In fact, climate change does not endanger the survival of civilization or the habitability of the planet. So-called climate solutions are bureaucratic power grabs and corporate welfare schemes with no detectable climate-related benefits.
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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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Florida Daily
Green New Deal Will Cost Florida Households $73,000 in First Year, Study Finds
Florida Daily cites CEI’s recent study with Power the Future, “What the Green New Deal Could Cost a Typical Household.” The Competitive Enterprise Institute and Power…
The Spokesman-Review
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers to Appear at Town Hall Wednesday at Gonzaga University
The Spokesman-Review cites CEI’s recent Green New Deal study with Power the Future, “What the Green New Deal Could Cost a Typical Household.”…
PJ Media
Washington D.C. Conference Exposes ‘Climate Delusion’
PJ Media cites CEI’s Myron Ebell following a climate conference hosted by the Heartland Institute. Finally, Myron Ebell, director of the Competitive Enterprise…
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Advocacy Journalism Gears up to Promote UN Climate Conference
The Columbia Journalism Review reported on July 26th that more than 60 news organizations have signed up to devote “one week of focused coverage” to the international…
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Judge Rejects Climate Suit to Establish ‘Right to Wilderness’
Oregon District Court Judge Michael McShane on July 31st rejected a petition by two nonprofit groups—Animal Legal Defense Fund and Seeding Sovereignty—and six individuals who allege the…
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Climate Change Gets 21 Minutes in Five-Hour Presidential Debate
CNN hosted the 2nd Democratic presidential candidates’ debate this week on two consecutive nights (July 30th and 31st). Twenty of the 24 Democratic candidates participated, with 10…
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Senate Highway Bill with First-Ever Climate Title Unanimously Clears Committee
On July 30th, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) passed S. 2302, America's Transportation Infrastructure Act of 2019. The vote was 22-0.
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VIDEO: Green New Deal’s Bad Science
This week the Competitive Enterprise Institute released a new study by CEI President Kent Lassman and Power the Future Executive Director Daniel Turner on the costs of the…
The Daily Signal
How Faulty Assumptions in Climate Predictions Could Mean Big Costs for Americans
The Daily Signal cites Director of the Center of Energy and Environment Myron Ebell’s comments on the Green New Deal. Other conference speakers…
The American Spectator
Fake Science on Climate Change Threatens Economic and Civil Freedoms
The American Spectator cites CEI’s recent study with Power the Future, “What the Green New Deal Could Cost a Typical Household.” The Competitive…
The Hill
Democratic Moderates Only Fuel the Conservative Case Against Socialism
The Hill cites CEI’s new study with Power the Future, “What the Green New Deal Could Cost a Typical Household.” The “wishlist economics”…
Newsmax
Study: Green New Deal Costs ‘More Than They Can Afford’
Newsmax cites CEI’s recent study with Power the Future, “What the Green New Deal Could Cost a Typical Household.” In an interview on Fox…
CNSNews
Report: Green New Deal Would Cost More Than $70,000 Per U.S. Household in First Year
CNSNews cites CEI’s study with Power the Future, “What the Green New Deal Could Cost a Typical Household.” A new study by the Competitive Enterprise…
The Washington Times
AOC Miffed After Hickenlooper Calls Green New Deal a ‘Distraction’
The Washington Times cites CEI’s study with Power the Future, “What the Green New Deal Could Cost a Typical Household.” A report by the free-market…
Fox News
Fox News The Five Discuss CEI’s Green New Deal Study
Fox News’ The Five discusses CEI’s study, “What the Green New Deal Could Cost a Typical Household,” conducted with Power the Future.
BizPac Review
New Study Shows Green New Deal Would Cost Households at Least $70K Just in First Year
BizPac Review cites CEI’s recent study with Power the Future, “What the Green New Deal Could Cost a Typical Household.” A new study…
Fox Business
How Much AOC’s Green New Deal Could Cost the Average American Household
Fox Business cites CEI’s study “What the Green New Deal Could Cost a Typical Household” with Power the Future. A new study released by…
The Daily Caller
Study: Green New Deal Would Suck More Than $70K From Households In Five States In Year One
The Daily Caller cites CEI’s “What the Green New Deal Could Cost a Typical Household” study with Power the Future. A new study released Tuesday…
The Washington Examiner
Green New Deal to Cost up to $100,000 per Home in First Year
The Washington Examiner cites CEI’s “What the Green New Deal Could Cost a Typical Household” study with Power the Future. The liberal Green New…
The Daily Wire
STUDY: Green New Deal Would Cost Some States More Than $1,000,000,000,000
The Daily Wire cites CEI’s “What the Green New Deal Could Cost a Typical Household” study with Power the Future. A new study released jointly…
The Blaze
New Study Reveals the Crippling Economic Burden of the Green New Deal on Average American Households
The Blaze cites CEI’s “What the Green New Deal Could Cost a Typical Household” study with Power the Future. The study by libertarian…
The Washington Free Beacon
Study: ‘Green New Deal’ Would Cost $75-K Per Household in Year 1
The Washington Free Beacon cites CEI’s “What the Green New Deal Could Cost a Typical Household” study with Power the Future. The report…
The Washington Times
AOC’s Green New Deal Would Cost $70K-Plus per Household in First Year: Study
The Washington Times cites CEI’s “What the Green New Deal Could Cost a Typical Household” study with Power the Future. In five model…
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Environmental Red Tape Could Roadblock Green New Deal
The Green New Deal reads like a progressive’s letter to Santa, a wish list that is, by the admission of Rep. Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-NY) chief of staff,…
Fox News
Swing-State Households Would Lose at Least $70G Within First Year of Green New Deal, Study Finds
Fox News cites CEI’s latest study on the Green New Deal, written by CEI President Kent Lassman and Power the Future Executive Director Daniel Turner.
Epoch Times
Conference Urges Republicans to Reject the Left on Climate Change
The Epoch Times cites Director of the Center for Energy and Environment Myron Ebell on the Green New Deal. Myron Ebell of the Competitive…
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Major Automakers Cave to California on Trump Auto Rule
The Washington Post reported on July 25th that Ford, Honda, Volkswagen, and BMW North America have “struck a deal with California to produce fleets that are more…
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House Democrats Announce Alternative to Green New Deal
Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, announced on July 23rd the start of a sweeping effort to legislate a 100 percent…
Issues & Insights
The One Person Who Shows Just How Unhinged Global Warming Alarmism Has Become
Issues & Insights cites CEI on climate alarmism. We could carry on for a while longer, but we don’t want to test readers’…
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Post Heat Wave Reflections
The recent heat wave was a hot one. Naturally, progressive commentary “linked” it to climate change. The linkage almost seems tautological. How could rising global…
PJ Media
AOC Chief of Staff: Green New Deal ‘Wasn’t Originally a Climate Thing at All’
PJ Media cites Director of the Center for Energy and Environment Myron Ebell on the proposed Green New Deal. “What they’re proposing is…
Watts Up With That
CEI Files Formal Complaint Regarding NASA’s Claim of 97% Climate Scientist Agreement on Global Warming
Watts Up With That cites Attorney Devin Watkins on a recent CEI petition to correct a climate science statistic on NASA’s website. The…
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Climate Risk Disclosure Proposal Would Destroy, Not Protect, Shareholder Value
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) on Wednesday introduced legislation (S. 2075) to require publicly-traded companies to disclose climate-related risks to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
PJ Media
Libertarian Group Demands NASA Remove False ’97 Percent Consensus’ Global Warming Claim
Pajama Media cites CEI’s recent petition to correct a climate change statistic on NASA’s website. On Tuesday, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) sent…
Washington Free Beacon
Group Asks NASA to Remove Dubious Climate Change Stat
The Washington Free Beacon cites CEI’s petition to correct a climate change statistic on NASA’s website. The petition from the Competitive Enterprise Institute…
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Affordable Clean Energy Rule Improves Obama-era Policy, Still Contains Fatal Flaw
The Federal Register yesterday published the Environmental Protection Agency’s final Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule, along with the agency’s response to public comments on the…
Washington Times
Sunday Talk Shows Falter In The Ratings
The Washington Times cites Senior Fellow Marlo Lewis on public opinion regarding climate change. “Support for climate action drops precipitously when people consider…
Newsbusters
New York Times Loads Story With ‘Climate Denialist’ Label for Free-Market Groups
Newsbusters cites CEI’s climate positions after a New York Times article. The Sierra Club doesn’t get a liberal or leftist label, and its “alarmism” is…
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Climate Policies, Not Climate Change, Are Bigger Threat to World’s Poor
The most recent United Nations climate report, this one from the Human Rights Council, is titled “Climate Change and Poverty” and asserts that “climate change…
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Resources for Making the Case against Carbon Taxes
Thanks to everyone here in Washington, D.C. who was able to attend the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s most recent Capitol Hill briefing, The Case Against Carbon Taxes. We hope that…
The Epoch Times
VIDEO: Climate Change Narrative is Driven by Agenda of Political Control
CEI Director for the Center for Energy and Environment Myron Ebell joined the Epoch Times to discuss the climate change debate.
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Reuters Poll: Do Americans Want Aggressive Action on Climate?
Do Americans want “aggressive action” on climate change? That’s the subject of a new opinion poll conducted by Reuters. “Americans demand climate action (as long…
The Epoch Times
Climate Change Narrative is Driven by Agenda of Political Control: Myron Ebell
The Epoch Times cites Director of the Center of Energy and Environment Myron Ebell about climate change and the political narrative surrounding it. Myron…
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White House Releases Revised Guidance for Climate Policy
The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) recently released the pre-publication draft of their proposed National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Guidance on Consideration of…
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EPA Releases Final Rule to Replace ‘Clean Power’ Plan
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler on June 19th signed the final rule to replace the so-called Clean Power Plan (CPP). The new rule to regulate greenhouse gas…
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ACE Rule Massive Improvement over ‘Clean Power’ Plan
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday finalized its Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from existing coal power plants under Section 111(d)…
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Electric Vehicle Tax Credits Not Popular with Americans: Poll
A recent survey conducted for the American Energy Alliance clearly shows that the public does not support congressional efforts to extend or expand federal tax credits for purchasers of…
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‘Citizen’s Guide to Climate Change’ Exposes Activist Falsehoods
Climate change is not a hoax, but as a political matter, it is a perpetual pretext for expanding government control over the economy, redistributing wealth,…
News Release
CEI Paper: Citizens Have More to Fear from Alarmists’ Agenda than Climate Change Itself
Today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) released a new paper detailing important but seldom discussed facts about climate change. The paper argues that the planetary…
Study
A Citizen’s Guide to Climate Change
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,…
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Daren Bakst
Director of the Center for Energy and Environment and Senior Fellow
- Climate
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Sam Kazman
Counsel Emeritus
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Marlo Lewis, Jr.
Senior Fellow
- Climate
- Energy
- Energy and Environment
Ben Lieberman
Senior Fellow
- Climate
- Energy
- Energy and Environment
Fred L. Smith, Jr.
Founder; Chairman Emeritus
- Automobiles and Roads
- Aviation
- Business and Government
Kevin D. Williamson
Writer in Residence
- Climate
- Energy and Environment