Competitive Enterprise Institute
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| Abbreviation | CEI |
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| Motto | Free Markets and Limited Government |
| Formation | 1984 |
| Type | Public policy think tank |
| Headquarters | 1899 L Street NW, Washington, DC 20036 |
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Executive Director
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Gregory Conko |
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Budget
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Revenue: $6,354,832 Expenses: $5,385,796 (FYE September 2012) |
| Website | cei |
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) is a non-profit libertarian think tank founded by political writer Fred L. Smith, Jr., on March 9, 1984, in Washington, D.C.
According to the 2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report (Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program, University of Pennsylvania), CEI is number 59 (of 60) in the "Top Think Tanks in the United States".
CEI promotes environmental policies based on limited government regulation and property rights and rejects what they call "global warming alarmism." The organization's largest program, the Center for Energy and Environment focuses on energy policy, chemical risk policy, Clean Air Act regulation, land and water regulation, the Endangered Species Act, and private conservation policies.
CEI is an outspoken opponent of government action by the Environmental Protection Agency that would require limits on greenhouse gas emissions. It favors free-market environmentalism, and supports the idea that market institutions are more effective in protecting the environment than is government. CEI President Kent Lassman wrote on the organization's blog that, "there is no debate about whether the Earth’s climate is warming," that "human activities very likely contribute to that warming," and that "this has long been the CEI’s position."
In March 1992, CEI's founder Fred Smith said of anthropogenic climate change: "Most of the indications right now are it looks pretty good. Warmer winters, warmer nights, no effects during the day because of clouding, sounds to me like we're moving to a more benign planet, more rain, richer, easier productivity to agriculture."
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