by Melissa O'Rourke The Daily Caller A United Nations (UN) proposal for a global carbon tax, which threatened to raise consumer costs, was tabled on Friday following pressure from the Trump administration. Members of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), a UN body based in London, met this week to vote on a “Net-Zero Framework,” which [...]
E&E Legal joined CEI and other free-market organizations on a May 30, 2o24, letter to Congress supporting a CRA resolution of disapproval on the EPA Power Plant Rule. The letter stated in part: The bottom line is that, for coal powerplants, 90-percent carbon capture is not an “adequately demonstrated” “best system of emission reduction” (BSER), [...]
On January 16, 2024, E&E Legal joined approximately 40 other free-market groups in releasing a coalition letter to Congress opposing the “PROVE IT Act," which covertly lays the groundwork for a carbon tax. As the letter notes: [T]he undersigned organizations want to express strong opposition to carbon tariffs and the PROVE IT Act. This legislation [...]
by Michael Bastasch The Daily Caller Florida Rep. Carlos Curbelo, who supports a carbon tax, was among defeated House Republicans who are part of a caucus set up to push global warming policies. Curbelo conceded to Democratic candidate Debbie Mucarsel-Powell on Tuesday night. Conservatives say the defeat of Curbelo, who’s called a GOP “leader” on [...]
E&E Legal signed on to a letter coordinated by the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) to Speaker Paul Ryan and Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy urging them to bring up a resolution that would severely hurt the U.S. economy. Nearly twenty other free-market organizations signed onto the letter. The letter begins: We write you today to respectfully [...]
E&E Legal signed on to a letter coordinated by American Energy Alliance (AEA) to Speaker Paul Ryan and Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy urging them to bring up a Sense of Congress resolution that states a carbon tax would be harmful to the U.S. economy. Nearly twenty other free-market organizations signed onto the letter. Read more.
A recent paper by Cullenward and Weiskopf of Stanford University’s Environmental and Natural Resources Law & Policy Program lends additional gravitas to an important message E&E Legal’s Tom Tanton has been pointing out for years: California's cap-and-trade program could end up causing larger net global emissions of greenhouse gasses than without the regulations. Cullenward and [...]
