Since our founding in 1984, the Competitive Enterprise Institute has sought to reform and reduce environmental regulation of land, shrink the federal estate, and unlock federal lands for private ownership.
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The problem with the EU’s deforestation regulation
The European Union’s (EU) Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) was adopted in 2023. The stated objective of the EUDR is “to reduce greenhouse gas emissions…
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Rescinding the blanket 4(d) rule is good for species and people
At the close of 2025, the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) proposed to rescind the blanket 4(d) rule in part due to a…
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CEI’s The Surge: Clean Water Act reform, new CAFE standards, 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 and…
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The Power of Positive Drinking
CEI is back in federal court. On October 29th, CEI filed suit against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) to challenge the agency’s…
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Message From the President: Hoarding the Nation’s Wealth
President Clinton's presidential order to drive man and his works from much of southern Utah makes political sense, but makes for very bad policy.
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Green but Anti-Government
Numerous opinion surveys have documented widespread public support for environmental protection. Polls routinely find that over 70 percent of Americans characterize themselves as environmentalists…
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The Political Economy of MSAs
As noted in the last issue of UpDate, the tax-advantaged medical savings accounts (MSAs) proposed in this year's round of congressional health care legislation would…
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Listen to CEI’s Radio and TV ads on Drug Lag–the delayed availability of new therapies due to FDA regulation
CEI’s radio ad on FDA’s drug approval system, Ocean Storm, is available at: http://cei.org/sites/default/files/CEI_Radio_Storm.mp3 CEI’s television ad is available at:…
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MSA’s — Panacea or Placebo?
The policy debate over whether to extend tax benefits to Medical Savings Accounts (MSAs) has tended to polarize into two camps. MSA advocates gravitate toward…
