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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5 days 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 May 30, 2025. Some minor edits have been made.
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1 week ago |
cei.org | Daren Bakst
The US Department of Justice’s Anticompetitive Regulations Task Force was accepting comments from the public in part “seeking information about laws and regulations that make it more difficult for businesses to compete effectively, especially in markets that have the greatest impact on American households.” The comment period closed on May 27. One of the identified markets was the energy market.
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1 week ago |
principia-scientific.com | Daren Bakst
Written by Daren Bakst on May 29, 2025. Posted in Current News Even for the least essential choices we make in our daily lives, such as what we should have for dinner, we consider the pros and cons. Yet, the Environmental Protection Agency doesn’t consider the downside of arguably the most consequential type of regulation in American history: greenhouse gas regulation. In Massachusetts v.
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2 weeks ago |
cei.org | Daren Bakst
Today, the Senate voted to rescind the Biden EPA’s waiver allowing California to ban the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035. This follows a vote earlier this month in the House, when 35 House Democrats joined Republicans in voting for the resolution. Once President Trump signs the resolution into law, the EPA waiver will be revoked.
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2 weeks ago |
cei.org | Daren Bakst
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) today sent a letter to the Senate signed by a coalition of over 50 free market and conservative policy groups supporting Congressional Review Act (CRA) votes to rescind three unwarranted EPA waivers granted to California. Under one waiver, the agency has empowered the state to ban the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035. The House of Representatives passed its own versions of the CRA resolutions earlier this month.
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By a vote of 51-44, the Senate just passed the CRA resolution that kills off the Biden EPA waiver allowing California to ban the sale of new gas cars by 2035. This CA rule would have had a national effect. Big win for individual freedom, consumer choice, and the rule of law!
We'll find out tomorrow if a Senator supports or opposes gas car bans. The Senate will be voting on H.J. Res 88 that would block the EPA waiver allowing CA to ban gas cars. Eleven other states and DC are following CA's lead. All Americans will be affected regardless of state.
Tomorrow, the Senate will start voting on the CRA resolutions blocking the EPA's CA waivers consistent with the procedures established under the CRA. The waivers would allow CA to reshape the nation's car and truck industry. The Senate will hopefully put an end to such abuse.
