Tulsa World
Energy conference speakers blast regulations
William Yeatman, an energy policy analyst for the Competitive Enterprise Institute, said he opposes regulation that serves no public health benefit and only gratifies a…
Tulsa World
Supreme Court Takes Up Challenge To Sweeping EPA Carbon Rules
The appeal was supported by the U.S. Chamber, the Competitive Enterprise Institute and the Southeastern Legal Foundation as well as companies like coal…
Time
Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to EPA Climate Regulations
But there’s no doubt that this case will be a test for the Obama Administration and its green allies—and an opportunity for industry groups and…
CBN
Who Shut Down the Parks? Memorial Closures Probed
The Competitive Enterprise Institute says the Obama administration has gone too far in its implementation of the shutdown. Shutting…
Cleveland
Los Angeles Times riles climate-change skeptics by banning letters: A Closer Look (poll)
But Myron Ebell, director of the Center for Energy and Environment at the Competitive Enterprise Institute and a leading global-warming skeptic, tells the Washington…
Daily Caller
‘Why now?’ Fitch’s downgrade threat raises questions
“My question is ‘Why now?’” John Berlau, an economist at the free market Competitive Enterprise Institute, told The Daily Caller News Foundation. “I just have…
Daily Caller
Raising the Federal Gas Tax
Marc Scribner Discusses the Fuel Tax on Fox Business…
The Hill
Shutdown halts federal regs
“We’re very pleased that the Obama administration’s ongoing efforts to wreck the U.S. economy with more and more heavy-handed and colossally expensive regulations has been…
The Hill
Kansas Supreme Court reverses permit granted to Sunflower coal plant
Brian McNicoll, senior communications director at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, which advocates limited government, said experts at his think tank believe that if the new…
Daily Caller
Lawyers: Private parks should sue Obama administration for forcing them to close
“As a lawyer who once worked for the government, I assume there is no legal authority for this because these private tourist attractions were not…
Daily Caller
Labor analyst: Volkswagen workers claim ‘misled’ by UAW
Matt Patterson, senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, says the issue is important because, if it’s true, it would “significantly compromise” the union’s chances…
Daily Caller
Environmentalists blame GOP for government shutdown
“This is a totally phony complaint that comes up every time there is a federal shutdown or threat of a shutdown,” Myron Ebell, director of…
Investor's Business Daily
Shutdown Grounds Lawyers In US Air, American Case
Marc Scribner, analyst at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a libertarian think tank, earlier said: "American, if it isn't able to merge with US Air, is…
Tri Valley Central
EPA urged to update rules on secret email accounts
Chris Horner, the senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute credited with uncovering the Windsor email account, said it was a mistake for the inspector…
PBS
What Climate Change Skeptics Think About the UN Report
“The global warming establishment is in denial,” said Myron Ebell, director of Freedom Action and the Center for Energy and Environment at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. “The IPCC…
National Review
Public Citizen’s Unfair Attack on Arbitration
The National Review discusses with Ted Frank how class action suits benefit the lawyers rather than the class member. In reality, as Ted…
National Review
IG: ‘No evidence’ EPA used private emails to keep records secret
Jackson also came under fire from critics when documents released to the conservative Competitive Enterprise Institute showed that in late 2009, she asked an official…
National Review
Sunday pops
But Competitive Enterprise Institute numbers crunchers easily identified billions upon billions of dollars of the fattest of fat. But, then again, it’s pretty difficult to…
Independent
IPCC report: The financial markets are the only hope in the race to stop global warming
Myron Ebell , the right-wing think tank the US Competitive Enterprise Institute “Global warming, although it may become a problem some decades in the…
Washington Times
Obama campaign manager Jim Messina joins company awarded millions in federal cash
“Obviously, he was chosen because of his political connections, which are, alas, essential to LanzaTech, a company that wouldn’t exist without taxpayer handouts,” said…
WPR
Will Carbon Caps Be A Boon Or Bust For The Economy?
William Yeatman, policy analyst at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, said he’s worried about the impact of the new regulations on the economy, in part because…
Overlawyered
Hans Bader on disabled-hiring quotas
Building on my post of yesterday, Competitive Enterprise Institute scholar Hans Bader makes several additional points about the Department of Labor’s new hiring…
The Guardian
Leading climate change economist brands sceptics ‘irrational’
Myron Ebell, of the US Competitive Enterprise Institute, told the Guardian: "Global warming, although it may become a problem some decades in the future, is…
Free Beacon
IBEW Criticizes EPA’s New Coal Emission Standards
“The unions oppose President Obama’s new coal rule for a simple reason: It’s terrible for the economy,” said William Yeatman, an energy policy expert at…
Daily Caller
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau accused of violating transparency law
“Just about every time they’re convening, it has to be open to the public . . . and when it’s not open to the public…
The Guardian
Big business funds effort to discredit climate science, warns UN official
To those who are in disagreement with climate science, however – even though recent research has found that more than 90% of scientific studies support…
Free Beacon
EPA Coal Regs Will Require Halving of Carbon Emissions in New Plants
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), a D.C.-based think tank, said the changes to the new rule were “cosmetic” and likely to still be shot down…
Free Beacon
CEI’s Patterson: Right-to-Work Laws Represent ‘Common Sense’
Matt Patterson, a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, is a strong advocate of states with right-to-work laws. These laws…
Midwest Energy News
Report: Social costs, if accounted for, make coal uneconomical
Marlo Lewis, a senior fellow with the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center for Energy and Environment, wrote this week on GlobalWarming.org that SCC analyses “all-too-easily…
EE News
Social costs of electricity from coal make it uneconomical, researchers assert
Marlo Lewis, a senior fellow with the Competitive Enterprise Institute's Center for Energy and Environment, wrote this week on GlobalWarming.org that SCC analyses "all-too-easily…
EE News
How Chattanooga beat Google Fiber by half a decade
To understand why cable companies are so resistant, it helps to understand a bit about their business model. Because dense urban areas are more profitable…
Daily Caller
Report: FERC nominee too much of a greenie for key energy post
William Yeatman, associate director of the Competitive Enterprise Institute and the report’s author, is concerned that Binz will use his position as FERC chairman to…
Power Magazine
Binz Hearing Opens as Nominee to Head FERC Draws Fire
In a press release issued before the hearing, CEI analyst William Yeatman argued, “Binz’s record as Colorado PUC chair makes it clear that he’s a…
Washington Times
ECOtality fatality: Green company files for bankruptcy after 115M stimulus funding granted
“Government is terrible at picking winners and losers for a simple reason: Politics always interferes,” said William Yeatman, an energy policy expert at the…
Wisconsin teachers union decertified in latest blow to labor under Walker law Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/09/15/wisconsin-teachers-union-decertified-in-latest-blow-to-labor-under-walker-law/#ixzz2fSp0xDgF
Conservatives go all out against FERC nominee
This anti-Binz alliance includes the 60 Plus Association, American Commitment, the American Energy Alliance, the American Tradition Institute, Americans for Prosperity, the Caesar Rodney Institute,…
Legal Newsline
Plaintiffs win in Calif. lead paint case could threaten business, hit homeowners hard
Angela Logomasini, a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, who researches environmental regulatory issues, agrees that in the end, a ruling against defendants will…
Legal Newsline
Colorado Energy Plan Looms as Issue for Obama FERC Nominee
Binz’s detractors include the Denver-based Independence Institute and the Washington-based Competitive Enterprise Institute, both describe themselves as advocates for limited government. They say he guaranteed…
Legal Newsline
Signs and Wonders: A good deal for everyone but taxpayers
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) said new legislation currently before the U.S. House of Representatives would make matters worse. Both Bloomberg and the CEI are…
Legal Newsline
Conservative groups rally against Obama’s energy nominee
The letter also alleges that Binz would slow down FERC action on natural gas pipeline and export projects. Other groups that signed the letter…
Legal Newsline
Wisconsin teachers union decertified in latest blow to labor under Walker law
But Matt Patterson, labor analyst with the conservative Competitive Enterprise Institute, claimed the vote was a sign that workers were turning their backs on…
Legal Newsline
UAW hopes to get recognition at Chattanooga VW plant without vote
Anti-union groups are already openly fighting the UAW’s move to organize at the plant. One, the Washington-based Competitive Enterprise Institute, even put a message on…
CBC
Verizon challenges FCC’s right to impose net neutrality
But business analysts argue that a perpetual "open access" is unrealistic and ignores the property rights of ISPs. OpenMarket.org blogger Wayne Crews says the FCC…
CBC
Slow-Growth Policies Fuel Income Gap
The Competitive Enterprise Institute pegs the annual cost of environmental and other federal regulation at $1.8 trillion. A study cited by the U.S. Chamber of…
CBC
UAW says most Chattanooga workers want union while opponents fear the worst, call for secret ballot
But, Matt Patterson, senior fellow for the Center for Economic Freedom at the Washington, D.C.-based Competitive Enterprise Institute, said he’s skeptical the UAW even has…
Science Insider
U.S. Science Laureate Bill Hits Roadblock
But Hart says that he’d like the bill’s supporters to clarify several provisions, including the number of laureates, length of service, and type of duties…
Washington Examiner
Examiner Editorial: Lengthy Senate report details EPA FOIA abuses
Jackson resigned from EPA in December 2012 after it became known the agency's inspector general had opened an investigation. Jackson has…
PC Mag
Verizon, FCC Face Off Over Net Neutrality: What You Need to Know
The Center for Democracy and Technology argued that Verizon's suit is "dangerous." "By trying to paint this case as raising a constitutional issue, Verizon hopes…
Daily Caller
Obama’s EPA Has a Culture of Secrecy and Evasion
Jackson’s alias account was discovered by Competitive Enterprise Institute Senior Fellow Chris Horner, who learned of the existence of the alias email while…
Washington Examiner
EPA stalling policy to prevent politicizing science
Whether or not EPA has a policy in place won't matter until the agency is transparent about the data behind its science and decisions, said…
Washington Examiner
Betting on the Apocalypse
ONE day in October 1990, the iconoclastic economist Julian L. Simon walked out to get the mail at his house in the Washington suburb of…
