Daren Bakst
Deputy Director and Senior Fellow at The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI)
Director, Center for Energy & Environment and Senior Fellow, Competitive Enterprise Institute. Views are my own. RT ≠ endorsement
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1 week ago |
cei.org | Daren Bakst |Jacob Tomasulo
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 special updates. Note: This version of The Surge was released to subscribers on February 28, 2025. Some minor edits have been made. ___Welcome to the latest edition of The Surge! In this edition:– The House passed three CRA resolutions repealing California vehicle waivers– Will the EPA and Corps finally get WOTUS right?
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2 weeks ago |
cei.org | Daren Bakst
The House today overwhelmingly passed a resolution rejecting a Biden-era EPA waiver allowing California to ban the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035. By a vote of 246-164, with 35 Democrats supporting the resolution, H.J. Res 88 was passed under the auspices of the Congressional Review Act. CEI energy policy expert Daren Bakst praised the House vote, explaining its significance and urging the Senate to follow suit:“Americans should be free to buy the vehicles that make the most sense for them.
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1 month ago |
cei.org | Daren Bakst
The attack on gas-powered vehicles exists on multiple fronts, including through federal and state regulation. Regarding federal regulation, much of the attention has been focused on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) de facto electric vehicle mandate. However, there is another Biden EPA action that would likely lead to an even worse result.
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1 month ago |
cei.org | Daren Bakst |Jacob Tomasulo
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 special updates. Note: This version of The Surge was released to subscribers on February 28, 2025. Some minor edits have been made.
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1 month ago |
cei.org | Daren Bakst
In 2022, Democrats passed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) without a single Republican vote in the House or Senate. One of the most controversial IRA programs is the $27 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund that required the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to dole out money (close to triple the agency’s budget) by September 30, 2024. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has been trying to claw back $20 billion that the Biden EPA rushed to get out the door.
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Congress shouldn't let California and the Biden EPA kill off gas-powered cars. Legislators need to pass the CRA resolutions rescinding the EPA's recent CA waivers, including the waiver to ban new car sales by 2035. https://t.co/ovL8mJmRzN
The Biden EPA created the $7 billion Solar for All program to implement part of the IRA. But the relevant IRA language doesn't authorize a program just for solar. The EPA IG is auditing Solar for All. This authorization issue needs to be on its radar. https://t.co/idfsshjthq
Today, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced a comprehensive deregulatory agenda to undo numerous Biden-era rules and to reconsider the endangerment finding. I commend Zeldin for his leadership and urge Congress to do its job to reform the EPA. https://t.co/4tZSi1bkP9
