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Bloomberg BNA

Longer, Costlier Legal Battles Ahead as EPA Vows No Settling

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 01/26/2018

Bloomberg BNA quotes William Yeatman on the impact of lawsuits pressed against the EPA for missing legal deadlines and the pressure these lawsuits have deterring…

Class Action Fairness

Bloomberg BNA

EPA Chief Set to Bar Government-Funded Experts From Agency’s Science Panels

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 01/25/2018

The Daily Signal cites William Yeatman on several points about the laxness in EPA scientific standards and financial regulation. Try asking the nation’s…

Regulatory Reform

The Daily Caller

With the Stroke of a Pen, Trump Claims Victory in the Decades-Long Battle Over ANWR

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 01/02/2018

The Daily Caller covers the ANWR provision of the tax reform bill. President Donald Trump signed tax reform legislation that also ends the battle…

Energy

The Daily Signal

EPA Chief Set to Bar Government-Funded Experts From Agency’s Science Panels

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 10/23/2017

The Daily Signal discusses the EPA’s changes to its scientific advisory boards with William Yeatman. Pruitt revealed that he will issue a directive aimed…

Climate

Bloomberg BNA

Longer, Costlier Legal Battles Ahead as EPA Vows No Settling

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 10/19/2017

Bloomberg BNA discusses the EPA’s ‘sue and settle’ directive with William Yeatman. EPA Administer Scott Pruitt’s refusal to settle environmental lawsuits means longer and…

Climate

The Daily Caller

Trump Will Soon Unveil His Own ‘Global Warming’ Policy – Here’s What That Might Look Like

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 10/05/2017

The Daily Caller discusses the possible replacement of the Clean Power Plan with Will Yeatman. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is preparing to repeal…

Climate

The Hill

How Jeff Sessions is Stopping the EPA’s Slush Fund

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 08/21/2017

The Hill discusses ending the EPA’s slush fund with William Yeatman. Principles are to be found in many places, a blessing in the…

Energy and Environment

Bloomberg BNA

EPA Water Rule Repeal Based on Sloppy Cost Analysis: Economists

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 07/28/2017

Bloomberg BNA discusses claims that repealing Waters of the United States had underestimated economic impacts with William Yeatman. The Trump administration was sloppy…

Energy and Environment

Daily Signal

Congress Asked to Eliminate $270 Million a Year in Solar Subsidies

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 04/28/2017

The Daily Signal discusses the impact of net metering with William Yeatman.  “Net metering threatens the stability of electricity grids by depriving them…

Energy and Environment

Daily Caller

Congress Asked To Eliminate $270 Million A Year In Solar Subsidies

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 04/28/2017

The Daily Caller discusses the impact of net metering with William Yeatman.  “Net metering threatens the stability of electricity grids by depriving them…

Energy and Environment

Bloomberg BNA

Trump Successes May Limit Environmental Riders in Funding Bill

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 04/24/2017

Bloomberg BNA discusses enviornmental riders in the government funding bill with William Yeatman.  A Trump administration rolling back environmental actions and Congress quashing…

Energy and Environment

Daily Caller

EPA May Rewrite Obama-Era Regulation That Shut Down Coal Plants

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 04/21/2017

The Daily Caller discusses the Obama-era regulation limiting mercury and other pollutants from power plants with William Yeatman.  “According to the EPA, the…

Energy and Environment

One News Now

Just when you think you’ve heard the last …

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 03/31/2017

One News Now speaks with William Yeatman on President Trump’s Executive Order withdrawing much of Obama’s climate policies.  “I strongly doubt that the…

Energy and Environment

Politico

The hidden impact of Trump’s energy executive order

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 03/30/2017

Politico speaks with William Yeatman on the impact of President Trump’s Executive Order withdrawing much of President Obama’s climate policies. Both liberal and…

Energy and Environment

Bloomberg BNA

Pruitt’s Not Talking ‘Public Health’: Is It Dangerous or Rhetoric?

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 03/29/2017

Bloomberg BNA discusses tracking the number of times EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has said “public health” with William Yeatman.  Will Yeatman, senior fellow…

Energy and Environment

Newsmax

If Only Solar Energy Was as Plentiful as Tax Dollars

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 03/25/2017

Newsmax discusses government subsidies of energy companies with William Yeatman.  Now you may say there is no way of predicting which new companies…

Energy and Environment

Bloomberg BNA

Environment, Energy Rules’ Delay Raises Concerns: Legal Experts

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 03/23/2017

Bloomberg discusses democratic criticism of the Trump administration’s handling of the Administrative Procedure Act But Will Yeatman, senior fellow at the free-market Competitive…

Energy and Environment

Fox News

Another taxpayer-funded energy company files for bankruptcy

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 03/13/2017

Fox News speaks with William Yeatman on the failure of a government subsidized energy company.  A cutting-edge battery maker that received millions from…

Energy and Environment

Christian Science Monitor

Scott Pruitt says CO2 isn’t a pollutant. What next on US climate change policy?

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 03/10/2017

Christian Science Monitor discusses the role of the Environmental Protection Agency with William Yeatman.   Where Democrats see health and environmental protection, Pruitt,…

Energy and Environment

Bloomberg BNA

EPA Climate Science Next Target After Pruitt’s Carbon Comments?

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 03/09/2017

Bloomberg BNA discusses Scott Pruitt’s potential targeting of the EPA’s greenhouse gas program The EPA in 2009 determined that carbon dioxide and five…

Daily Caller

Trump May Have To ‘Repeal And Replace’ Another Obama Policy — The Clean Power Plan

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 02/14/2017

The Daily Caller discusses the EPA’s Clean Power Plan with William Yeatman. Will Yeatman, a senior fellow at the libertarian Competitive Enterprise Institute,…

Energy and Environment

Miami Herald

Trump Expected to Roll Back Obama Climate Initiatives Despite Easing of ‘Hoax’ Rhetoric

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 01/21/2017

Miami Herald discusses Trump’s potential request for a remand of the Clean Power Plan with William Yeatman.  Upon Trump’s taking office, one of…

Energy and Environment

Christian Science Monitor

Why the EPA nominee wants to be a political wrecking ball

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 01/18/2017

The Christian Science Monitor discusses the Environmental Protection Agency’s regulations with William Yeatman.  Since state offices already are increasingly shouldering the burden of…

Energy and Environment

ClimateWire

Watchdogs criticize Perry’s Texas jobs record ahead of confirmation

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 01/18/2017

ClimateWire discusses environmental regulations under the Trump administration with CEI’s William Yeatman.  President-elect Donald Trump has multiple options to defeat potential lawsuits in…

Energy and Environment

Bloomberg BNA

Scott Pruitt Could Tip Regulatory Power From EPA to States

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 01/18/2017

Bloomberg BNA discusses Scott Pruitts nomination as the EPA Administrator with William Yeatman.  A Pruitt EPA may be less inclined toward “pushing the…

Energy and Environment

InsideClimate News

In Pruitt’s Hearing for EPA Chief, His Fossil Fuel Ties Will Take Center Stage

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 01/17/2017

InsideClimate News discusses with William Yeatman Scott Pruitt’s nomination to be Administrator of the Enviornmental Protection Agency.  Pruitt’s supporters say his environmental record…

Energy and Environment

Inside EPA

Congress: Pruitt sidesteps Carper’s queries

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 01/17/2017

InsideEPA.com’s Daily Briefing discusses Scott Pruitt’s nomination to the Enviornmental Protection Agency with William Yeatman.  Nevertheless, an official at the Competitive Enterprise Institute…

Energy and Environment

Bloomberg BNA

House Republicans Target EPA Methane Rule Under Review Act

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 01/09/2017

Bloomberg BNA discusses with William Yeatman the House using the Congressional Review Act to target an EPA rule.  House Republicans for the first…

Energy and Environment

The Federalist

Environmentalists Worry Trump’s EPA Pick Will Harm Unborn Children

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 01/09/2017

The Federalist discusses the Environmental Defense Fund’s attack ad on Scott Pruitt with William Yeatman.  Now here’s where things get fun. The Competitive…

Energy and Environment

Inside EPA

Pending Litigation Could Be Wild Card For Trump Climate Policy Rollbacks

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 01/04/2017

Inside EPA discusses pending lawsuits on EPA regulations with William Yeatman.  Litigation moving through federal courts may play a large role in determining…

Energy and Environment

The Hill

Trump could be fighting Obama’s climate policies for years

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 12/30/2016

The Hill discusses expected climate policies under the new administration with William Yeatman. William Yeatman, a senior fellow at the conservative Competitive Enterprise Institute,…

Energy and Environment

InsideEPA.com

Climate: CEI official urges Trump to retain scaled-back GHG rules

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 12/30/2016

InsideEPA.com discusses the incoming Trump administration’s stance on climate policy with William Yeatman.  A top official with the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), the…

Energy and Environment

Inside Climate News

Big Win for Dakota Pipeline Opponents, But Bigger Battle Looms

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 12/05/2016

Inside Climate News discusses the National Environmental Policy Act with William Yeatman.  William Yeatman, a senior fellow at the the Competitive Enterprise Institute,…

Energy and Environment

Bloomberg BNA

Pelosi, Challenger Similarly Green, But Differ on Gas Exports

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 11/30/2016

Bloomberg BNA discusses Paul Ryan's support for natural gas exports with William Yeatman.  Both Pelosi and Ryan have called for expanding solar and…

Energy and Environment

Los Angeles Times

Why should only solar and wind get the tax credits? This industry wants in

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 10/06/2016

Los Angeles Times discusses subsidies for the energy storage industry with William Yeatman.  “We’re getting to a really tenuous connection,” said William Yeatman, senior…

Energy

The Hill

UN makes power play against Trump

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 10/05/2016

The Hill discusses the possibility of Donald Trump, if elected, asking the Senate to ratify the Paris climate deal with William Yeatman.   William Yeatman,…

Energy and Environment

The Hill

Obama eyes big finish on climate

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 09/12/2016

The Hill discusses Obama's climate change policy agenda with William Yeatman.  But conservatives see the push as another example of Obama moving toward…

Energy and Environment

Law.com

Advocates Take Shots at VW Emissions Accord

  • By: Ted Frank, William Yeatman
  • 08/05/2016

Law.com reports on CEI’s Center for Class Action Fairness’s critique of the Volkswagen emissions settlement which CEI’s William Yeatman also discusses.  In one…

Class Action Fairness

Law 360

GOP’s Swing At Dodd-Frank Could Give Banks Edge In Court

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 06/07/2016

Law 360 discusses eliminating the Cheveron deference with William Yeatman.  Backers of such moves say there are both principled as well as political…

Law and Litigation

Daily Caller

Navajo Nation In Crisis As EPA Tries To Shutter The West’s Largest Coal Plant

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 05/03/2016

The Daily Caller discusses the impacts of the EPA's Regional Haze rule with William Yeatman.  William Yeatman, a research fellow at the Competitive…

Energy and Environment

Daily Caller

Coal Company Sues EPA To Stop A Regulation That Will Close More Coal Plants

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 04/26/2016

The Daily Caller discusses the Enviornmental Protection Agency's mercury rule with William Yeatman.  “These benefits are so miniscule because they are based on…

Energy and Environment

Daily Caller

Coal Company Sues EPA To Stop A Regulation That Will Close More Coal Plants

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 04/26/2016

The Daily Caller discusses the Enviornmental Protection Agency's mercury rule with William Yeatman.  “These benefits are so miniscule because they are based on…

Energy and Environment

The Hill

Court holds fate of Obama’s climate legacy

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 04/25/2016

The Hill discusses Obama's consideration of Judge Sri Srinivasan to replace Justice Scalia with CEI's William Yeatman.  In private practice, he defended ExxonMobil…

Energy and Environment

Forbes

EPA Remains A Paragon Of Government Waste, Fraud And Abuse

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 03/09/2016

Forbes discusses William Yeatman's compilation of comments on the EPA's Clean Power Plan.  EPA has a long history of actions that are illegal,…

Energy and Environment

Daily Caller

Dem Lawmaker: Trade In That Mercedes For A Tesla, Your Life Will Improve

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 02/26/2016

The Daily Caller discusses green energy subsidies with William Yeatman.  “Cheap gas is inimical to the green energy business (and all other competitors),” William…

Energy and Environment

Daily Caller

MIT: Green Energy Can’t Work Unless You Tax Everything

  • By: Myron Ebell, William Yeatman
  • 02/25/2016

The Daily Caller reports discusses renewable energy with Myron Ebell and William Yeatman. “Windmills, solar panels, and ethanol could not compete with coal,…

Energy

Daily Caller

Here’s How The EPA Could ‘Nationalize’ A Foreign Car Company

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 02/22/2016

The Daily Caller discusses the Environmental Protection Agency's reach into the automobile industry with William Yeatman.  “If the report is true, EPA is…

Energy and Environment

Investor's Business Daily

Supreme Court Blockades White House In Obama’s War On Coal

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 02/10/2016

Investor's Business Daily speaks with CEI's William Yeatman on the Supreme Court's order for the EPA to cease implementation of the Clean Power Plan.

Energy and Environment

Washington Free Beacon

SolarCity Slashes Nevada Jobs, Seeks Subsidies Elsewhere

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 01/06/2016

The Washington Free Beacon discusses SolarCity's decision to cut 550 jobs in Nevada with William Yeatman. SolarCity’s decision to slash Nevada jobs means…

Energy and Environment

Daily Caller

Fed Court Upholds EPA Reg That Costs 1,600 Times More Than It Yields In Benefits

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 12/15/2015

The Daily Caller reports on the federal court's decision to uphold the EPA's regulation on mercury emissions from power plants, even though the costs far…

Chemical Risk

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