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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Investor's Business Daily
Billionaire Bloomberg’s Radical Green ‘Fellows’ Use States To Sue Corporations
Investor’s Business Daily cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Chris Horner’s “Law Enforcement For Rent” report. The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) first revealed this scheme…
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Dutch Appeals Court, Citing Paris Climate Treaty, Upholds Climate Lawsuit
A Dutch appeals court last week upheld a lower court’s June 2015 decision requiring the government to cut Holland’s carbon dioxide…
Real Clear Investigations
How Bloomberg Embeds Green Warriors in Blue-State Governments
Real Clear Investigations cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Christopher Horner’s “Law Enforcement for Rent” report. Although many government agencies have employees funded by outside…
News Release
IPCC Report Reaches Dire Conclusions Based on Models that Overstate Rate of Warming
The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a new report Monday related to the issue of climate change.
The New York Times
Major Climate Report Describes A Strong Risk Of Crisis As Early As 2040
The New York Times cited CEI’s Director, Center for Energy and Environment Myron Ebell on carbon taxes. Americans for Prosperity, the political advocacy…
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Twelve States Ask Court to Dismiss Climate Lawsuit against Big Oil
A dozen states led by Indiana this week filed an amicus brief asking the federal district court in Seattle, Washington to dismiss a climate…
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Booker and Holt Caricature Science Transparency Rule at Senate Hearing
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing this week on the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed rule to strengthen the transparency…
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Coal Plant Developers Still Building, Investing Despite Paris Agreement
“Since the Paris Climate Agreement was negotiated in December 2015, the world’s installed coal-fired capacity grew by 92,000 MW—an increase equal to the combined operating…
The Daily Caller
Here’s What WAPO Neglected To Mention In Its ‘Scoop’ On Trump’s Climate Deregulation
The Daily Caller cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Marlo Lewis on RCP8.5. RCP8.5 is often cited as the “baseline” or “business as usual” scenario for…
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Trump Auto Rule: Washington Post’s Non-Shocking Non-Discovery
Today in the Washington Post, Juliet Eilperin, Brady Dennis, and Chris Mooney bash the Trump Administration’s SAFE Vehicles Rule, a proposal to freeze…
Inside Sources
Meet The Man Behind The Global Warming Lawsuits Racket
Inside Sources cited CEI on Wendy Abrams obtained emails. Getting the movement off the ground though took money. Emails obtained by the Competitive…
Legal News Line
Report Details How Bloomberg, NYU Influence Environmental Policy At State Level
Legal News Line cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Christopher Horner’s “Law Enforcement for Rent” report. A recent Competitive Enterprise Institute report says special interests, like…
Inside Sources
Pay To Pay Or Pay To Sue: Liberal Donors Planting Environmentalist Attorneys In State AG Offices
Inside Sources cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Christopher Horner on “Law-Enforcement for Rent” report. “It represents private interests commandeering the state’s police powers to…
Conservative Tribune
As Bloomberg Eyes 2020 Run, Report Names Him Kingpin In National AG Scandal
Conservative Tribune cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Christopher Horner on “Law Enforcement for Rent” report. Citing “an analysis by the office of…
The Washington Free Beacon
Oregon Legislature’s Counsel: Bloomberg-Funded Lawyer In DOJ Not Entirely Legal
The Washington Free Beacon cited Senior Fellow Christopher Horner on “Law Enforcement For Rent” report. A “special assistant attorney general” who has been…
Inside Sources
“Donor-Based Government”: Foreign Money Tied To Climate Lawsuits
Inside Sources cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Christopher Horner on “Law Enforcement for Rent” report. According to records obtained by the Competitive Enterprise Institute…
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‘Energy Independence’ Hawks Caricature Trump Auto Rule
Securing America’s Energy Future (SAFE), a pro-regulatory “energy independence” advocacy group, this week released “The Military Cost of Defending Global Oil Supplies.” The report…
The Daily Caller
Report Shows Foreign Cash Is Financing Much Of The Climate Crusade Against Exxon
The Daily Caller cited CEI’s “Government for Rent” report. Several members of CIEL’s board are spearheading litigation against Exxon. Attorneys Matt Pawa and…
Washington Examiner
Foreign Money Bankrolls Climate Change Lawsuits Against US Oil Companies
Washington Examiner cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Chris Horner’s study “Government for Rent.” Chris Horner, an attorney with the Competitive Enterprise Institute based in…
Energy In Depth: Climate & Environment
Green Billionaire Privately Lobbied Illinois AG To Join Climate Litigation Campaign, Emails Show
Energy In Depth cited CEI’s “Government for Rent” report. Emails between Abrams and the office of Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan dating back…
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5 Steps to Buy Influence in a Governor’s Office
Last week, the Competitive Entrerprise Institute released a major new study by Senior Fellow Christopher C. Horner, “Government for Rent: How Special Interests Finance Governors to…
The Daily Caller
Docs Show Green Billionaire Privately Lobbied Illinois AG To Join Anti-Exxon Crusade
The Daily Caller cited CEI’s “Government for Rent” report. Billionaire activist Wendy Abrams attempted to lobby Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan to join…
The Federalist
7 Attorney General Offices are Running Private Investigations for a Billionaire
This is the second scheme we have found of donors and elected officials using nonprofits as ‘cutouts’ to provide staff, consultant, PR and legal support…
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How to Bypass Voters and Push a Climate Change Agenda in 5 Steps
At the end of last month, the Competitive Enterprise Institute released a dramatic new study by Senior Fellow Christopher C. Horner, “Law Enforcement for…
The Washington Times
Al Gore’s Claim About Hurricane Florence Doused By Scientists
The Washington Times cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Marlo Lewis Jr. on “Al Gore’s Science Fiction: A Skeptic’s Guide to an Inconvenient Truth.” Numerous…
The Patriot Post
The Stealth Agenda of Climate Cronyism
The Patriot Post cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Christopher Horner on “Government for Rent” report. A paper written by Christopher C. Horner and published by…
Energy In Depth: Climate & Environment
Meet the Wealthy Green Foundation Behind Governor Brown’s Global Climate Action Summit
Energy In Depth: Climate & Environment cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Christopher Horner on “Government for Rent”. A new report entitled, “Government for…
Washington Examiner
Green Activists Miss Key Point In Their Climate Change Lawsuit Against Exxon Mobil
The Washington Examiner cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Christopher Horner on “Government for Rent” report. Green activists who have been working with their allies…
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Three States Join California in Raising Air Conditioning, Refrigeration Costs
Maryland, New York, and Connecticut are following California’s lead in proposing restrictions on hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), the class of refrigerants widely used…
Watts Up With That
Government for Rent – How Special Interests Finance Governors to Pursue Their Climate Policy Agenda
Watts Up With That? cited CEI Senior Fellow Christopher C. Horner on “Law Enforcement for Rent.” This paper is based on documents obtained by CEI and other…
Boston Herald
Concorde could fly again as Congress targets supersonic ban
Boston Herald cited CEI on an upcoming Senate supersonic aviation provisions bill. “Fortunately, R&D has continued despite the ban, and recent technological breakthroughs in manufacturing and…
The Federalist
7 Attorney General Offices Are Running Private Investigations For A Billionaire
The Federalist cited Senior Fellow Christopher C. Horner on “Law Enforcement for Rent.” Privately funded “special assistant attorneys general” (SAAGs) are presently working in…
Truthfeed
Bombshell Report: Obama Aides Have Formed ‘Shadow Cabinet’ to Thwart Trump
Truthfeed cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Christopher C. Horner’s report, “Government for Rent” In it’s “Government for Rent” report, the Competitive Enterprise Institute published dozens…
Pacific Research Institute
Advice for Global Climate Summit-goers: Don’t Do What We’re Doing!
Pacific Research Institute cited Senior Fellow Marlo Lewis on the Global Climate Action Summit. PRI co-hosted a policy summit in Vancouver earlier this summer with…
The Washington Times
Competitive Enterprise Institute: Activists working with officials to advance green agenda
The Washington Times cited CEI’s report by Senior Fellow Christopher C. Horner, “Government for Rent.” The picture that emerges is of state governments…
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Ninth Circuit Opens Pandora’s Box in Oregon Fuel Standards Case
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals last week upheld Oregon’s Low Carbon Fuel Standards (LCFS), dismissing a lawsuit filed by U.S. refiners, truckers,…
The Daily Signal
Government for Hire? Emails Show ‘Climate Industry’ Funds Jobs in Offices of Governors, Attorneys General
The Daily Signal cited Senior Fellow Christopher C. Horner on CEI’s latest report, “Government for Rent.”…
LifeZette
Privately Funded Government Jobs Advance Left’s Climate Agenda
LifeZette cited CEI’s report by Senior Fellow Christopher Horner, “Government for Rent.” Christopher Horner, a CEI fellow who wrote a report released Tuesday,…
The Washington Examiner
Report: Obama Climate Change Aides in Shadow ‘Cabinet’ to Thwart Trump
The Washington Examiner cited CEI’s report by Senior Fellow Christopher C. Horner, “Government for Rent.” In it’s “Government for Rent”…
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Government for Rent: Exposing Climate Politics in Governors’ Offices
Today the Competitive Enterprise Institute has released my colleague Chris Horner’s new study on how special interests have been buying influence in governors’ offices, “…
News Release
CEI Report Details Scheme Privately Funding Governors’ Offices to Push Partisan Climate Change Agenda
This week media, activists, major environmental donors, and government officials will descend on San Francisco for the Global Climate Action Summit hosted by California Gov.
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Government for Rent
This paper is based on documents obtained by CEI and other public policy groups over the course of more than a year, beginning in June 2017,…
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Bangkok Climate Talks Make Little Progress on ‘Roadmap’ for Paris Climate Treaty
International climate negotiators meeting in Bangkok, Thailand this week have apparently made little progress on agreeing to a “roadmap” or “rule book” for implementing…
Varney & Company
VIDEO: Christopher C. Horner Joins Varney & Company to Discuss “Law Enforcement for Rent”
Senior Fellow Christopher C. Horner recently joined Varney & Company to discuss his latest report, “Law Enforcement for Rent,” detailing how activist donors are paying to…
The New York Post
Don’t Let Billionaires Set Priorities for Attorneys General
The New York Post cited Senior Fellow Christopher Horner’s report, Law Enforcement for Rent. The Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Chris Horner this week…
The Washington Free Beacon
Report: Political Interests ‘Commandeered’ State AGs for Environmental Agenda
The Washington Free Beacon cited Senior Fellow Christopher Horner’s study, Law Enforcement for Rent. The Competitive Enterprise Institute, a self-described free-market think…
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Australia Dumps Another Prime Minister for Pushing Climate Policies
Climate policy has once again toppled a prime minister in Australia. After Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton threatened to challenge Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s leadership over…
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Law Enforcement for Rent
This paper is based on documents obtained over two and a half years from open records requests and, in some cases, subsequent litigation. Due to…
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EPA Proposes Rule To Replace ‘Clean Power’ Plan
The Environmental Protection Agency on August 21st released its proposed rule to replace the “Clean Power” Plan (CPP). The rule, which is called the …
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IPCC Overestimates Climate Sensitivity: Study
A new study by climate scientists Judith Curry and Nic Lewis, published in the August 2018 edition of Journal of Climate, estimates median values…
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Sam Kazman
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Marlo Lewis, Jr.
Senior Fellow
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Ben Lieberman
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Fred L. Smith, Jr.
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Kevin D. Williamson
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