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House GOP prepares CRA resolutions against Biden climate-risk rules, including SEC climate disclosure rule
Members of the House Financial Services Committee have passed four Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolutions targeting four Biden-era climate-risk rulemakings. Among these is a…
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Myths and facts about the PROVE IT Act
Myth: Supporting the PROVE IT Act (S. 1863) does not mean support for carbon taxes.Fact: Many bill supporters readily acknowledge that it will…
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Why the PROVE IT Act would result in carbon taxes
The PROVE IT Act (S. 1863) is not a benign information collection bill on the carbon intensity of domestic and foreign goods. Instead, it…
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House Republican Committee Leaders Begin Caving on Climate Science and Policies
Reps. Greg Walden (R-OR) and Frank Lucas (R-OK), the ranking Republican members of the two committees with the most jurisdiction over climate science and energy-rationing…
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Carbon Capture and Storage Not ‘Best System’ to Reduce Emissions
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency yesterday held an all-day “listening session” at its Washington, D.C. headquarters on its proposal to revise the Obama administration’s new…
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Green New Deal Launched with Support from Democratic Presidential Candidates
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Sen. Edward Markey (D-MA) held a press conference outside the Capitol building on February 7th to introduce their House and Senate resolutions for a…
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Kids Climate Litigants Petition Court to Stop Fossil Fuel Development
Kelsey Juliana and her fellow litigants are the youngsters who, since 2015, have been suing the federal government to “prepare and implement an enforceable national remedial plan to…
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House Climate Hearing off to Bad Start
The newly-minted environment and climate change subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a hearing today titled “Time for Action: Addressing the Environmental…
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EPA’s Andrew Wheeler Appoints John Christy to Science Advisory Board
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler on January 31st announced the appointment of some 29 experts to serve on the agency’s Science Advisory Board…
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Chuck Todd’s ‘Daily Show’ Comments Got It Wrong on the Climate Debate
Last night Chuck Todd went on “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” and was asked about his announcement on a recent episode of “Meet the…
Liberty Headlines
Ad Campaign Calls Out NBC’s Blacklisting of Climate-Change Dissent
Liberty Headlines cited CEI’s NBC Climate Debate ad campaign: The Competitive Enterprise Institute has taken issue with the network’s decision to…
The Daily Caller
DC Think Tank Calls on NBC to Stop Blacking Out Climate Skeptics
The Daily Caller cited CEI President Lassman on CEI’s NBC Climate Debate ad campaign: The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) created an ad campaign…
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Supreme Court Should Review Oregon’s Discriminatory Fuel Pricing Rules
Last week, American fuel manufactures filed a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court asking them to review a lower court decision upholding an Oregon law…
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Oregon Court Rebuffs Kids’ Climate Lawsuit
Oregon’s Court of Appeals ruled on 9th January that the public-trust doctrine does not impose a “fiduciary obligation” on the state to develop and implement…
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Green New Deal: 626 Groups Send Congress a Back-to-Dark Ages Manifesto
Six-hundred twenty-six organizations, some of them major environmental groups, sent a letter to Members of the House of Representatives on January 10th that details their demands for…
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Year in Review 2018: Climate Policy
The Trump administration this year took additional steps to dismantle key components of President Obama’s climate policy “legacy.” Supporting and guiding those efforts is a…
The Wall Street Journal
The Senate Cedes Its Authority on Climate
Washington’s environmental establishment determined that no future agreement would be acknowledged as a treaty.
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Attacks on Trump Administration Environmental Federalism Fall Short
Today’s Energy & Environment News (subscription required) has an article titled “Wheeler preaches federalism on water, not cars.” The gist is that various critics claim…
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Infrastructure Bill Should Attack Climate Red Tape, Not Increase It
Enacting legislation will be more difficult in next year’s divided Congress, but an infrastructure bill is something that could get done. Democrats and Republicans may be…
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Report from United Nations Climate Conference: Heckling the Hecklers
Katowice, Poland—“Le temps est mauvais,” an African delegate told a colleague as they wrapped themselves up against the early evening chill. The weather wasn’t as…
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How Realistic Is National Climate Assessment’s Worst Case Scenario?
How realistic is the National Climate Assessment’s worst-case emissions scenario? A report released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) on Tuesday sheds some interesting…
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Latest Bipartisan Carbon Tax Folly
On Tuesday, November 27th, Representatives Ted Deutch (D-FL), Francis Rooney (R-FL), John K. Delaney (D-MD), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), and Charlie Crist (D-FL) introduced H.R. 7173,…
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National Climate Assessment Still Needs a Reset
The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) released Volume II of its Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4) report last week on November 23rd. Volume I,…
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Air Conditioning—Treating a Public Health Benefit As a Threat
A study by the International Energy Agency predicts that billions more people around the world will own an air conditioner by 2050. This is great…
News Release
2018 National Climate Assessment Report Is Full of Dubious and Junk Science
Late last week, the Trump Administration released the 4th National Climate Assessment report, as required by law. Media headlines have breathlessly reported on the “chilling”…
Watts Up With That?
Environmental Collusion
Wattsm Up With That? cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Chris Horner’s Law Enforcement for Rent report. Chris Horner of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI)…
Rapid City Journal
Theirs: State AGs Should Eschew Privately Funded Litigators
Rapid City Journal cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Chris Horner on privately funded Attorney Generals. With the courts and Trump Administration rolling back federal…
Inside Sources
Virginia AG Sued For Records About Bloomberg Funded Attorney Promoting Green Agenda
Inside Sources cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Chris Horner’s lawsuit against Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring. Michael Bloomberg’s plan to use an environmental law…
The American Spectator
Blaming An Evil Corporation For Conspiring With Mother Nature
The American Spectator cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Chris Horner’s Law Enforcement for Rent report. George Soros-funded government attorney in Texas has been leading…
Reflector
Funding From Green Activists Raises Ethical Questions
Reflector cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Chris Horner on 2017 draft agreement between the Center and the New York AG. In August 2017 the…
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The Montreal Protocol—Did it Really Make a Difference?
An executive summary of the latest scientific compendium on ozone depletion, the Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2018 is now out. The report was released in…
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Judge Blocks Keystone XL Pipeline
Montana federal judge Brian Morris ruled on November 8th that the State Department and TransCanada Corporation must discontinue all efforts to construct or operate the Keystone XL…
Long Room
University Of California Sued Over Stonewalling Of ‘Climate Litigation’ Documents
Long Room cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Chris Horner in relation to the California Board of Regents climate litigation suit. The University of California…
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What Do the Midterms Mean for Carbon Taxes?
Washington State’s Initiative 1631 to establish a “carbon emissions fee” went down in flames Tuesday with opponents outvoting supporters by 56 to 44 percent.
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U.S. Officials Wary of United Nations Ozone Treaty Negotiations in Ecuador
The 30th meeting of the parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Montreal Protocol) is being held in Quito…
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Infrastructure in Divided Congress Must Include Regulatory, Permitting Reforms
Even before the results were in, the election-night talking heads were speculating on what, if anything, congressional Democrats and Republicans can agree on and get…
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Hole in the ACE: Legal Flaws in EPA’s Proposed ‘Clean Power Plan’ Replacement
The comment period closed this week (October 31st) for the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule, Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed replacement for the so-called…
Northern California Record
California, Other States Grapple Over Climate Change Litigation
Northern California Record cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Chris Horner on climate change litigation. Into this charged debate comes Chris Horner, a senior fellow…
Washington Examiner
The Russians Are Meddling In Our Politics – And Michael Bloomberg Is Helping Them
Washington Examiner cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Chris Horner on environmental SAAG scheam. Then there is the work of Michael Bloomberg. Money from Bloomberg…
One News Now
Climate Change Activists Making Energy The New Tobacco?
One News Now cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Chris Horner on Attorney General lawsuit against Exxon. Chris Horner of the …
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New York State Latest to Sue Over Climate Change
New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood launched a lawsuit on October 24th against ExxonMobil Corporation over the company’s treatment of climate change-related risks and costs. The…
Breitbart
New York Sues Exxon Mobil Over Climate Change — Four Months After California Suit Tossed
Breitbart cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Chris Horner’s “Law Enforcement for Rent” report. In a curious twist, one of the attorneys who signed the…
Watts Up With That?
Collusions Ahoy! Law Enforcement For Rent…Because Climate
Watts Up With That? cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Chris Horner’s “Law Enforcement for Rent” report. A new CLW video, citing to a…
The Daily Caller
Bloomberg-Funded Fellow Signed NY AG’s Climate Lawsuit Against Exxon
The Daily Caller cited CEI’s open record AG request. Oregon AG Ellen Rosenblum also raised alarms in June after her office hired environmental lawyer…
The Daily Caller
Report: Attorneys General Hold ‘Secret’ Meeting With Donors To Discuss Future Climate Lawsuits
The Daily Caller cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Chris Horner’s “Law Enforcement for Rent” report. Attorneys associated with various attorneys general offices across the…
Watts Up With That?
Weekly Climate And Energy News Roundup #332
Watts Up With That? cited Benny Peiser’s global warming talk at CEI. A Crack Developing? Last week, Benny Peiser of the Global Warming Policy…
Overlawyered
State AGs For Hire On Environmental Activism
Overlawyered cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Chris Horner’s “Government for Rent” report. My new Cato post looks at a low-profile program in which a…
Cato Institute
Bloomberg/NYU Center Embeds Lawyers In AG Offices To Pursue Green Causes
Cato Institute cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Chris Horner’s “Law Enforcement for Rent” report. The spotlight on backstage doings at state AG offices arises…
The Daily Caller
Study Supports Trump’s Claims That Vehicle Regulation Rollback Will Save Lives
The Daily Caller cited CEI’s Adjunct Scholar Steve Milloy’s “Will the Trump Fuel Economy Reform Proposal Create Deadly Air Pollution?” study. Critics of…
Energy Central
Business Groups Ask SCOTUS to Shut Down Massachusetts #ExxonKnew Shakedown
Energy Central cited CEI’s Chris Horner’s “Law Enforcement for Rent” report. If Healey’s far-fetched investigation is upheld as legitimate, the decision will present companies…
Hoover Institute
Our Latest Global Warming Scare
Hoover Institute cited Senior Fellow Marlo Lewis on “Climate Change, Fossil Fuels, and Human Well Being” article. The United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on…
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UN Special Report: Turning the World’s Energy Economy upside down Is a Good Idea
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on October 6th released a “Special Report (SR15) on Global Warming of 1.5 degrees C.” The…
The Daily Caller
Exclusive: Court Memos Shed Light On Michael Bloomberg’s Role In NYC’s Climate Crusade
The Daily Caller cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Chris Horner’s “Law Enforcement for Rent” report. “Are we sure it is correct to refer to him…
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