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To build an interstate natural gas pipeline, a developer must obtain approval from seven federal agencies implementing eight separate federal statutes. A new mine can take seven to ten years to permit. Environmental protection is not working as intended and has become an unwieldy system that has expanded far beyond its original purpose. Read the full study here: https://bit.ly/3TVXwas

Permitting Reform for a Freer and More Prosperous Nation - Competitive Enterprise Institute Contents Special Advisors The Importance of Permitting Reform Part 1: 11 Principles for Permitting Reform Part 2: Statute-by-Statute Analysis for Permitting Reform 1. Clean Air Act Reforms to Include in Permitting Reform 2. Clean Water Act Reforms to In...

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The 10 largest retailers would capture 21.4% of all interchange savings under Massachusetts’ Bill S.688. Small retailers outside the top 40 would see average gross savings of about $56. CEI’s on who really benefits from interchange fee bans: https://bit.ly/4biOwSK

There are currently six tariff stories in the news simultaneously, as CEI’s Ryan Young notes. The forced labor tariffs on 60 countries, the Canada Section 338 tariffs, Brazil tariffs, USMCA uncertainty, possible generic drug tariffs, and a Russia sanctions bill.

The cardinal rule of Trump’s trade policy is that he likes tariffs. The intellectual justifications are post-hoc rationalizations. Congress needs to repeal the statutes that delegate tariff authority to the executive, starting with Section 301 of the 1974 Trade Act under which the forced labor tariffs were enacted.

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The forced labor fig leaf - Competitive Enterprise Institute The cardinal rule of President Trump's trade policy is that he just likes tariffs. Any intellectual justification is just rationalizing his gut feelings. This is why nobody should take seriously the forced labor rationale for his new tariffs against 60 ...

Massachusetts is considering Bill S.688, which would prohibit interchange fees on the sales tax and gratuity portions of payment card transactions. CEI’s Steve Swedberg has submitted formal comments urging the committee to reject the bill.

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CEI Comments on Massachusetts act prohibiting card interchange fees - Competitive Enterprise Institute Dear Chairmen Feeney and Murphy, The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) respectfully submits these comments in response to Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Bill S.688, An Act Prohibiting Card Interchange Fees on Tax or Gratuity.1 Founded in 1984, CEI ...

A bridge in North Carolina serving as a critical evacuation route took 25 years from planning to construction. The bridge was replacing an existing structure on an established route. NEPA litigation accounted for most of the delay. This is one example from CEI's new paper on how the federal permitting system is blocking projects that Americans need.

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CEI releases a broad-based permitting reform blueprint to remove unnecessary and unreasonable obstacles for projects across the economy. - Competitive Enterprise Institute Today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, having worked closely with many outside experts, released a new report, detailing a series of comprehensive recommendations for environmental permitting reform. The report, “Permitting Reform for a Freer and ...

The Endangered Species Act has delisted only 3 percent of listed species through successful recovery. Despite this track record, the law continues to block infrastructure projects, restrict private property use, and impose costly permitting requirements.

Prediction markets have drawn a new round of criticism. CEI’s Steve Swedberg examines that claim carefully and breaks it down.

Swedberg notes that the criticism of prediction markets involve attempts to manipulate how a contract is resolved, not the underlying events themselves. Changing a map does not change the war. Affecting a weather sensor does not change the temperature. The appropriate response is better contract design and enforcement, not an indictment of prediction markets as a category.

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Forecasts, not puppet strings: The myth that prediction markets rig reality (Part I) - Competitive Enterprise Institute Prediction markets have become an increasingly prominent tool for forecasting elections, economic indicators, geopolitical events, and other uncertain outcomes. As their popularity has grown, so too has criticism that allowing people to profit from futu...

Under the Clean Water Act, property owners can face civil penalties of up to $68,445 per day, even when they had no reasonable basis to know they were in violation of the law. Many of the "waters" that trigger these penalties are dry land for most of the year.

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Permitting Reform for a Freer and More Prosperous Nation - Competitive Enterprise Institute Contents Special Advisors The Importance of Permitting Reform Part 1: 11 Principles for Permitting Reform Part 2: Statute-by-Statute Analysis for Permitting Reform 1. Clean Air Act Reforms to Include in Permitting Reform 2. Clean Water Act Reforms to Include in Permitting Reform 3. Endangered Specie...

CEI exists to bring unaccountable regulatory state under the microscope. The 119th Agenda for Congress was followed by a strong year of policy wins. See the full agenda here: https://bit.ly/4wpDvrb