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Property rights are essential conditions of freedom and prosperity. Contrary to propaganda from environmental advocacy groups, environmental stewardship by private landowners has proven to be far superior to that of public land managers. However, federal regulations—primarily the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and Clean Water Act wetlands regulation—increasingly undermine private conservation by threatening property rights. Private land ownership provides the right incentives to protect the value of land, including its wildlife and environmental resources.

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.

News Release

EPA proposes rule to overturn regulatory finding justifying major restrictions on consumer choice: CEI analysis

Daren Bakst, Marlo Lewis, Jr.
07/29/2025

Today, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the agency’s proposed rule that would overturn the 2009 endangerment finding. For 16 years, this finding has been…

Energy and Environment

Blog

Congress should support the Grizzly Bear State Management Act

By: Jacob Tomasulo
07/14/2025

Tomorrow, the House Natural Resources Committee will meet to consider 12 pieces of legislation that have been introduced in the 119th Congress. One of…

Lands and Wildlife

Study

Laboratories of Bureaucracy

By: James Broughel
07/01/2025

Introduction The United States faces significant challenges in modernizing its infrastructure and meeting evolving energy needs. One of the obstacles is the complex and time-consuming…

Energy and Environment

Letters

Letter to Members of the House Agriculture Committee Regarding the 2007 Farm Bill

By: Fran Smith
07/17/2007

To: Members of the House Agriculture Committee We, as representatives of consumer, taxpayer, public policy, and humanitarian groups, are writing to express…

Energy and Environment

News Release

Congress Poised to Prop Up Sugar Regime

CEI Staff
07/16/2007

Washington, D.C., July 16, 2007—Americans have been paying for sugar at two to three times the world price over the past 25 years, thanks…

Lands and Wildlife

Op-Eds

Hanging Onto the Trash

By: Angela Logomasini
07/10/2007

One would think we were dealing with a major national security issue considering how worked up New York politicians get about garbage. But that's…

Energy and Environment

Study

Corn-Based Ethanol

By: Fran Smith
06/14/2007

A boom in ethanol production is taking place today for variety of reasons. Undoubtedly, the most significant factor is government support and subsidies for biofuel…

Energy

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