Marlo Lewis, Jr. is a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Lewis writes on global warming, energy policy, and public policy issues.
Marlo has been published in The Washington Times, Investors Business Daily, TechCentralStation, National Review, and Interpretation: A Journal of Political Philosophy. He has appeared on various television and radio programs, and his ideas have been featured in radio commentary by Rush Limbaugh and G. Gordon Liddy.
Prior to joining CEI in 2002, he served as Director of External Relations at the Reason Foundation in Los Angeles, California. During the 106th Congress, Marlo served as Staff Director of the House Government Reform Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural Resources, and Regulatory Affairs. Marlo has also served as Research Director for the grassroots organization, Citizens Against Government Waste. Earlier, he was a Staff Consultant to the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade, a Special Assistant at the State Department Bureau of Inter-American Affairs and Bureau of International Organization Affairs, and a Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science at Claremont McKenna College.
He holds a Ph.D. in Government from Harvard University and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Claremont McKenna College. His interests include the science, economics, and politics of global warming policy; the precautionary principle; environmentalism and religion; and the moral basis of free enterprise.
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News
Biden’s China Tariffs will Undermine American Consumers, Not Alter China’s Policies: CEI Analysis
President Biden announced today he is raising protectionist tariffs on various Chinese imports, like electric vehicles, solar cells, semiconductors, and advanced batteries, ostensibly to fight…
EPA rule against power plants – bad for energy reliability and prices, bad for rule of law
The EPA today announced its final rule establishing carbon dioxide (CO2) emission guidelines for existing coal power plants and CO2 performance standards for new…
EPA tailpipe rule an abuse of power, consumer freedom
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today released its final rule on vehicle tailpipe emissions, which mirrors the proposed rule on the expected percentage of…
Blog
EPA’s new powerplant rule is the Clean Power Plan on steroids
- By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday announced its final rule establishing carbon dioxide (CO2) emission performance standards for existing coal powerplants and new…
R.J. Smith – In Memoriam
- By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
The Competitive Enterprise Institute has lost a treasured friend and mentor, Robert J. Smith. All my thoughts about R.J. run to superlatives. He was a…
Questions about EPA’s electric vehicle rule—some answered, some not
- By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last week posted the pre-Federal Register version of its de facto electric vehicle (EV) sales mandate rule. The rule…
Op-Eds/Articles
National Review
How Does One-Third the CO2 Emissions Cause Three Times the Climate Damage?
- By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
This month, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published revised estimates of the social cost of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide — the three…
Real Clear Energy
Climate Coup Alert: CEQ Proposes to Transform NEPA
- By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
In recent comments to the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), 24 state attorneys general led by Iowa AG Breanna Bird warn that CEQ’s July…
Real Clear Energy
The DOE’s Press Release on Federal Building Standards Is Inaccurate and Misleading Puffery
- By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently released the pre-publication version of a proposed rule to “establish energy performance standards for the construction of new federal…
Studies
Why Carbon Taxes Are Anti-Growth, Anti-Consumer, and Politically Dangerous for Conservatives
- By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
A tax on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, contrary to its advocates’ claims, is a market-rigging policy, not a free market one. Its purpose is to…
Lift #NeverNeeded Regulations that Make Energy More Expensive
- By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
Low-income households, which are more likely to suffer from unemployment and other stresses during the COVID-19 crisis, spend much more of their household budget on…
A Citizen’s Guide to Climate Change
- By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
Climate change is not a hoax, but as a political matter, it is a persistent pretext for expanding government control over the economy, redistributing wealth,…
Citations
Daily Caller
Trump Could Make Biden’s EV Mandates Obsolete, Revamp Auto Industry With One Move
- By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
The Daily Caller cited CEI’s expert on EPA under the Clean Air Act “The Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) could make a determination that…
The Daily Caller
Biden Admin Outsourcing Energy Policies To Unelected Blue State Bureaucrats
- By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
The Daily Caller cited CEI on regulation of consumer energy “EPA-granted waivers enable CARB to effectively dictate motor vehicle, trucking, and rail transport policies for…
Fox News
California’s green agenda is targeting every mode of transportation, despite wide opposition
- By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
CEI’s Marlo Lewis is cited on Fox News about California’s green agenda: “Commerce is the lifeblood of the economy and transportation of goods —…
Regulatory Comments
CEI Comments on Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Refrigerators, Freezers, and Refrigerator-Freezers
Department of Energy, Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Refrigerators, Freezers, and Refrigerator-Freezers; Notification of Data Availability and Request for Comment Docket Number…
CEI Comments on California’s Advanced Clean Cars II Waiver Request
- By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
Thank you for the opportunity to comment[1] on the California Air Resources Board’s (CARB’s) request for a waiver under Section 209(b) of the…
CEI comments on NHTSA’s proposed Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards
- By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA’s) proposed corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards for passenger cars…
