For decades, CEI has opposed regulatory overreach from the Environmental Protection Agency and other federal agencies that put undue costs on energy industries and consumers. These include President Obama’s Clean Power Plan, which would have increased consumer electricity prices without having any discernible effects on climate change. CEI’s research and policy proposals were instrumental in President Trump’s repeal of the CPP.
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EPA’s new powerplant rule is the Clean Power Plan on steroids
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday announced its final rule establishing carbon dioxide (CO2) emission performance standards for existing coal powerplants and new…
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EPA rule against power plants – bad for energy reliability and prices, bad for rule of law
The EPA today announced its final rule establishing carbon dioxide (CO2) emission guidelines for existing coal power plants and CO2 performance standards for new…
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Report: ‘Radiophobia’ Drives U.S. Nuclear Policy
A new Competitive Enterprise Institute report challenges an anti-nuclear power policy that is a case study on how not to regulate and govern. Nuclear power…
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BP America, Conoco Phillips, and Caterpillar Drop Out of the U. S. Climate Action Partnership
Statement by Myron Ebell, Director of Energy and Global Warming Policy for the Competitive Enterprise Institute on BP America, Conoco Phillips,…
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New Lawsuit, Petition Challenge EPA Global Warming Regulations
New Lawsuit, Petition Challenge EPA Global Warming Regulations After Lead Global Warming Scientist Admits Data Sloppiness, No Warming CEI, Allies Urge Reconsideration of Economy-Crushing…
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CEI, Science Groups Petition EPA to Reconsider Increasingly Dubious Global Warming “Endangerment” Finding
Regulation Would Bring Economy-Crushing Regulations Based on Shoddy Science Washington, D.C., Feb. 12, 2009 – Two science groups joined with the Competitive Enterprise Institute on…
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CEI Will File Suit to Block EPA Endangerment Finding
Washington, DC, Dec. 7, 2009—The Environmental Protection Agency today finalized its finding that greenhouse gas emissions endanger public health and welfare and therefore must…
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Millions of Jobs Threatened by EPA Petition
Millions of Jobs Threatened by EPA Petition Environmental Groups Call Obama Administration’s Bluff On Global Warming Washington, DC, December 2, 2009- Environmental pressure…
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CEI Demands EPA Stop Plans to Regulate Greenhouse Gases in Wake of Climategate Fraud
CEI Demands EPA Stop Plans to Regulate Greenhouse Gases in Wake of Climategate Fraud EPA Poised to Issue Economy-Killing Energy Regulations‘ Washington,…
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