials tried to spin the Paris climate treaty as a done deal this week. In an interview with ClimateWire ($) on 5th…

Energy and Environment

Southern Company Power Plant Investigation Misses Larger Policy Scandal

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Southern Company Power Plant Investigation Misses Larger Policy Scandal

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 07/08/2016

The New York Times this week released the results of an investigation of Southern Company’s carbon capture and storage (CCS) power plant in Kemper, Mississippi.

Climate

Court Rejects Government Transparency Loophole Manufactured by Obama Administration

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Court Rejects Government Transparency Loophole Manufactured by Obama Administration

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 07/05/2016

Do federal agencies have the right to shield their records from the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) just by transmitting work-related documents via private email?…

CEI Litigation

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EPA Inserts Central Planning into VW Settlement

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 07/01/2016

EPA on Tuesday announced the final details of its settlement agreement with VW, the automaker that had illegally equipped 11 million diesel cars with software—known…

Energy and Environment

Study Finds Non-Greenhouse Role for CO2 in Ice Age Cycles

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Study Finds Non-Greenhouse Role for CO2 in Ice Age Cycles

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 06/30/2016

Ellis and Palmer (2016), a study recently published in Geoscience Frontiers, sheds new light on the role of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) in the alternation…

Climate

Is Global Warming Killing America’s Oldest Oak Tree?

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Is Global Warming Killing America’s Oldest Oak Tree?

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 06/28/2016

“The oldest white oak tree in the country is dying—and no one knows why,” proclaims the title of an article in today’s Washington Post. Yet…

Climate

Blog

India Stops Short of Committing to “Join” Paris Treaty in 2016

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 06/11/2016

President Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi met on Wednesday to discuss energy-related issues including the Paris Climate Treaty. In contrast to the United…

Energy and Environment

Blog

House to Vote on Carbon, Oil Taxes

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 06/09/2016

The House is scheduled to vote Friday on two bills opposing efforts to rig U.S. energy markets against fossil fuels.

Energy

Blog

GIGO Strikes Again: EPA’s Social Cost of Methane

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 06/08/2016

The Environmental Protection Agency’s final methane emission standards for new, modified, and reconstructed oil and gas sources were published in the Federal Register last Friday.

Climate

Blog

Bulletin of The Atomic Scientists: No Illusions about Germany’s “Energy Turnaround”

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 05/24/2016

In a previous post I poked fun at the “Doomsday Clock” of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. For 60 years, the Bulletin has…

Climate

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