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Myron Ebell to retire from CEI in 2024, Daren Bakst promoted to be Director of the Center for Energy and Environment 

  • Daren Bakst, Myron Ebell
  • 08/04/2023

Myron Ebell, longtime Director of CEI’s Center for Energy and Environment and a key leader on energy and environmental issues, has stepped down from that…

Energy and Environment

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Supreme Court Protects Property Rights from Federal Overreach in Sackett v. EPA Decision

  • Daren Bakst, Devin Watkins, Myron Ebell
  • 05/25/2023

The Supreme Court today ruled in favor of the Sackett family in a property rights dispute with the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA claimed…

Property Rights

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House Republicans Helpfully Tie Government Reforms to Debit Limit Deal

  • Clyde Wayne Crews, Daren Bakst, Iain Murray, Myron Ebell, Ryan Young
  • 04/20/2023

House Republican leadership yesterday released the text of their debt limit deal which trades a suspension or increase in the debt limit for a number…

Deregulation

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Biden Administration Seeks to Severely Limit the Types of Cars Americans Can Buy

  • Ben Lieberman, Daren Bakst, Myron Ebell
  • 04/11/2023

The Biden Administration announced it would propose a new rule aimed at restricting the amount of gas-powered cars and coercing consumers to buy electric vehicles…

Energy and Environment

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House Passes Energy Bill that Will Increase Domestic Energy Production and Lower Costs for Consumers

  • Ben Lieberman, Daren Bakst, Marlo Lewis, Jr., Myron Ebell
  • 03/30/2023

The U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1 today, an extensive package of energy policies aimed at increasing domestic energy production, easing permitting delays for…

Energy

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Daren Bakst Joins CEI as Deputy Director of the Center for Energy and Environment

  • Kent Lassman, Myron Ebell
  • 03/02/2023

The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) announced today that Daren Bakst will join the organization as senior fellow and deputy director of the Center for…

Energy and Environment

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EPA’s Proposed Rule Further Restricting Particulate Matter Emissions Would Harm U.S. Economic Development

  • Ben Lieberman, Myron Ebell
  • 01/06/2023

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a proposed rule today aimed at further restricting soot emissions from power plants, refineries and other industrial facilities.

Climate

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CEI Experts View Proposed FY 2023 Omnibus as Wasteful, Ineffective Big Government Progressivism

  • Ben Lieberman, Clyde Wayne Crews, Myron Ebell
  • 12/20/2022

The Senate Appropriations Committee released the text of an omnibus appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2023 early in the morning on Tuesday. CEI experts…

Business and Government

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CEI Welcomes Decision to Remove Manchin-Schumer Permitting Bill from the Continuing Resolution

  • Myron Ebell
  • 09/27/2022

The United States Senate voted to advance a continuing resolution without a permitting bill championed by Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV). After the text of the…

Energy

News Release

Negatives Outweigh the Positives in Manchin-Schumer Permitting Bill

  • Mario Loyola, Myron Ebell
  • 09/22/2022

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) released the text of a bill proposing minor changes to the federal permitting…

Energy

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Declaring National Climate Emergency Would Be an Abuse of Power and Further Raise Energy Prices

  • Myron Ebell
  • 07/19/2022

WASHINGTON—Recent reports suggest President Biden is considering declaring a “national climate emergency” citing authority under the Defense Production Act to impose energy policy in…

Energy and Environment

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CEI Experts React to Supreme Court’s West Virginia v EPA Decision

  • Dan Greenberg, Iain Murray, Joel Zinberg, Marlo Lewis, Jr., Myron Ebell, Sam Kazman, Sean Higgins
  • 06/30/2022

WASHINGTON—In deciding West Virginia v. EPA today, the Supreme Court held that Congress never authorized the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate carbon emissions from…

Energy and Environment

News Release

Biden Cancels Oil Lease Auctions

  • Myron Ebell
  • 05/12/2022

With gas prices way up, the Biden administration has just canceled significant oil and gas lease sales pending before the Department of the Interior. CEI…

Energy and Environment

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SEC Climate Disclosure Rule Will Cause Big Problems, CEI Experts Predict

  • Clyde Wayne Crews, John Berlau, Myron Ebell, Richard Morrison
  • 03/21/2022

Today the Securities and Exchange Commission described a new rule it plans to impose concerning climate disclosure requirements that may affect even private companies as…

Climate

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After Bloom Raskin Withdrawal, Biden Should Nominate Someone Focused on Financial Stability, Monetary Policy

  • John Berlau, Myron Ebell
  • 03/15/2022

President Biden’s nominee to be Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Sarah Bloom Raskin withdrew her nomination from consideration today, after it became clear that…

Banking and Finance

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Unless Biden Admin Reverses its Anti-Energy Policies, Russian Oil Imports Ban Will Hurt American Consumers

  • Ben Lieberman, Mario Loyola, Myron Ebell
  • 03/08/2022

The Biden administration announced a ban on oil imports from Russia, in response to the invasion of Ukraine. CEI experts reacted to the decision. Director…

Energy

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CEI Experts React to President Biden’s State of the Union Address

  • Clyde Wayne Crews, Myron Ebell
  • 03/01/2022

President Joe Biden delivered his first State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress tonight. CEI policy experts weighed in on his…

Trade and International

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Court Stops Biden Admin from Transformative Expansion in Regulatory Authority

  • Devin Watkins, Marlo Lewis, Jr., Myron Ebell
  • 02/11/2022

A federal court blocked the Biden Administration from implementing “social cost of carbon” regulations today. CEI experts reacted to the decision.  Senior fellow…

Climate

News Release

House Democrats’ China Bill Would Make the U.S Less Competitive and Harm Consumers

  • Clyde Wayne Crews, Iain Murray, Myron Ebell, Ryan Nabil, Ryan Young, Sean Higgins
  • 02/03/2022

The House of Representatives is considering the America COMPETES Act this week, a bill described by sponsors as a “China competition bill.” The wide-ranging legislation…

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

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CEI Joins AEA in Opposing Sarah Bloom Raskin’s Nomination to Federal Reserve

  • John Berlau, Myron Ebell
  • 02/01/2022

The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) signed onto a letter by the American Energy Alliance (AEA) opposing the White House’s nomination of Sarah Bloom…

Deregulation

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Biden EPA Fuel Standard Will Impose All-Pain, No-Gain Policies on Consumers

  • Devin Watkins, Myron Ebell
  • 12/20/2021

The Biden administration today announced a final rule raising fuel economy standards for cars and small trucks, reversing a more sensible Trump-era rule. The new…

Energy and Environment

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CEI Commends Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin for Promise To Withdraw Virginia from Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

  • Myron Ebell
  • 12/10/2021

WASHINGTON – This week, Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin announced his intention to withdraw the Commonwealth of Virginia from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a…

Energy and Environment

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As Washington Democrats Consider Imposing a Carbon Tax, Americans Voice Unwillingness to Pay More to Combat Climate Change

  • Marlo Lewis, Jr., Myron Ebell
  • 10/19/2021

Senator Joe Manchin’s (D-WV) opposition to the so-called Clean Electricity Payment Program (CEPP) has the White House and Congressional Democrats looking for alternative climate proposals…

Energy

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New CEI Poll: Four in Ten Americans Unwilling to Spend $1 Annually on Higher Gas and Electricity Prices to Mitigate the Effects of Climate Change

  • Kent Lassman, Myron Ebell
  • 10/14/2021

WASHINGTON – The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) released a new poll today, gauging the public’s views on energy issues and climate change as…

Energy and Environment

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Senate-Passed Infrastructure Bill Is a Gigantic, Counterproductive Spending Bill: CEI Analysis

  • Ben Lieberman, Clyde Wayne Crews, Iain Murray, John Berlau, Myron Ebell
  • 08/10/2021

The Senate today passed a complicated, controversial $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill. CEI policy experts criticized the mammoth bill as a plan that will do…

Business and Government

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Biden Administration Move to Cancel ANWR Leases Raises Serious Legal Questions

  • Devin Watkins, Myron Ebell
  • 06/01/2021

The White House today announced it plans to cancel several leases for energy exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska. Director of…

Energy

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More than One-third of Registered Voters Are Unwilling to Spend $1 Per Month on Climate Change Policies

  • Kent Lassman, Myron Ebell
  • 05/25/2021

The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) released a new poll today, measuring public sentiment on energy issues and climate change. The poll, conducted by CRC…

Energy

News Release

Biden Plan to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 50 Percent Would Cripple Economy

  • Myron Ebell
  • 04/21/2021

The Biden administration is expected to call for cutting America’s greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030, a move that would have disastrous consequences for…

Energy and Environment

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Covid ‘Relief’ Bill Spends Billions on Items Unrelated to Crisis Recovery and Risks Inflation

  • Clyde Wayne Crews, Iain Murray, Myron Ebell
  • 03/09/2021

The House of Representatives is expected to vote this week on final passage of the ‘American Rescue Plan Act,’ a $1.9 trillion proposal touted as…

Business and Government

News Release

House Democrats’ Climate Bill Will Restrict Domestic Energy Sources and Raise Americans’ Utility Bills

  • Ben Lieberman, Myron Ebell
  • 03/02/2021

House Energy and Commerce committee Democrats today introduced a new bill, the so-called CLEAN Future Act, aimed at restricting the use of reliable energy sources…

Energy

News Release

CEI Opposes Haaland Confirmation Based on House Record Hostile to Property Rights and Resource Development on Federal Lands

  • Kent Lassman, Myron Ebell
  • 02/24/2021

WASHINGTON, DC – President Biden’s nominee to be Secretary of the Interior Representative Deb Haaland (D-NM) answered questions before a Senate committee ahead of a…

Energy and Environment

News Release

Grid Problems in Texas Won’t Be Solved by More Subsidies and Mandates for Wind and Solar

  • Myron Ebell
  • 02/17/2021

Freezing temperatures and strong storms led to widespread blackouts in Texas over the weekend, with more than 4 million Texans living without power. Director of…

Energy and Environment

News Release

CEI Endorses POWER Act to Halt Biden Administration Bans on Energy and Mineral Leasing on Federal Lands

  • Myron Ebell
  • 01/28/2021

Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) today introduced the Protecting Our Wealth of Energy Resources (POWER) Act, which, if enacted, would prohibit the Biden Administration from blocking…

Energy and Environment

News Release

EPA Administrator Wheeler Unveils Final Science Transparency Rule During CEI Forum

  • Kent Lassman, Myron Ebell
  • 01/05/2021

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler unveiled the agency’s final rule on strengthening transparency in pivotal science this morning during a policy…

Energy and Environment

News Release

New Law Banning Refrigerant Will Harm Consumers and Benefit Special Interests

  • Ben Lieberman, Myron Ebell
  • 12/21/2020

WASHINGTON, DC – Congress intends to include ban a chemical commonly used in air-conditioners and refrigerators and extend billions in existing government spending toward unreliable…

Energy and Environment

News Release

Senators Should Object to Manchin-Murkowski Costly Energy and Climate Restrictions

  • Myron Ebell
  • 12/15/2020

Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) are pushing a plan to attach far-reaching energy and climate legislation to the government funding bill currently…

Energy and Environment

News Release

Trump Administration Denies Alaska Pebble Mine Permit, Denying Economic Opportunity to the State and the Nation

  • Ben Lieberman, Myron Ebell
  • 11/25/2020

The Trump administration, via the Army Corps of Engineers, today denied a permit to the Pebble Mine in Alaska, to the great detriment of economic…

Energy and Environment

News Release

Main Cause of Catastrophic Wildfires is Decades of Mismanagement by Federal and State Governments

  • Myron Ebell
  • 09/14/2020

Later today, President Trump will visit California for an update on the catastrophic wildfires raging in the country’s most populous state. Recent headlines have…

Energy and Environment

News Release

Ebell Pushes Back on Discredited and Illegitimate Attacks Against Critical Project for Alaska’s Economy

  • Myron Ebell
  • 08/06/2020

Last month, the Trump Administration released a final environmental analysis finding the proposed Pebble Mine project would not pose serious risk to the environment or fish population…

Energy and Environment

News Release

CEI Urges House To Vote No on Massive Federal Land Acquisition Bill

  • Myron Ebell
  • 07/21/2020

The House of Representatives is expected to vote on the Great American Outdoors Act  (H.R. 1957), which previously passed the Senate.

Energy and Environment

News Release

Trump Administration Rule Reforms NEPA, Congress Must Finish the Job

  • Ben Lieberman, Myron Ebell
  • 07/15/2020

President Trump today announced a final rule reforming the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process of evaluating and granting permits for major new energy infrastructure…

Energy and Environment

News Release

House Infrastructure Spending Bill Serves as Green ATM

  • Clyde Wayne Crews, Iain Murray, Myron Ebell
  • 07/01/2020

House Democrats will vote today on the INVEST in America Act (H.R. 2), a massive $1.5 trillion infrastructure spending bill. CEI experts across a spectrum…

Business and Government

News Release

House Climate Proposal Would Benefit Special Interests Over Consumers and Taxpayers

  • Myron Ebell
  • 06/30/2020

The House Select Committee appointed by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to address climate change today released their report and proposal. …

Energy and Environment

News Release

CEI Opposes $494 Billion Transportation Bill

  • Myron Ebell
  • 06/05/2020

House Democrats today introduced a bill that proposes to spend more than $490 billion on bad policies that would increase the cost of energy in…

Energy and Environment

News Release

Proposed EPA Rule Seeks to End Abuses of Benefit-Cost Analyses

  • Myron Ebell
  • 06/04/2020

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a proposed rule aimed at reforming abuses of benefit-cost analyses required in the regulatory process. The proposed rule…

Energy and Environment

News Release

Congress Should Work With Trump Administration to Reduce Regulatory Barriers to COVID-19 Recovery

  • Myron Ebell
  • 05/12/2020

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi introduced a proposed fourth COVID-19 recovery package that would spend roughly $3 trillion but contains no significant regulatory relief.

Regulatory Reform

News Release

50th Earth Day Anniversary Marks Environmental Progress But Unfounded Claims by Environmentalists

  • Myron Ebell
  • 04/22/2020

Statement by Myron Ebell, director of the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center for Energy and Environment:…

Energy and Environment

News Release

CEI Experts Blast Attempts to Politicize COVID-19 Relief Bill

  • Clyde Wayne Crews, Iain Murray, John Berlau, Kent Lassman, Marc Scribner, Myron Ebell, Patrick Hedger, Ryan Young
  • 03/23/2020

While the nation suffers, Washington has descended into an unseemly squabble over the latest COVID-19 relief bill. Politicians from all quarters are attempting to expand…

Business and Government

News Release

CEI Urges Senators To Vote No on Unnecessary and Wasteful Energy Legislation

  • Ben Lieberman, Myron Ebell
  • 03/05/2020

The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) opposes S. 2657, the package of energy bills set for a vote today in the U.S. Senate, and urges senators…

Energy and Environment

News Release

Climate Bills Supported by Some House Republicans are Bad Policy

  • Myron Ebell
  • 02/12/2020

A group of House Republicans today released a package of bills that would provide government incentives for a program to plant trees and carbon sequestration…

Climate

News Release

EPA’s WOTUS Replacement Rule Another Step in the Right Direction

  • Myron Ebell
  • 01/23/2020

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today released their Navigable Waters Protection rule, which replaces the 1986 wetlands rule.

Energy and Environment

News Release

NEPA Reforms a Big Step toward Correcting Worst Abuses of Environmental Permitting Process

  • Ben Lieberman, Myron Ebell
  • 01/09/2020

The White House Council on Environmental Quality today released a proposed rule reforming the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

Energy and Environment

News Release

Trump Announces U.S. Exit from Paris Climate Treaty: CEI Statement

  • Myron Ebell
  • 11/04/2019

President Trump’s Secretary of State, Michael R. Pompeo, today announced the beginning of a yearlong process of withdrawing the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement…

Climate

News Release

WOTUS Rule Repeal Great News for Rural Americans

  • Myron Ebell
  • 09/12/2019

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced the repeal of the Obama administration’s Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule. EPA is expected to announce…

Energy and Environment

News Release

Trump Administration Environmental Agenda Focuses on Stewardship, not Alarmist Policies

  • Myron Ebell
  • 07/08/2019

In a speech today at the White House, President Trump touted his administration’s record of defending the environment and simultaneously expanding the development of energy…

Energy and Environment

News Release

Final ACE Rule Reverses “Ill-Advised and Punitive” Obama-Era Regulation

  • Marlo Lewis, Jr., Myron Ebell
  • 06/19/2019

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today issued its final Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule, which will replace the previous administration’s so-called “Clean Power Plan.”…

Energy and Environment

News Release

House Should Reject Bill to Remove Land and Water Conservation Fund from Appropriations Process

  • Myron Ebell
  • 06/18/2019

The House Natural Resources committee is scheduled to markup H.R. 3195 on Wednesday, June 19. The bill would turn the Land and Water Conservation Fund…

Energy and Environment

News Release

House Members Should Vote No on Amendment to Block Pebble Mine Project

  • Ben Lieberman, Myron Ebell
  • 06/17/2019

The House of Representatives is expected to vote as early as tomorrow on the Huffman Amendment to H.R. 2740 (amendment 63 to Division E of…

Energy and Environment

News Release

CEI Applauds EPA Directive to Improve Cost-Benefit Analysis of Environmental Regulations

  • Myron Ebell
  • 05/21/2019

According to a report by Bloomberg News, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler directed EPA leadership to write new rules for how it weighs…

Energy and Environment

News Release

CEI Congratulates David Bernhardt on Confirmation as Secretary of Interior

  • Myron Ebell
  • 04/11/2019

Today, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm David Bernhardt as Secretary of the Interior. Bernhardt was confirmed by a vote of 56-41.

Energy and Environment

News Release

More than 140 Organizations and Individuals Join CEI Letter to White House Backing Climate Review Panel

  • Myron Ebell
  • 04/03/2019

The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), joined by 36 organizations and more than 100 individuals, sent a letter today to President Trump expressing strong support for…

Energy and Environment

News Release

Senate Democratic Co-Sponsors Abandon Green New Deal, Vote ‘Present’

  • Marlo Lewis, Jr., Myron Ebell
  • 03/26/2019

Today, the United States Senate voted against advancing Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-NY) Green New Deal resolution to the Senate floor…

Energy and Environment

News Release

CEI’s Myron Ebell Applauds Confirmation of EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler

  • Myron Ebell
  • 02/28/2019

Today, the Senate voted to confirm Andrew Wheeler as EPA Administrator.

Energy and Environment

News Release

So-Called ‘Green New Deal’ Costs Would Be Stupendous, Implementation Catastrophic

  • Myron Ebell
  • 02/07/2019

Today, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) released a legislative outline of the so-called “Green New Deal.”…

Energy and Environment

News Release

America’s Economic Revival Has Been Based on Environmental Deregulation and Increased Energy Production

  • Myron Ebell
  • 02/06/2019

Tonight, President Trump delivered his State of the Union address from the well of the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol, focusing on topics including…

Energy and Environment

News Release

CEI: Pro-Energy, Deregulatory Policies Lead to Economic Growth

  • Myron Ebell
  • 01/08/2019

In a new report released this morning, the Rhodium Group claims that carbon dioxide emissions rose by 3.4 percent last year. But that news is…

Energy and Environment

News Release

2018 National Climate Assessment Report Is Full of Dubious and Junk Science

  • Myron Ebell
  • 11/26/2018

Late last week, the Trump Administration released the 4th National Climate Assessment report, as required by law. Media headlines have breathlessly reported on the “chilling”…

Climate

News Release

IPCC Report Reaches Dire Conclusions Based on Models that Overstate Rate of Warming

  • Myron Ebell
  • 10/08/2018

The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a new report Monday related to the issue of climate change.

Climate

News Release

CEI: EPA’s Proposed Affordable Clean Energy Rule “Huge Improvement” Over Clean Power Plan

  • Myron Ebell
  • 08/21/2018

The Environmental Protection Agency today released a proposed replacement for the Obama Administration’s “Clean Power Plan,” which was finalized in August of 2015. CEI opposed…

Energy and Environment

News Release

CEI: Proposed Changes to CAFE Standards Are Good News for Consumers

  • Marlo Lewis, Jr., Myron Ebell, Sam Kazman
  • 08/02/2018

Today, the Department of Transportation and the Environmental Protection Agency released proposed revisions to future fuel economy standards set under the Obama Administration.

Automobiles and Roads

News Release

CEI Praises Dept of Interior’s Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act Regulations

  • Myron Ebell
  • 07/19/2018

This week, the Department of Interior announced proposed revisions to portions of the regulations that implement sections of the Endangered Species Act.

Energy and Environment

News Release

CEI Supports Resolution Opposing a Carbon Tax

  • Marlo Lewis, Jr., Myron Ebell
  • 07/19/2018

This week, the U.S. House will vote on an anti-carbon tax resolution, introduced earlier this year by Reps. Steve Scalise (R-LA) and David McKinley (R-WV),…

News Release

CEI Applauds President Trump’s Pardon of Dwight and Steve Hammond

  • Myron Ebell
  • 07/10/2018

Today, President Trump announced the pardon of Dwight and Steve Hammond, two ranchers from Eastern Oregon who were prosecuted under the Antiterrorism Act of 1996…

Lands and Wildlife

News Release

CEI on EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s Resignation

  • Myron Ebell
  • 07/05/2018

On behalf of CEI, we thank Scott Pruitt for his outstanding service as EPA administrator, and we regret that personal troubles got in the way.

Energy and Environment

News Release

CEI Leads Coalition of 22 Groups Asking Trump to Reject Kigali Amendment’s Red Tape

  • Myron Ebell
  • 07/02/2018

Today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) sent a letter to President Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, asking them to reject the Kigali Amendment…

Climate

News Release

CEI on Paris Climate Decision Anniversary: Trump Should Tell the Senate to Vote It Down

  • Christopher C. Horner, Marlo Lewis, Jr., Myron Ebell
  • 05/31/2018

This Friday marks the one-year anniversary of President Trump withdrawing the United States from the Paris climate treaty. The Competitive Enterprise Institute strongly supported Trump’s…

Energy and Environment

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CEI Welcomes Confirmation of U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo

  • Myron Ebell
  • 04/26/2018

Today, the Senate confirmed Mike Pompeo as the U.S. Secretary of State. Competitive Enterprise Institute director of the Center for Energy and Environment Myron Ebell…

Energy and Environment

News Release

CEI Applauds Introduction of Resolution Opposing a Carbon Tax

  • Marlo Lewis, Jr., Myron Ebell
  • 04/26/2018

Today Reps. Steve Scalise (R, LA) and David McKinley (R, WV) introduced a resolution “expressing the sense of Congress that a carbon tax would be…

Energy and Environment

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Senate Confirms Well-Qualified Deputy EPA Administrator

  • Myron Ebell
  • 04/12/2018

Andrew Wheeler has the experience and expertise to continue the important reforms and policies begun at the EPA.

Energy and Environment

News Release

CEI Commends EPA for Reviewing CAFE Rules

  • Marlo Lewis, Jr., Myron Ebell, Sam Kazman
  • 04/02/2018

This is a step forward to ensure the future of automobiles will be cars that are safe, affordable, and what consumers want to buy.

Energy and Environment

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CEI’s Ebell Responds to Offshore Oil and Natural Gas Leasing Plan

  • Myron Ebell
  • 01/04/2018

Myron Ebell, Director of Energy and Environment at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, responded to today’s announcement by the Trump administration to allow drilling off all…

Energy and Environment

News Release

Ebell Reacts to Tax Bill Passage, ANWR Oil Production

  • Myron Ebell
  • 12/20/2017

The Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Myron Ebell responded to the passage of the tax bill today, which contained a provision for oil and gas production in…

Energy and Environment

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CEI’s Myron Ebell Comments on Trump’s Proclamations Downsizing two Utah National Monuments

  • Myron Ebell
  • 12/04/2017

CEI’s Myron Ebell Comments on Trump’s Proclamations Downsizing two Utah National Monuments “CEI applauds President Trump’s proclamations today that significantly reduce the size of Grand…

News Release

CEI’s Ebell Praises Administration Nominees To Serve In Key Environmental Posts

  • Myron Ebell
  • 11/08/2017

CEI Director for the Center of Energy and Environment Myron Ebell praises Trump Administration nominees to serve in two key environmental posts:  “Kathleen Hartnett White…

Energy and Environment

News Release

CEI’s Ebell Says Climate Assessment Report is Full of Junk Science

  • Myron Ebell
  • 11/03/2017

CEI Director for the Center of Energy and Environment Myron Ebell responded to the National Climate Assessment report released today by the Trump Administration: “It…

Energy and Environment

News Release

EPA Reforms of Advisory Boards are “Long Overdue” Says CEI

  • Myron Ebell
  • 10/31/2017

Sensible reforms mean the advisory boards must be objective and free from conflicts of interest.

Business and Government

News Release

CEI Applauds Repeal of So-Called Clean Power Plan

  • Myron Ebell
  • 10/10/2017

Besides the huge economic benefits from repealing the rule, we congratulate the Trump Administration for restoring legality to the regulatory process.

Energy and Environment

News Release

CEI’s Myron Ebell Hopes EPA Court Filing Will End Clean Power Plan “In Its Entirety”

  • Myron Ebell
  • 10/06/2017

In anticipation of the Environmental Protection Agency’s upcoming filing in the litigation concerning the so-called Clean Power Plan, the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Myron Ebell said:…

Energy and Environment

News Release

CEI Supports Reducing Federal Lands for National Monuments, Returning Lands to Private Ownership

  • Myron Ebell
  • 08/24/2017

Myron Ebell, director of the Competitive Enterprise Institute's Center for Energy and Environment, responded to the Interior Department’s assessment of the use of federal land as…

Energy and Environment

News Release

CEI Continues to Support President Trump’s Paris Climate Accord Decision

  • Christopher C. Horner, Fred L. Smith, Jr., Marlo Lewis, Jr., Myron Ebell
  • 07/07/2017

The Competitive Enterprise Institute continues to support Trump’s Paris decision amid contention from the international community.

News Release

CEI Praises EPA Decision to Repeal Disastrous Waters of the U.S. Rule

  • Iain Murray, Myron Ebell
  • 06/28/2017

This week the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) moved to repeal the Obama administration’s Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule. This rule expanded federal oversight…

Energy and Environment

News Release

CEI Commends President Trump’s Decision to Cancel Paris Climate Agreement

  • Christopher C. Horner, Marlo Lewis, Jr., Myron Ebell
  • 06/01/2017

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…

Climate

News Release

Why the Paris Climate Agreement Is All Pain, No Gain for Americans

  • Christopher C. Horner, Marlo Lewis, Jr., Myron Ebell
  • 05/31/2017

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,…

Climate

News Release

CEI Reviews Trump Budget on Regulation, EPA, Transportation and Infrastructure

  • Clyde Wayne Crews, Marc Scribner, Myron Ebell
  • 05/23/2017

Policy experts offered their first takes on President Trump's budget, with a focus on regulatory reform, the EPA, and transportation and infrastructure reforms.

Business and Government

News Release

CEI Launches Television Ad Campaign Urging President Trump to Withdraw from Paris Climate Agreement

  • Myron Ebell
  • 05/17/2017

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…

Climate

News Release

CEI and AEA Lead Coalition of Forty Four Free-Market Groups Urging Trump To Withdraw from Paris Climate Agreement

  • Myron Ebell
  • 05/07/2017

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…

Climate

News Release

CEI Applauds Trump Executive Order To Counter Massive Land Grabs

  • Myron Ebell
  • 04/26/2017

President Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday directing Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to review the designation of dozens of national monuments on federal lands. The…

Energy and Environment

News Release

CEI Releases Ad Urging Trump to Withdraw from Paris Climate Treaty

  • Myron Ebell
  • 04/17/2017

Today, White House senior advisers are scheduled to meet about the future of U.S. involvement in the Paris Climate Treaty, even though President Trump made…

Energy and Environment

News Release

CEI Praises Trump Executive Order on Climate and Energy Policy

  • Myron Ebell
  • 03/28/2017

“Today’s Executive Order is a positive step toward scrapping President Obama’s climate regime, but there is still work to be done," said CEI's Center for…

Energy and Environment

News Release

CEI Comments on Proposed EPA Budget

  • Myron Ebell
  • 03/02/2017

The Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Director of the Center for Energy and Environment Myron Ebell commented on the reports of the Trump administration’s proposed cuts in…

Energy and Environment

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