News Releases

• CEI Staff
• 01/29/2008

Washington, D.C., January 30, 2008—Today the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will hear testimony on the whether the polar bear is a threatened…

Climate

• Christine Hall
• 01/22/2008

Contact:     <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Christine Hall, 202.331.2258   As evidence mounts that the U.S. economy…

Climate

• CEI Staff
• 01/16/2008

<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Washington, D.C., January 17, 2008—The House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming will hear…

Climate

• CEI Staff
• 12/19/2007

Washington, D.C., December 20, 2007—The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Wednesday blocked a California law curtailing carbon dioxide emissions from motor vehicles, a decision drawing…

Climate

• CEI Staff
• 12/18/2007

Washington, D.C., December 19, 2007—Today President Bush signed a major new energy bill that will drive up costs to taxpayers and consumers and increase…

Climate

• CEI Staff
• 12/13/2007

<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Washington, D.C., December 14, 2007—Yesterday the Senate passed an energy bill that would increase fuel economy…

Energy and Environment

• CEI Staff
• 12/13/2007

Washington, D.C., December 14, 2007—Yesterday the Senate passed the 2007 farm bill, the first major revision of agricultural policy in five years. "The $286…

Lands and Wildlife

• CEI Staff
• 12/04/2007

Contact:     <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Jody Clarke, 202.331.2252   <?xml:namespace prefix = st1…

Energy and Environment

• CEI Staff
• 11/27/2007

Washington, D.C., November 28, 2007—Diplomats from dozens of countries are preparing this week for global warming negotiations in Bali, Indonesia, where delegates will discuss plans…

Climate

• CEI Staff
• 11/20/2007

Washington, D.C., November 21, 2007—The Bureaucrash Activist Network today released a new video satirizing the anti-consumer event “Buy Nothing Day.” The video takes…

Energy and Environment

• CEI Staff
• 11/07/2007

Washington, D.C., November 8, 2007—This morning the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will meet to hear testimony on legislation that would severely restrict…

Climate

• CEI Staff
• 11/06/2007

<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Washington, D.C., November 7, 2007—The U.S. Green Building Council is expected to release its new…

Energy and Environment

• CEI Staff
• 11/04/2007

Washington D.C., November 5, 2007—The Competitive Enterprise Institute is proud to welcome Lene Johansen as its newest Warren T. Brookes Journalism Fellow. While…

Climate

• CEI Staff
• 11/02/2007

Contact: Christine Hall, 202.331.2258 Washington, D.C., October 30, 2007—The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is poised to vote Wednesday morning on an…

Lands and Wildlife

• CEI Staff
• 11/02/2007

Washington, D.C., November 2, 2007—The story is ominous, chronicling the melting of glaciers, the disappearance of Arctic sea ice, and the eradication of…

Climate

• CEI Staff
• 11/01/2007

Washington, D.C., November 1, 2007—Today the U.S. House of Representatives addresses global warming from two different angles, with hearings in both the Budget Committee…

Climate

• CEI Staff
• 10/31/2007

<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Washington, D.C., October 31, 2007—This afternoon members of the Senate Banking  Committee will hold a hearing…

Climate

• CEI Staff
• 10/30/2007

Washington, D.C., October 30, 2007—This afternoon a subcommittee of the House International Relations Committee will hear testimony on "renewable energy and the global environment."…

Climate

• CEI Staff
• 10/26/2007

Washington, D.C., Oct. 26, 2007—In the aftermath of devastating fires ravaging parts of Southern California and causing an estimated $500 million in damage, it’s…

Energy and Environment

• CEI Staff
• 10/24/2007

<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Washington, D.C., October 24, 2007—This afternoon the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will hold a…

Climate

• CEI Staff
• 10/23/2007

Washington, D.C., October 23, 2007—With United Nations Day celebrations coming up on October 24, Senate Democrats are leading an effort to pass the Law…

Climate

• CEI Staff
• 10/22/2007

Contact:Richard Morrison, 202-331-2273 Washington, D.C., October 22, 2007—The Competitive Enterprise Institute and the Cooler Heads Coalition are launching a new, re-designed version of…

Climate

• CEI Staff
• 10/17/2007

<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Washington, D.C., October 17, 2007—Senators Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and John Warner (R-VA) are preparing to introduce…

Climate

• CEI Staff
• 10/12/2007

<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Washington, D.C., October 12, 2007—The announcement this morning of Al Gore as the winner of the…

Climate

• CEI Staff
• 10/03/2007

Contact: Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 Washington, D.C., October 3, 2007—Tomorrow Competitive Enterprise Institute President Fred L. Smith, Jr. will testify before the Senate…

Energy and Environment

• CEI Staff
• 09/27/2007

Contact:Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 Washington, D.C., September 27, 2007—Today the House Science and Technology Committee will hear testimony on the possible national security implications of…

Climate

• CEI Staff
• 09/26/2007

<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” /> Contact:     Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273   Washington, D.C., September…

Climate

• CEI Staff
• 09/25/2007

Contact:  <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Christine Hall, 202.331.2258 Washington, D.C., Sept. 25, 2007— The controversial Law of the Sea…

Energy and Environment

• Christine Hall
• 09/12/2007

Contact: Christine Hall, 202.331.2258 Washington, D.C., September 12, 2007— Congress today is debating plans for forcing costly "energy efficient" lighting standards on…

Energy