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Washington Examiner

Upward pressure on gas prices isn’t just Iran, but a mandate closer to home

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 07/25/2026

CEI’s Ben Lieberman was cited by the Washington Examiner relating to renewable fuel standards. Critics have compared the program to Calvinball, the…

Regulatory Reform

Citation

4 things to watch at DOE in 2026

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 01/20/2026

E&E News cited CEI expert on DOE “The program has been stretched well beyond its statutory intent and used as a vehicle for…

The Washington Free Beacon

Mainstream Media Reports Cite ‘Nonpartisan’ Research Firm to Trash Trump’s Repeal of Green Energy Subsidies. Its Leader Helped Biden Write Those Subsidies Into Law.

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 08/13/2025

In other words, Energy Innovation didn’t properly analyze the impacts greater wind and solar reliance have on consumers, Stein told the Washington Free Beacon. “They…

Business and Government

Citation

Impact Of Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act – ‘Clean Energy Ghost Towns’

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 05/29/2025

MRCTV cited CEI’s expert on Inflation Reduction Act Ben Lieberman of the Competitive Enterprise Institute recently testified before the House Oversight Committee on the…

Business and Government

Washington Free Beacon

Free the Gas Stoves: Trump’s Energy Department Axes Dozens of Biden Appliance, Energy Regulations

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 05/13/2025

Washington Free Beacon cited CEI’s expert on appliance energy regulations “This is very good news for consumer freedom,” Ben Lieberman, a senior fellow…

Business and Government

Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee

Chairman Lee Introduces Bill to End Biden Era Lightbulb Ban

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 05/05/2025

Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee cited CEI’s expert on Bill to end Lightbulb Ban “This bill is very good news for…

Business and Government

Daily Caller

GOP-Led Congress Deals Fatal Blow To Biden’s War On Refrigerators

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 04/04/2025

Daily Caller cited CEI’s expert on energy conservation standards DOE officials said they wanted to impose newer energy conservation standards. The…

Energy and Environment

Fox News

Six household appliances that have taken heat from Biden’s crackdown on regulations

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 12/23/2024

Fox News cited CEI’s expert on product quality “What these mandates – what these standards do is enforce a level of efficiency…

Environmental Housing Policy

The Daily Caller

‘High-Value Target’: Biden-Harris Green Tax Credit Prone To Fraud, Abuse, Gov’t Watchdog Finds

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 10/01/2024

Daily Caller cited CEI’s expert on energy tax credits “It is clear that the tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act primarily benefit…

Financial Regulation

Fox News

Energy groups pan Biden-Harris $7.3B ‘clean energy’ spending ahead of battleground visit

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 09/05/2024

Fox News cited CEI’s experts on environmental policy “Rather than forcing on rural Americans’ energy sources they don’t want, the administration…

Energy and Environment

The Daily Caller

Higher-Income Americans Have Been Cashing In On Green Home Subsidies Under Biden

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 08/13/2024

The Daily Caller cites CEI’s expert on the Inflation Reduction Act “It is clear that the tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act…

Environmental Housing Policy

The Washington Times

Biden is coming after your light bulbs — again

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 06/10/2024

The Washington Times cited CEI’s experts on energy regulation “That’s the problem with these agencies. They make their living cranking out more and…

Energy and Environment

Daily Caller

Biden’s Regulatory Blitz On Appliances Figures To Make Life More Expensive, Policy Experts Say

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 05/08/2024

CEI’s Ben Lieberman is cited in Daily Caller on Biden’s blitz on appliance figures: “If these ultra-efficient appliances make sense, homeowners would…

Energy

Deseret

The Biden admin wants to change home appliances, Republicans are pushing back

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 04/12/2024

CEI’s Ben Lieberman is cited on Deseret News about republican pushback to home appliance regulation: Ben Lieberman of the Competitive Enterprise Institute…

Climate

Daily Caller

Fresh Report Explains How International Climate Treaties Benefit China At America’s Expense

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 03/13/2024

CEI’s Ben Lieberman is cited in Daily Caller on the Kigali Amendment: “China’s status as a developing nation in U.N. treaties has created…

Trade and International

Washington Times

Environmental group pushes retail associates to discourage gas stove purchases

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 03/12/2024

CEI’s Ben Lieberman is cited in the Washington Times about appliances: Ben Lieberman, a senior fellow in environmental policy at the Competitive…

Consumer Choice

Fox News

Biden admin finalizes environmental regulations targeting clothes washers, dryers

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 03/01/2024

CEI’s Ben Lieberman is cited in Fox News about environmental regulations targeting appliances: “What we’re learning is that the government ought to…

Energy

Reason

Bipartisan Tax Credit Bonanza

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 02/01/2024

CEI’s Ben Lieberman is cited on Reason on bipartisan tax credit bonanza: The Energy Department’s final rule “is less stringent than the initial…

Energy

E&E News

DOE scales back stove rule. Republicans still hate it.

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 01/30/2024

CEI’s Ben Lieberman is cited on E&E News about government scale down in effort to limit consumer appliances: “While the Department…

Energy

Fox News

Biden admin backs off gas stove crackdown after widespread pushback

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 01/29/2024

CEI’s Ben Lieberman is cited on Fox News addressing the gas stove crackdown: “A reasonable regulation is better than an unreasonable regulation,”…

Energy

The National Law Review

Three Legal Takeaways from Fifth Circuit Decision Scrubbing Away DOE Rules on Appliance Efficiency

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 01/17/2024

CEI’s 2018 petition was cited on The National Law Review about a Fifth Circuit Decision on appliance efficiency: In 2018, the Competitive…

Legal Studies

E&E News

DOE in 2024: Hydrogen, LNG and climate

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 01/05/2024

CEI’s Ben Lieberman is cited in E&E News on the appliance standards process: “[The gas industry’s] concern broadly — and it’s my concern…

Energy and Environment

Town Hall

Biden Admin Targets Fridges, Freezers In Latest Slew of Appliance Crackdown

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 01/02/2024

CEI’s Ben Lieberman is cited on Townhall about the latest appliance crackdown: Ben Lieberman, a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute,…

Energy

Fox News

Biden admin launched an aggressive campaign targeting home appliances with eco regulations in 2023

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 12/28/2023

CEI’s Ben Lieberman was cited in Fox News on the targeting of home appliances: “Ostensibly, these DOE efficiency standards are supposed to benefit…

Energy

Fox News

Biden admin aims to push towns, cities to adopt green energy building codes: ‘Very suspicious’

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 12/20/2023

CEI’s Ben Lieberman is cited on Fox News regarding green energy building codes: “It’s a lot of money, and it’s clearly designed to…

Energy and Environment

The Wall Street Journal

Why Does My ‘Efficient’ Dishwasher Take a Zillion Minutes for a Load?

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 11/24/2023

Competitive Enterprise Institute was cited in the Wall Street Journal on dishwasher efficiency: The average standard cycle time for a dishwasher has…

Energy and Environment

PJ Media

Biden Uses Cold War Law to Nuke Your Gas Furnace

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 11/20/2023

PJ Media cites CEI’s Ben Lieberman: The money comes from a presidential slush fund authorized by the Democrats’ trillion-dollar Inflation Reduction Act (that…

Energy

Fox News

Biden invokes wartime powers to fund electric heaters as he cracks down on gas appliances

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 11/17/2023

Fox News cites CEI’s Ben Lieberman: “This is absolutely shameful corporate welfare. But we’re to believe that, because it’s for the sake of…

Fox News

Biden admin issues eco regulations impacting air conditioners, refrigerators

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 10/11/2023

Fox News cites Senior Fellow Ben Lieberman on EPA regulations targeting HFCs: “This is likely to raise the costs — it may raise…

Energy and Environment

Fox News

Biden’s depletion of emergency oil stocks comes back into focus amid Israel-Hamas war, price surge

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 10/10/2023

Fox News cites Senior Fellow Ben Lieberman on the Strategic Petroleum Reserve: “There are a lot of reasons why the Biden administration should…

Energy and Environment

Fox News

Biden’s depletion of emergency oil stocks comes back into focus amid Israel-Hamas war, price surge

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 10/10/2023

“There are a lot of reasons why the Biden administration should not have used the SPR to try to bring down prices — one…

Energy and Environment

Fox News

Biden admin issues restrictions on gas furnaces in latest war on appliances

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 09/29/2023

Fox News cites Ben Liberman on the war against home appliances: “It’s just spreading to more and more appliances. It seems that…

Energy and Environment

Federalist Society

Explainer Episode 58 – Natural Gas Bans, Appliance Efficiency Standards, and Consumer Choice

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 07/31/2023

Ben Lieberman, Senior Fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute joins James W. Coleman, Professor of Law, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law to…

Energy and Environment

Experts warn Biden admin’s water heater crackdown will hike prices, reduce consumer choice

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 07/28/2023

Fox News cites Ben Lieberman on consumer choice issues: “One of the things about these appliance standards — they’re…

Energy and Environment

Fox News

Biden admin cracks down on another popular home appliance

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 07/24/2023

Fox News cites Senior Fellow Ben Lieberman on proposed regulations on household appliances: “It’s just spreading to more and…

Energy and Environment

Fox Business

VIDEO: Ben Lieberman on Fox’s Varney & Company

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 07/11/2023

CEI’s Ben Lieberman joined Varney & Company to discuss high gas prices and energy policy.

Energy and Environment

Bob Harden

U.S. House Passes Legislation to Preserve Consumer Choice in Kitchen Appliances

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 06/16/2023

We visit with Ben Lieberman, Senior Policy Analyst with the Competitive Enterprise Institute, about the Biden administrations war on gas…

Consumer Choice

Hannity

FURNACES NOW?! The Biden Admin’s War on American Energy Continues

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 06/07/2023

CEI’s Ben Lieberman is quoted on Hannity on the current crackdown on American energy: “This is a classic example of one size not…

Energy and Environment

Fox News

Biden admin is preparing to target Americans’ gas furnaces amid stove crackdown

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 06/07/2023

CEI’s Ben Lieberman is cited on Fox News about the gas stove crackdown: “This is a classic example of one size not fitting…

Fox News

Biden admin is preparing to target Americans’ gas furnaces amid stove crackdown

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 06/07/2023

Ben Lieberman is cited on Fox News about the crackdown on gas stoves: “This is a classic example of one size not…

Energy and Environment

Fox News

Joe Manchin abruptly tanks Biden nominee picked to oversee admin’s crackdown on gas stoves

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 05/17/2023

It’s just spreading to more and more appliances. It seems that almost everything that plugs in or fires up around…

Consumer Choice

National Review

The Crusade against Things That Work Is Coming for Your AC

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 05/03/2023

CEI’s Ben Liberman is cited on National Review about the home appliance debate: In an op-ed for Fox News, the …

Consumer Freedom

New York Post

Biden’s latest target in his war on appliances: air conditioning units

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 03/27/2023

“What these standards do is enforce a level of efficiency that doesn’t make sense,” the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Ben Lieberman…

Energy

E&E News

DOE Rule May Block 50% Of Current Gas Stove Models

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 02/24/2023

“This proposed rule comes with a somewhat controversial background regarding another agency. I think it’s still very, very concerning for…

Energy

Fox News

Democrats, eco groups take aim at other home appliances amid gas stove debate

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 01/26/2023

CEI’s Ben Lieberman is cited on Fox News the home appliance and gas stove debate: “There’s bad news for almost every room…

Energy

Wall Street Journal

Save the Carbon-Consuming Whales

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 12/20/2022

The Wall Street Journal cites Senior Fellow Ben Lieberman on the lobster industry: Ben Lieberman of the Competitive Enterprise Institute …

Energy and Environment

NJ Star-Ledger

Donald Trump makes a corny argument for the 2024 nomination

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 06/13/2022

The New Jersey Star-Ledger cites CEI Senior Fellow Ben Liberman on ethanol mandates: Virtually every free-market thinker in…

Deregulation

Creators

Pumping Up Prices

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 05/18/2022

Creators cites CEI Senior Fellow Ben Lieberman on gas prices: “If big oil could raise prices anytime they wanted…

Energy and Environment

The Washington Times

White House Moves to Fight Climate ‘Denialism’ Amid Calls to End Fossil-Fuel Crackdown

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 02/26/2022

The Washington Times cites Senior Fellow Ben Lieberman on how the climate change debate pales in comparison to other problems: Ben…

Energy and Environment

KSNV-TV NBC

Biden Administration Continues Push Toward Electric Vehicles

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 02/10/2022

KSNV-TV NBC cites Senior Fellow Ben Lieberman on the realities energy alternatives: “So we’re going from energy dominance in coal, oil…

Energy

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