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The Surge: Clean Power Plan 2.0 and more
If you are interested in analysis and perspective on current energy and environmental issues, then we encourage you to subscribe to this new publication…
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Time to end China’s “developing nation” dodge on climate treaties
China’s newly-appointed Special Envoy for Climate Change, Liu Zhenmin, will soon meet for the first time with his American counterpart, John Podesta. One of…
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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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Al Gore’s 1984, Intel’s Antitrust Fine and Cap and Trade’s Economic Consequences
A new video from CEI parodies Apple Computer’s famous ‘1984’ TV ad with Al Gore and his global warming theories as Big Brother. The European…
News Release
New Video Campaign—Global Warming Regulation Will Lead to the Next ‘1984’
New Video Campaign—Global Warming Regulation Will Lead to the Next 1984 Washington, DC, May 13, 2009 – Global warming regulation is the target…
News Release
Leaked OMB Memorandum Confirms EPA Endangerment Finding Threatens Economy
Leaked OMB Memorandum Confirms EPA Endangerment Finding Threatens Economy ‘Serious economic consequences,’ Memo Warns Washington, DC, May 12, 2009 – A leaked…
Newsletter
Eco-sailors, Free Speech Restrictions and Global Warming Legislation
A group of “eco-sailors” is rescued from dangerous weather conditions by the crew of an oil tanker. A new bill would punish hostile speech online…
Op-Eds
Just What Is Waxman-Markey For?
As the House of Representatives girds to debate the Waxman-Markey energy and global warming bill, no one seems to be asking the most…
Newsletter
Chrysler’s Future, Chevron in Ecuador and Flex-Fuel Cars on the Road
A bankruptcy judge approves Chrysler’s request to start spending $4.5 billion in government loans. Ecuador sues Chevron for $27 billion over alleged environmental damage from…
Newsletter
Cap and Trade Compromise, the Return of Bed Bugs and Jack Kemp, RIP
The White House floats the idea of allowing new oil and gas drilling in exchange for support of a cap and trade system for greenhouse…
News Release
Obama Tries to Broker Deal on Greenhouse Gas Restrictions
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Washington Examiner
Greenbacks for Green Energy Come from Taxpayer Pockets
President Barack Obama recently named business consultant Jeffrey Zients as head of a new performance office tasked with reducing government waste. The irony…
Newsletter
Justice Souter, Global Warming Negotiations and Florida Insurance Reform
Justice David Souter announces his retirement from the Supreme Court. Leading up to global warming negotiations in Copenhagen, a new study calls for the elimination…
Orange County Register
Only magic wand would slash CO2
Orange County Register
Lobbyists help Dems draft climate change bill
Human Events
Federal War on CO2 Leaves Americans Waiting to Exhale
Human Events reports on Iain Murray's presentation at the Heritage Foundation's Resource Bank. As Iain Murray explains, achieving this goal involves numbers almost…
Korea Times
CO2 Leaves US Out of Breath
The Korea Times reports on Iain Murrays presentation at the Heritage Foundation's Resource Bank. As Iain Murray explains, achieving this goal involves numbers…
National Review
Waiting to Exhale The federal war on CO2
Herald Extra
The real cost of global warming cures
the Daily Sentinel
MURDOCK: War on CO2 leaves Americans out of breath
Townhall
Green Jobs: All Pain for No Gain
It is said that there is a scientific consensus on global warming. There isn’t, but there is an economic consensus that policies based on…
Indy Star
The CO2 fantasy
Scoop
Zombie science, Zombie politics
Scoop
“Clean Energy” and Job Killing
The Bulletin
Adviser To Obama Mulls Planetary Cooling Idea
“I’d hold off the alarm [on global warming]; we’ve got more pressing issues,” the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s energy policy analyst William Yeatman said. “I see…
The Bulletin
Sapping America’s Energy
"Waxman-Markey would put big government in charge of how much energy people can use. It would be the biggest government intervention in people's lives since…
CSN News
Obama’s Climate Change Envoy Urges Global Warming Treaty, Offers Few Specifics
CSN News
EPA’s Endangerment Finding: Legislative Hammer or Suicide Note?
The ramifications of the EPA’s just-published endangerment finding, …
Michelle Malkin
Humans make Earth Day better
Michelle Malkin
House Panel Being Urged to Enact Clean Energy Law
Detroit News
Don’t Let Earth Day Rebuke Henry Ford
Earth Day this year seems to be getting less promotion than usual. Al Gore is nowhere to be seen. There are few preening eco-celebs lecturing us about…
Comment
Testimony before the Committee on Energy and Commerce on the draft American Clean Energy and Security Act
Full Document Available in PDF Introduction: Chairman Waxman, Chairman Markey, and Members of the Committee, thank you for inviting…
Newsletter
Bailout Power Grab, Abuse of Power in New York and Rising Sea Level Panic
White House economic advisers plan to convert government holdings in bailed out banks to common stock, increasing direct government control. New York State insurance chief…
Detroit News
Getting a Rise Out of Us
The Washington Times’ front-page story "Rising sea levels in Pacific create wave of migrants" (Page 1, Sunday) outrageously peddles a talking point…
News Release
VIDEO: People Make Earth Day Better
This year, the Competitive Enterprise Institute urges those celebrating Earth Day to remember the challenges presented by living in the natural world, and the inspiring ways that human…
Newsletter
Hemispheric Diplomacy, Greenhouse Gases and Anti-Tax Protests
President Obama attends the Summit of the Americas with other leaders from North and South America. The Environmental Protection Agency declares greenhouse gases to be…
Detroit News
The CO2 scam
Newsletter
CO2, Microsoft’s Antitrust Overseers and Anti-Tax Activists
The Environmental Protection Agency prepares to release a document that could require the federal government to regulate emissions of carbon dioxide. The Justice Department extends…
Detroit News
Obama’s Energy Tax Hits Louisiana the Hardest
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News Release
EPA Issues Global Warming ‘Endangerment’ Finding
A just-published major ruling on the health and welfare implications of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions was announced Friday by the Obama administration. The Environmental Protection Agency…
Alexandria Town Talk
Obama’s Energy Tax Hits Louisiana Hardest
Candidate Barack Obama promised to give special attention to rebuilding Louisiana while campaigning for the White House. So why is President Obama pushing…
Alexandria Town Talk
Upset Over Offsets
When the President proposed his budget, he tried a gambit aimed atfoisting a new energy tax on the American people without serious debatein Congress. It…
Alexandria Town Talk
Human Achievement Hour: Can it Exist Peacefully with Earth Hour?
On the surface, though, the idea of Human Achievement Hour isn't bad at all when so much has been forgotten of how much we really…
News Release
EPA Poised to Issue Global Warming ‘Endangerment’ Finding
EPA Poised to Issue Global Warming ‘Endangerment’ Finding “Finding would trigger economy-chilling regulatory cascade” Washington, D.C., April 15, 2009—A major ruling on the…
Letters
Free Market Coalition Letter to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson on EPA’s Endangerment Finding
Why EPA's upcoming endangerment finding is a disaster waiting to happen.
Alexandria Town Talk
Green Job Self-Destruction
In your article “Hopes for climate treaty set back by G20’s weasel words”, 5 April, you refer to a study by the University…
Newsletter
Banning Bottled Water, Remembering Jack Dreyfus and Greenhouse Gas Legislation
Activists campaign for college campuses to ban sales of bottled water. Legendary investor Jack Dreyfus passes away at age 95. Reps. Henry Waxman (D-CA) and…
Newsletter
Green Tariffs, Foreign Aid and The End of Environmentalism
India warns the U.S. and EU not to enact “green” tariffs on products that create carbon dioxide emissions. President Obama’s foreign aid policy receives criticism…
Newsletter
Cancer Treatment, Global Warming Doublespeak and Counting All the Votes in NY
Shares of Dendreon Corp. rise as analysts look forward to new data on its experimental prostate cancer drug, Provenge. Public relations practitioners complain of scientists…
FT Adviser
Diary: Protest fever hits the City
Comment
CEI Comment on EPA’s Reconsideration of California’s Request for a Waiver to Establish Emission Standards for new Motor Vehicles
Full Document Available in PDF EPA should stick…
Washington Times
Obama proposals cap growth
The Washington Times discusses cap-and-trade energy taxes with Myron Ebell and Iain Murray. Waxman and Markey blithely set targets for reducing greenhouse-gas emissions…
Newsletter
Absurd Product Bans, Global Warming Legislation and Unsafe Organic Farming
Industry observers look to California to take the lead in ending the ban on online gambling. Reps. Henry Waxman and Ed Markey introduce sweeping new…
Washington Times
Learning From Cameron’s Mistake
Learning from Cameron’s Mistake Embracing trendy green policies did not help the British Tories. By Iain Murray & Matthew Sinclair…
Washington Times
The First Salvoes in the clean energy war
Washington Times
Energy to be rationed under Democrats Global Warming Bill
News Release
CEI Comment on Waxman-Markey Energy Bill
Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA) today released a 648-page draft bill for rationing energy use in the United States. Energy policy…
Las Vegas Review Journal
Build solar! Build wind! … but not in my desert
Las Vegas Review-Journal discusses Senator Dianne Feinstein's efforts to bar energy development with Myron Ebell. Myron Ebell, an energy expert with the Competitive…
Newsletter
Countering Earth Hour, Mismanagement at Freddie Mac and Good News for Coal
Lights go out around the world in observance of “Earth Hour”. Regulators push mortgage giant Freddie Mac to…
Village Voice
Rightbloggers on Easter Eggs, Notre Dame, Earth Hour, Etc.
Townhall
Human Achievement Hour
Townhall
Build solar! Build wind! … but not in my desert
Chicago Breaking News
Lights Going Out for ‘Earth Hour’
The Secrets of Vancouver
Voting for Humanity and Its Achievements
Yahoo!
Celebrating Human Achievement
Newsbusters
Time Plugging Laughably Lame ‘Earth Hour’
Pajamas Media
CELEBRATE HUMAN ACHIEVEMENT HOUR
Pajamas Media
Obama’s China Syndrome
It is looking less and less likely that President Obama will be able to institute his vaunted cap-and-trade scheme for greenhouse gas…
Pajamas Media
Alternatives to Earth Hour
Newsletter
AIG’s Tarnished Brand, The White House Vegetable Garden and Global Warming Negotiations
The damage to AIG’s corporate brand may hinder its ability to repay bailout loans from taxpayers. First Lady Michelle Obama announces the creation of a…
San Francisco Examiner
Turn it on! Turn’em all on
Newsletter
Carbon Tariffs, Union Organizing and Geithner’s Toxic Plan
The House Ways and Means Committee holds a hearing on the impact of global warming on international trade. Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) announces that he…
Newsletter
Toxic Assets, NIMBYs and Fish Pedicures
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner unveils a plan to sell off “toxic assets” as part of the federal bank bailout. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce launches…
Michelle Malkin
Human Achievement Hour
Free Republic
Human Achievement Hour
Free Republic
Selective Quotation is Alive and Well
A few years ago I quoted somewhere the alarmist scientist Steve Schneider as saying, So we have to offer up some scary…
News Release
Global Warming Laws Could Sabotage Free Trade
Today members of the House Ways and Means Committee gathered for a hearing on how future legislation on global warming could end up affecting…
Newsletter
Obama’s Debt, Wall Street Bonuses and the Economy vs. the Environment
A new congressional report estimates that President Obama’s spending proposals will produce over $9 trillion in debt. Debate continues over the plan to tax some…
National Review
Human Achievement Hour
National Review
Human Achievement Hour
American Digest
Human Achievement Hour to Light Up the Dark Earth Hour
American Digest
India Joining The International Renewable Energy Agency
American Digest
This ‘Earth Hour,’ leave the lights on
This week Competitive Enterprise Institute announced the creation of Human Achievement Hour (HAH) to be celebrated at 8:30 p. m. on March 28, 2009…
American Digest
Human Achievement Hour
The New Clarion
Alternatives to Earth Hour
Newsletter
Celebrating Human Achievement, Taxing AIG Bonuses and Cap and Trade in the Senate
Environmental activists encourage cities to celebrate “Earth Hour” by turning off lights for an hour on March 28th. The House of Representatives approves a 90%…
Green Biz
Not Taking Part in Earth Hour? How About ‘Human Achievement Hour’?
News Release
CEI Announces ‘Human Achievement Hour’ to Coincide with ‘Earth Hour’
The Competitive Enterprise Institute, a leading free-market think tank, plans to recognize “Human Achievement Hour” between 8:30pm and 9:30pm on March 28, 2009. The new one-hour holiday coincides…
Council on Foreign Relations
Cap-and-Trade’s Economic Impact
A cap-and-trade system necessarily harms the economy because it is designed to raise the cost of energy. Given the current economic crisis,…
Council on Foreign Relations
Global Warming: The Backlash Begins
Iain Murray exlores why skepticism about the effects of global warming is growing.
Newsletter
Liar Loans, Rising Sea Levels and Gambling Online
Democrats in Congress quarrel over new bankruptcy rules for homeowners. Newspaper headlines claim that sea levels are rising twice as fast as before. Finance Committee…
Newsletter
Obama’s Greenhouse Gas Plan, Accounting Rules for Economic Recovery and Science v. Politics
The Obama administration plans to dramatically lower greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. The House Financial Services Committee holds a hearing on the economic…
Council on Foreign Relations
The Holdren Nomination
News Release
Obama Slams His Own Science Nominee
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Council on Foreign Relations
Global warming policy and affordable energy
Council on Foreign Relations
The crumbling case for global warming
Newsletter
A Fundamentally Weak Economy, Alternative Energy Mandates and Where Soros is Putting His Money
The White House budget director describes the U.S. economy as “fundamentally…weak.” Maryland’s governor proposes legislation to require greater use of alternative energy sources.
Council on Foreign Relations
Greening America – At What Cost?
Iain Murray explores the disasterously high costs of de-carbonizing America.
American Spectator
O’Malley’s Hot Air
This January, Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley proposed legislation that he promised would fight climate change and "grow" the economy. This week, the state Senate passed…
Newsletter
$75 Billion for Bad Mortgages, Card Check in Congress and Lowering Global Warming Expectations
The White House unveils the details of its $75 billion mortgage “rescue” spending package. Democrats in Congress push for changes in labor organizing rules. President…
American Spectator
Europe Advises U.S. Officials on Climate
Newsletter
Genachowski for FCC, Obama Meets with Gordon Brown and the Threat of a Carbon Tax
President Obama nominates technology advisor Julius Genachowski to head the Federal Communications Commission. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown visits the White House to discuss international…
American Spectator
Protesting Against Thousands at a Global Warming Rally
Staff & Scholars
Daren Bakst
Director of the Center for Energy and Environment and Senior Fellow
- Climate
- Energy and Environment
Sam Kazman
Counsel Emeritus
- Antitrust
- Automobiles and Roads
- Banking and Finance
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