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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
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…
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Supreme Court Protects Property Rights from Federal Overreach in Sackett v. EPA Decision
The Supreme Court today ruled in favor of the Sackett family in a property rights dispute with the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA claimed…
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House Republicans Helpfully Tie Government Reforms to Debit Limit Deal
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…
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Biden Administration Seeks to Severely Limit the Types of Cars Americans Can Buy
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…
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House Passes Energy Bill that Will Increase Domestic Energy Production and Lower Costs for Consumers
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…
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Daren Bakst Joins CEI as Deputy Director of the Center for Energy and Environment
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) announced today that Daren Bakst will join the organization as senior fellow and deputy director of the Center for…
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EPA’s Proposed Rule Further Restricting Particulate Matter Emissions Would Harm U.S. Economic Development
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a proposed rule today aimed at further restricting soot emissions from power plants, refineries and other industrial facilities.
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CEI Experts View Proposed FY 2023 Omnibus as Wasteful, Ineffective Big Government Progressivism
The Senate Appropriations Committee released the text of an omnibus appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2023 early in the morning on Tuesday. CEI experts…
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CEI Welcomes Decision to Remove Manchin-Schumer Permitting Bill from the Continuing Resolution
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…
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Negatives Outweigh the Positives in Manchin-Schumer Permitting Bill
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…
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Declaring National Climate Emergency Would Be an Abuse of Power and Further Raise Energy Prices
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…
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CEI Experts React to Supreme Court’s West Virginia v EPA Decision
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…
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Biden Cancels Oil Lease Auctions
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…
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SEC Climate Disclosure Rule Will Cause Big Problems, CEI Experts Predict
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…
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After Bloom Raskin Withdrawal, Biden Should Nominate Someone Focused on Financial Stability, Monetary Policy
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…
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Unless Biden Admin Reverses its Anti-Energy Policies, Russian Oil Imports Ban Will Hurt American Consumers
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…
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CEI Experts React to President Biden’s State of the Union Address
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…
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Court Stops Biden Admin from Transformative Expansion in Regulatory Authority
A federal court blocked the Biden Administration from implementing “social cost of carbon” regulations today. CEI experts reacted to the decision. Senior fellow…
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House Democrats’ China Bill Would Make the U.S Less Competitive and Harm Consumers
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…
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CEI Joins AEA in Opposing Sarah Bloom Raskin’s Nomination to Federal Reserve
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) signed onto a letter by the American Energy Alliance (AEA) opposing the White House’s nomination of Sarah Bloom…
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Biden EPA Fuel Standard Will Impose All-Pain, No-Gain Policies on Consumers
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…
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CEI Commends Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin for Promise To Withdraw Virginia from Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
WASHINGTON – This week, Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin announced his intention to withdraw the Commonwealth of Virginia from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a…
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As Washington Democrats Consider Imposing a Carbon Tax, Americans Voice Unwillingness to Pay More to Combat Climate Change
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…
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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
WASHINGTON – The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) released a new poll today, gauging the public’s views on energy issues and climate change as…
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Senate-Passed Infrastructure Bill Is a Gigantic, Counterproductive Spending Bill: CEI Analysis
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…
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Biden Administration Move to Cancel ANWR Leases Raises Serious Legal Questions
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…
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More than One-third of Registered Voters Are Unwilling to Spend $1 Per Month on Climate Change Policies
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) released a new poll today, measuring public sentiment on energy issues and climate change. The poll, conducted by CRC…
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Biden Plan to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 50 Percent Would Cripple Economy
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…
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Covid ‘Relief’ Bill Spends Billions on Items Unrelated to Crisis Recovery and Risks Inflation
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…
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House Democrats’ Climate Bill Will Restrict Domestic Energy Sources and Raise Americans’ Utility Bills
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…
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CEI Opposes Haaland Confirmation Based on House Record Hostile to Property Rights and Resource Development on Federal Lands
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…
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Grid Problems in Texas Won’t Be Solved by More Subsidies and Mandates for Wind and Solar
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…
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CEI Endorses POWER Act to Halt Biden Administration Bans on Energy and Mineral Leasing on Federal Lands
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…
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EPA Administrator Wheeler Unveils Final Science Transparency Rule During CEI Forum
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler unveiled the agency’s final rule on strengthening transparency in pivotal science this morning during a policy…
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New Law Banning Refrigerant Will Harm Consumers and Benefit Special Interests
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…
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Senators Should Object to Manchin-Murkowski Costly Energy and Climate Restrictions
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…
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Trump Administration Denies Alaska Pebble Mine Permit, Denying Economic Opportunity to the State and the Nation
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…
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Main Cause of Catastrophic Wildfires is Decades of Mismanagement by Federal and State Governments
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…
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Ebell Pushes Back on Discredited and Illegitimate Attacks Against Critical Project for Alaska’s Economy
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…
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CEI Urges House To Vote No on Massive Federal Land Acquisition Bill
The House of Representatives is expected to vote on the Great American Outdoors Act (H.R. 1957), which previously passed the Senate.
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Trump Administration Rule Reforms NEPA, Congress Must Finish the Job
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…
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House Infrastructure Spending Bill Serves as Green ATM
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…
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House Climate Proposal Would Benefit Special Interests Over Consumers and Taxpayers
The House Select Committee appointed by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to address climate change today released their report and proposal. …
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CEI Opposes $494 Billion Transportation Bill
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…
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Proposed EPA Rule Seeks to End Abuses of Benefit-Cost Analyses
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…
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Congress Should Work With Trump Administration to Reduce Regulatory Barriers to COVID-19 Recovery
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi introduced a proposed fourth COVID-19 recovery package that would spend roughly $3 trillion but contains no significant regulatory relief.
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50th Earth Day Anniversary Marks Environmental Progress But Unfounded Claims by Environmentalists
Statement by Myron Ebell, director of the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center for Energy and Environment:…
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CEI Experts Blast Attempts to Politicize COVID-19 Relief Bill
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…
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CEI Urges Senators To Vote No on Unnecessary and Wasteful Energy Legislation
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…
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Climate Bills Supported by Some House Republicans are Bad Policy
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…