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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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CEI Commends President Trump’s Decision to Cancel Paris Climate Agreement
Today, President Trump announced he would withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement. The Competitive Enterprise Institute commends the decision as a positive…
Washington Examiner
Judgment of Paris — Walk Away From It
Washington Examiner covers the Paris Climate Agreement. There’s already been much wailing and lamentation over President Trump’s intention to withdraw the…
Politico
What Does Trump’s Paris Climate Decision Mean?
Politico covers the Paris Climate Agreement. While President Donald Trump is keeping everyone in suspense, a White House official said Wednesday morning that…
Forbes
Let’s Shine a Light on the ‘Regulatory Dark Matter’ That Stifles Innovation
Forbes covers Regulatory Dark Matter. The economic burden of America’s accumulating mountain of regulatory requirements is almost unimaginable: According to a study from…
The Hill
Trump to Pull US Out of Paris Climate Deal: Reports
The Hill covers the Paris Climate Agreement. President Trump will pull the United States out of the Paris climate change agreement, according to…
News Release
Why the Paris Climate Agreement Is All Pain, No Gain for Americans
As President Trump weighs his final decision on the Paris Climate Agreement, he should consider the benefits of withdrawing U.S. commitment from this harmful treaty,…
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Trump’s Reported Decision to Withdraw from Paris Agreement Right Choice for America and the World
It is now widely reported that President Trump has decided to keep his campaign promise to “cancel” America’s participation in the Paris Climate Agreement.
The American Conservative
Submit the Paris Treaty to the Senate
The American Conservative covers the Paris Climate Agreement and CEI’s report on it by Marlo Lewis and Christopher Horner. The so-called Paris “Treaty”…
The Daily Signal
The Possible Reasons Big Corporations Are So Eager for Trump to Break His Promise on Paris Climate Deal
The Daily Signal discusses the Paris Climate Agreement with Myron Ebell. European countries and major corporations are pressuring President Donald Trump to remain…
The Daily Caller
Conservatives Urge Trump To Ignore the ‘Swamp’ on the Paris Climate Agreement
The Daily Caller covers a paper by Chris Horner and Marlo Lewis concerning the Paris Climate Agreement. Republican politicians and conservative activists are…
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Dog Bites Man (Climate Science Establishment Attacks EPA Administrator Pruitt)
This week the journal Nature: Scientific Reports published an article by Ben Santer and eight other climate science establishmentarians rebutting a comment made by…
CNS News
Trump Is Pushed and Pulled on Climate Change, A Year After Pledging to Cancel Paris Deal
CNS News covers a CEI petition urging President Trump to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement. Exactly one year after pledging in a…
The Daily Caller
UN REPORT: Courts Are An ‘Important Tool’ To Impose Global Warming Laws
The Daily Caller discusses the UN’s take on the U.S.’s possible withraw from the Paris Climate Agreement with Chris Horner. A United Nations…
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Paris Agreement: Is the State Department Running Its Own Game?
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson caused a stir when, on May 11, he signed the Fairbanks Declaration at the Tenth Ministerial Meeting of…
Washington Examiner
Send the Paris Climate Deal to Die in the Senate
President Trump will attend the G7 Summit in Italy on Friday. This meeting of foreign leaders reportedly will pressure Trump to reverse his decision to…
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New York Times Again Misses Mark with Pruitt Hit
The truth is a lot blander then what the journalists would have you believe.
The Daily Caller
Former Official: Trump Is ‘Going To Go Farther’ Than Reagan In Cutting EPA
The Daily Caller covers CEI’s petition with the EPA to review the endangerment finding. A former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) official believes the…
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Two GOP Governors Support Paris Agreement, But President Trump Shouldn’t Be Impressed
So, if the Governors’ stated reasons don’t explain their support for the Paris Agreement, what does? Perhaps cheap environmental virtue combined with a belief that…
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Top Five Reasons the U.S. Must Cancel the Paris Climate Treaty
Abundant, affordable, and reliable energy is critical to modern-day life powering everything from our stoves to our cars.
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Confusing EPA Budget Process Calculated to Resist Meaningful Oversight
Congress can’t exercise the power of the purse to rein in an administrative agency when lawmakers have no idea how the money is spent.
Breitbart
Ad Urges Trump to Keep Promise, Exit Paris Climate Agreement
Breitbart discusses CEI’s ad campaign urging Trump to exit the Paris Climate Agreement with Myron Ebell. The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) launched an…
World Net Daily
‘Swamp Considerations’ Holding U.S. in Paris Deal
World Net Daily discusses the Paris Climate Agreement with Chris Horner. President Trump is running out of time to make good on his…
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Update on Paris Climate Treaty
In last week’s report on developments in the debate over the Paris Climate Treaty, we focus on activities by those of us who support the…
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President Trump Should Ignore Advice of Obama Administration Officials on Paris Agreement
Trump’s greatest contribution to American democracy and international energy policy would be to repudiate the politics of plunder, starting with its most grandiose embodiment—the Paris…
News Release
CEI Launches Television Ad Campaign Urging President Trump to Withdraw from Paris Climate Agreement
CEI launched an aggressive advertising campaign this week aimed at urging President Trump to keep his campaign promise to American voters and withdraw from the…
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Industrial Energy Consumers to White House: “No Benefit” to Paris Agreement
There is “no benefit” to U.S. participation in the Paris Agreement, the Industrial Energy Consumers of America (IECA) argues in a letter sent to President…
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Trump Must Show Energy Companies He Will Fight Politics of Plunder
Energy producers will stand up for themselves only if Trump shows, by his actions, that he will fight for them.
The Daily Caller
Al Gore Personally Pleaded With Trump to Stay in the Paris Climate Agreement
The Daily Caller discusses President Trump’s meeting with Al Gore about the Paris Climate Agreement with Marlo Lewis. Former Vice President Al Gore…
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Paris Agreement: Carbon Tax Elders Offer More Bad Advice
The same GOP elders who have been pushing what American Enterprise Institute economist Ben Zycher charitably calls “The Deeply Flawed Case for a Carbon Tax”…
The Guardian
Trump Aides Postpone Meeting as Clashes Over Paris Climate Deal Continue
The Guardian covers a coalition letter led by CEI urging President Trump to withdraw from the Paris Climate Treaty. Donald Trump’s advisers have…
The Washington Times
Ron Paul: ‘We can’t afford to be the policeman or nursemaid for the rest of the world’
The Washington Times covers a coalition letter led by CEI urging President Trump to withdraw from the Paris Climate Treaty. “President Trump is…
Breitbart
Forty Conservative Groups Urge Trump to Withdraw from Paris Climate Treaty
Breitbart covers a coalition letter led by CEI urging President Trump to withdraw from the Paris Climate Treaty. On Monday, the Competitive Enterprise…
Politico
Big Week for International Climate Action
Politico covers a coalition letter led by CEI urging President Trump to withdraw from the Paris Climate Treaty. CRUNCH TIME FOR CLIMATE: It’s…
The Hill
Dozens of Groups Urge Trump to Leave Paris Climate Deal
The Hill covers a coalition letter led by CEI urging President Trump to withdraw from the Paris Climate Treaty. Dozens of conservative and…
Washington Examiner
Supporters of Global Coolants Deal Try to Stay Below Trump’s Radar
Washington Examiner discusses President Trump’s upcoming decision regarding the Kigali agreement with Myron Ebell. The Trump administration is reviewing whether to leave the…
The Daily Caller
Trump Says ‘No’ To A Global Cap-And-Trade Plan
The Daily Caller discusses Trump’s decision not to abide by an international cap-and-trade plan to keep Obama’s promise as part of the Paris Agreement.
Bloomberg BNA
Week Ahead: Methane Rule Repeal Expected to Surface in Senate
Bloomberg BNA covers the possible repeal of an Obama-era rule regulating methane emissions on public lands, with support coming from a coalition of organizations including CEI.
Washington Examiner
Dozens of Groups Press Trump to Exit Paris Climate Deal
Washington Examiner covers a coalition letter led by CEI urging Trump to withdraw from the Paris Climate Treaty. More than three dozen conservative…
The Daily Caller
Conservatives Urge Trump To Keep His Promise, Ditch The Paris Climate Agreement
The Daily Caller reports on a coalition letter led by CEI urging President Trump to withdraw from the Paris Climate Treaty. Dozens of…
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The Paris Agreement and the Imperial Presidency: My Response to David Bookbinder
The Paris Agreement thus casts a long dark shadow not only on U.S. energy producers but our future as a self-governing polity.
News Release
CEI and AEA Lead Coalition of Forty Four Free-Market Groups Urging Trump To Withdraw from Paris Climate Agreement
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) and the American Energy Alliance (AEA) lead a coalition of 44 free-market and conservative organizations who sent a letter today to…
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Misdirected Paris Agreement Debate Fixates on Meaning of ‘May’
This being Washington, D.C., the world capital of misdirection, debate on whether President Trump should keep his campaign promise to “cancel” America’s participation in the…
Letters
Forty Four Free-Market Groups Urge Trump To Withdraw from Paris Climate Agreement
View Full Document as PDF Dear Mr. President, We, the undersigned, write in enthusiastic support of your campaign commitments to withdraw fully…
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Paris Agreement: Why Trump Should Ignore Obama Officials’ Legal Counsel
President Trump is expected to decide soon whether he will keep his campaign promise to “cancel” America’s participation in the Paris Agreement.
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Double Dose of Good News from D.C. Circuit Court
In a double dose of good news, the D.C. Circuit Court this week put on hold litigation surrounding two major Obama-era EPA rules for existing…
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White House Debate on Paris Climate Treaty Heats Up
Senior members of the Trump Administration met on Thursday afternoon to try to agree on a recommendation to President Trump on whether and how to…
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March for Climate Another Demonstration of Groupthink
Trump threatens the climate industrial complex by questioning its certitudes, demoting its policy priorities, and proposing to cut its budget.
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People’s Climate March: Recycled Humor for a Sustainable Society
We're recycling our March for Science jokes from last week for tomorrow’s People’s Climate March, with a few additions.
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Five Reasons President Trump Should Withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement
President Trump should keep his campaign promise to withdraw from the Paris Climate Treaty and submit it to the Senate with a recommendation against ratification.
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Activist Attorneys General Urge Trump to Stay in Paris Agreement
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is the gift that keeps on giving. Yesterday, Schneiderman and 13 other Democratic attorneys general urged President…
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