William Yeatman was a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute until 2018
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News
Yeatman Unpacks Flawed ANWR Objections
Today Congress considers a tax bill which contains a provision for drilling for oil in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), an area debated over…
CEI’s Yeatman Offers Support for MINER Act
William Yeatman, senior fellow with the Competitive Enterprise Institute, commented on H.R. 3905, the Minnesota’s Economic Rights in the Superior National Forest Act (MINER Act).
CEI Comments on Sunshine for Regulations and Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act (H.R.469)
From William Yeatman, Senior Fellow, on HR 469, The Sunshine for Regulations and Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act: “H.R. 469 is a welcome bill that…
Blog
Debunking the ‘Race to the Bottom’ Theory of Regulatory Competition
- By: William Yeatman
Its success in policymaking notwithstanding, the "race to the bottom" theory has fared poorly with the passage of time.
Trump Administration Nominates Holly Greaves to Most Important EPA Post You’ve Never Heard of
- By: William Yeatman
Members of Congress should press Greaves to ensure that she is committed to producing an intelligible budget that allows for congressional oversight.
EPA Considers ‘What Comes Next’ after Ending Obama-Era Clean Power Plan
- By: William Yeatman
This week's Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking is a brainstorming exercise for what comes in the wake of the EPA’s rescission of the Clean Power…
Op-Eds/Articles
The Greeley Tribune
Yeatman-Cooke: The Math Behind Xcel’s ‘Colorado Energy Plan’ Defies Reality and History
- By: William Yeatman
Xcel Energy recently announced that it would use Gov. John Hickenlooper’s July executive order calling for climate change policy as reason to bypass the Colorado…
The Denver Post
Colorado’s Costly “Demand-Side Management” Bill Makes No Sense
- By: William Yeatman
At the end of the legislative session, the Colorado General Assembly had an opportunity to stop a nonsensical electricity program that will cost Xcel Energy…
Washington Examiner
EPA has been neglecting clean air to freelance on climate change
- By: William Yeatman
While critics and supporters alike pore over President Trump’s proposed federal budget to pinpoint programs that will suffer and savings that will benefit taxpayers, President…
Studies
Ending the EPA’s Billion-Dollar Green Energy Rip-Off
- By: William Yeatman
View Full Document as PDF The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in recent years has established a pattern of making industrial policy…
Empirical Answers to Outstanding Questions in the Ongoing Debate Over Auer
- By: William Yeatman
This study was originally posted at the Yale Journal of Regulations. View it here. View the study at the…
The EPA’s Dereliction of Duty
- By: William Yeatman
The agency's failure to meet its own deadlines demands more Congressional oversight.
Citations
Bloomberg BNA
Longer, Costlier Legal Battles Ahead as EPA Vows No Settling
- By: William Yeatman
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…
Bloomberg BNA
EPA Chief Set to Bar Government-Funded Experts From Agency’s Science Panels
- By: William Yeatman
The Daily Signal cites William Yeatman on several points about the laxness in EPA scientific standards and financial regulation. Try asking the nation’s…
The Daily Caller
With the Stroke of a Pen, Trump Claims Victory in the Decades-Long Battle Over ANWR
- By: William Yeatman
The Daily Caller covers the ANWR provision of the tax reform bill. President Donald Trump signed tax reform legislation that also ends the battle…
Regulatory Comments
Testimony of William Yeatman on “EPA’s Regional Haze Program” before the Subcommittee on Environment Committee on Science, Space, & Technology
- By: William Yeatman
Full Document Available in PDF Chairman Jim Bridenstine, Ranking Member Bonamici, Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for inviting me…
Comments on National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter
- By: William Yeatman
Full Document Available in PDF 1. A Secondary NAAQS for Visibility Either Conflates or Conflicts with the Regional Haze Program; If the…
Testimony on “Mandate Madness: When Sue and Settle Just Isn’t Enough”
- By: William Yeatman
Full Document Available in PDF Chairman Lankford, Ranking Member Connolly, Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for inviting me to testify before…