Marlo Lewis column

Marlo Lewis, Jr. is a Senior Fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, where he writes on global warming, energy policy, and other public policy issues. His interests include the science, economics, and politics of global warming policy; the precautionary principle; environmentalism and religion; and the moral basis of free enterprise.

Marlo Lewis

May 6, 2008

Cliff May begins his NRO column, "The Hunger," by retelling an old joke about astronomers discovering a giant meteor hurtling towards Earth and the Washington . . .

Marlo Lewis

March 28, 2008

Today, EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson announced that EPA would respond to the Supreme Court global warming case, Massachusetts v. EPA, by issuing an Advance . . .

Marlo Lewis

December 5, 2007

© National Review Online Last Friday night, after months of wrangling, House Democratic leaders agreed to support legislation requiring the average car . . .

Marlo Lewis

November 3, 2006

In a recent letter to ExxonMobil Chairman and CEO Rex Tillerson, Sens. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and John Rockefeller (D-WV) urge Tillerson to end his company's . . .

Marlo Lewis

September 8, 2006

August 31 is the deadline for filing the petitioners' brief with the Supreme Court in Massachusetts et al. v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Plaintiffs, . . .

Marlo Lewis

December 5, 2005

In the third-quarter of 2005, the major U.S. oil companies — ExxonMobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, BP America, and Shell Oil Company — collectively earned almost . . .

Marlo Lewis

November 10, 2005

In a recent speech at Georgetown University, Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) outlined forthcoming legislation to "set America free" from "dependence" on . . .

Marlo Lewis

October 12, 2005

If ethanol — an alcohol fuel made from corn — is such a great product, why do we need a law to make us buy it? Motorists should ask that question as state . . .

Marlo Lewis

October 6, 2005

Reps. Jim Saxton and Eliot Engel claim the destruction inflicted by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita "has been a jarring reminder of our overreliance on oil" ( . . .

Marlo Lewis

September 29, 2005

USA TODAY is right: Activists who blame Katrina on global warming may gain short-term publicity, but risk losing long-term credibility. The increasing . . .

Marlo Lewis

June 20, 2005

Proponents claim that the McCain-Lieberman and Bingaman climate amendments to the Senate energy bill are "modest" steps to address the potential risks of global . . .

Marlo Lewis

June 15, 2005

All economic pain for no environmental gain! That's what any fair-minded person will conclude who examines the Kyoto Protocol, the McCain-Lieberman Climate . . .

Marlo Lewis

June 10, 2005

Philip A. Cooney crossed out several lines predicting the reduction of mountain glaciers and snowpack in polar regions and "serious impacts on native . . .

Marlo Lewis

April 8, 2005

Friday, the D.C. circuit court of appeals hears oral arguments in Commonwealth of Massachusetts et al. v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Plaintiffs, who . . .

Marlo Lewis

January 7, 2005

Now that Russia has ratified the Kyoto Protocol, Australia is the only industrialized country besides the United States to reject the U.N.-sponsored climate . . .

Marlo Lewis

December 10, 2004

Story posted at Tech Central Station. In Washington, sometimes all you need to do to find out lobbyists' latest schemes to bilk the unwary taxpayer is attend a . . .

Marlo Lewis

November 12, 2004

On September 24, California's Air Resources Board (CARB) adopted a plan to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from new cars and trucks starting in 2009. To . . .

Marlo Lewis

November 1, 2004

USA TODAY's editorial fails to make an economic case for U.S. ratification of the Kyoto Protocol ("Global warming shift gets cold shoulder," Our view, . . .

Marlo Lewis

June 17, 2004

Who does Sen. John McCain (R., Ariz.) think he is fooling? McCain's Climate Stewardship Act, cosponsored with Sen. Joe Lieberman (D., Conn.), is a political . . .

Marlo Lewis

November 17, 2003

Sir. Michael Grubb ("The world must keep its nerve over Kyoto," November 13) wants the US and Russia to ratify the Kyoto protocol. What a surprise! Mr. Grubb . . .

Marlo Lewis

November 4, 2003

William Pedersen (“Inside the Bush Greenhouse,” Oct. 27) claims that the Bush administration “could convert global warming policy from a drain on its political . . .

Marlo Lewis

October 29, 2003

Today, the U.S. Senate will debate the "Climate Stewardship Act" (S. 139), introduced by Senators John McCain (R., Ariz.) and Joseph Lieberman (D., Conn.). This . . .

Marlo Lewis

October 24, 2003

October 23, 2003 Mrs. Jean Vernet U.S. Department of Energy Office of Policy and International Affairs Office of Electricity and Natural Gas Analysis PI-23, . . .

Marlo Lewis

October 21, 2003

The Climate Stewardship Act (S. 139), introduced by Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.), and soon perhaps to be voted on in the Senate, . . .

Marlo Lewis

October 15, 2003

Who does Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) think he is fooling? McCain's "Climate Stewardship Act" (S. 139), co-sponsored with Senator Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.), and . . .

Marlo Lewis

August 17, 2003

Determined to pass energy legislation before Congress adjourned for its August recess, Senate leaders brokered a deal replacing this year’s Republican-drafted . . .

Marlo Lewis

July 30, 2003

You've got to hand it to the Pew Center on Global Climate Change--their timing is impeccable. Pew's latest big-splash report, U.S. Energy Scenarios for the 21st . . .

Marlo Lewis

July 28, 2003

The Senate this week will vote on amendments to its version of the 2003 energy bill (S. 14). Senators John Kerry (D., Mass.), Joe Lieberman (D., Conn.), Jim . . .

Marlo Lewis

June 19, 2003

On September 20, 2002, the Electric Power Industry Climate Initiative (EPICI) submitted a supplemental comment to the Department of Energy (DOE) disputing the . . .

Marlo Lewis

June 4, 2003

Recently, the House International Relations Committee approved a "Sense of Congress" resolution, introduced by Rep. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), that embraces the . . .

Marlo Lewis

May 31, 2003

HEIDI COLLINS, HOST: Hello, I'm Heidi Collins…As the weather warms up around the nation, it's not just sunscreen you need to worry about. It could also be smog . . .

Marlo Lewis

March 21, 2003

The great energy policy debate of 2003 is in full swing, and it's déjà vu all over again. Quickly returning to center stage is the sterile controversy over who . . .

Marlo Lewis

March 12, 2003

Does the Clean Air Act impose a "mandatory duty" on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate carbon dioxide (CO2), the principal greenhouse gas . . .

Marlo Lewis

January 27, 2003

The Honorable George W. Bush The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President: We are writing to reiterate our concerns . . .

Marlo Lewis

January 8, 2003

Senator Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) aspires to be the Energy Rationing President, and Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) wants to help him attain that dubious . . .

Marlo Lewis

December 20, 2002

Today and tomorrow, in Chicago, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will hold its second public meeting on President Bush’s plan to award “transferable credits” . . .