anti-regulatory think tank

Competitive Enterprise Institute

A libertarian policy nonprofit opposing many environmental, climate, labor, consumer, and administrative-state regulations while promoting free enterprise and limited government. Competitive Enterprise Institute remains weak because of ecological harm, documented human harm, and material opacity, even where it still has some practical value.

Why this matters: CEI is an anti-regulatory calibration case: a coherent liberty rhetoric can still score poorly when it weakens public protection against ecological and market power.

Letter grade D Extractive High confidence (AI) Rubric gcd-rubric-v1 Last reviewed May 7, 2026

Final Score 3* D - Extractive

DEXTRACTIVE3 pts

* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.

Base Material19

Bonus+4

Cap41Ownership <= 4 and Governance <= 4

After Cap23

Penalties-20

Private Government badge

Competitive Enterprise Institute receives PG because it channels private ideological and donor-backed policy power into public rules while affected communities cannot govern that agenda.

Evidence: [18]

Policy Capture: L for Lobbying

The L badge appears when the Policy Capture penalty is severe. Here, L stands for Lobbying: the policy-capture value is -8, meaning the evidence indicates major private-interest lobbying or policy pressure against workers, customers, citizens, affected communities, democratic accountability, or ecological life.

Evidence: [17]

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Evaluation Overview

D - Extractive

The score turns mainly on Ownership, with the largest penalty coming from Ecological Harm.

Strengths

Ownership3/10
Governance3/10
Extraction3/10

Penalties

Ecological Harm-8
Policy Capture-8
Human Harm-2
Accountability Opacity-2

Evidence state

ConfidenceHigh confidence (AI)
ThoroughnessExhaustive (AI)
Linked claims18
Direct axis claims16
Coverage16/16

Scoring Axes

Axis	Score	Why this score
Ownership ? Control rights: shareholder-dominated at 0, worker cooperative control at 10.	3 / 10	Competitive Enterprise Institute is a nonprofit think tank rather than a shareholder-owned company, but agenda control remains board, donor, and staff driven. Competitive Enterprise Institute is a nonprofit think tank rather than a shareholder-owned company, but agenda control remains board, donor, and staff driven. That keeps Competitive Enterprise Institute low on Ownership: decisive control remains with shareholders, private owners, executives, or state insiders rather than affected people. The value is above zero only where the linked record still shows some real function, constraint, or public value on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Environmental advocacy and stewardship expansion; comparative column calibration should be revisited in the next full-axis pass. Uncertainty This is a tentative public-evidence judgment; a full review should examine donor influence, lobbying records, and counterevidence in more depth. Linked evidence Competitive Enterprise Institute is a nonprofit think tank rather than a shareholder-owned company, but agenda control remains board, donor, and staff driven. [1]
Governance ? Binding decision authority: centralized control at 0, democratic stakeholder control at 10.	3 / 10	CEI describes a limited-government, free-enterprise policy mission without affected-community governance over its environmental agenda. CEI describes a limited-government, free-enterprise policy mission without affected-community governance over its environmental agenda. That keeps Competitive Enterprise Institute low on Governance: ordinary users, workers, customers, or affected communities cannot change the rules that govern them. The value is above zero only where the linked record still shows some real function, constraint, or public value on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Environmental advocacy and stewardship expansion; comparative column calibration should be revisited in the next full-axis pass. Uncertainty This is a tentative public-evidence judgment; a full review should examine donor influence, lobbying records, and counterevidence in more depth. Linked evidence CEI describes a limited-government, free-enterprise policy mission without affected-community governance over its environmental agenda. [2]
Extraction ? Surplus allocation, wage share, CEO pay ratio, margins, and structured extraction judgment.	3 / 10	CEI advocacy tends to reduce public constraints on business and regulatory power rather than redistribute power to affected communities. CEI advocacy tends to reduce public constraints on business and regulatory power rather than redistribute power to affected communities. That keeps Competitive Enterprise Institute low on Extraction: the business model makes extraction from workers, users, suppliers, customers, or the public central rather than incidental. The value is above zero only where the linked record still shows some real function, constraint, or public value on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Environmental advocacy and stewardship expansion; comparative column calibration should be revisited in the next full-axis pass. Uncertainty This is a tentative public-evidence judgment; a full review should examine donor influence, lobbying records, and counterevidence in more depth. Linked evidence CEI advocacy tends to reduce public constraints on business and regulatory power rather than redistribute power to affected communities. [3] context Competitive Enterprise Institute is a nonprofit think tank rather than a shareholder-owned company, but agenda control remains board, donor, and staff driven. [1] context CEI describes a limited-government, free-enterprise policy mission without affected-community governance over its environmental agenda. [2]
Labor Sovereignty ? Worker power: coercive conditions at 0, co-determination or ownership at 7. Employee dissatisfaction matters only when source-backed evidence shows concrete limits on worker agency, such as coercive scheduling, retaliation, wage theft, harassment, unsafe conditions, suppression of worker voice, or extreme turnover.	2 / 7	CEI is a professional policy nonprofit with no evidence of worker control. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Environmental advocacy and stewardship expansion; comparative column calibration should be revisited in the next full-axis pass. Uncertainty This is a tentative public-evidence judgment; a full review should examine donor influence, lobbying records, and counterevidence in more depth. Linked evidence CEI is a professional policy nonprofit with no evidence of worker control. [4] context Competitive Enterprise Institute is a nonprofit think tank rather than a shareholder-owned company, but agenda control remains board, donor, and staff driven. [1] context CEI describes a limited-government, free-enterprise policy mission without affected-community governance over its environmental agenda. [2]
Solidarity with the Unemployed ? Treatment of exits and nonworkers, including severance, redeployment, and non-competes.	1 / 7	CEI limited-government advocacy does not materially expand security for people outside stable employment. CEI limited-government advocacy does not materially expand security for people outside stable employment. That keeps Competitive Enterprise Institute low on Solidarity with the Unemployed: the model provides little protection for people who leave, are excluded, or cannot bargain from employment. The value is above zero only where the linked record still shows some real function, constraint, or public value on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Environmental advocacy and stewardship expansion; comparative column calibration should be revisited in the next full-axis pass. Uncertainty This is a tentative public-evidence judgment; a full review should examine donor influence, lobbying records, and counterevidence in more depth. Linked evidence CEI limited-government advocacy does not materially expand security for people outside stable employment. [5] context Competitive Enterprise Institute is a nonprofit think tank rather than a shareholder-owned company, but agenda control remains board, donor, and staff driven. [1] context CEI describes a limited-government, free-enterprise policy mission without affected-community governance over its environmental agenda. [2]
Loss-Bearing Fidelity ? Willingness to absorb costs to preserve values, workers, users, and public obligations.	1 / 7	CEI environmental and energy advocacy pushes regulatory risk toward the public and ecosystems rather than making polluters bear more costs. CEI environmental and energy advocacy pushes regulatory risk toward the public and ecosystems rather than making polluters bear more costs. That keeps Competitive Enterprise Institute low on Loss-Bearing Fidelity: losses, hazards, or adjustment costs are routinely pushed onto workers, customers, suppliers, communities, or the public. The value is above zero only where the linked record still shows some real function, constraint, or public value on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Environmental advocacy and stewardship expansion; comparative column calibration should be revisited in the next full-axis pass. Uncertainty This is a tentative public-evidence judgment; a full review should examine donor influence, lobbying records, and counterevidence in more depth. Linked evidence CEI environmental and energy advocacy pushes regulatory risk toward the public and ecosystems rather than making polluters bear more costs. [6] context Competitive Enterprise Institute is a nonprofit think tank rather than a shareholder-owned company, but agenda control remains board, donor, and staff driven. [1] context CEI describes a limited-government, free-enterprise policy mission without affected-community governance over its environmental agenda. [2]
Market Conduct ? Pricing fairness, switching costs, lock-in, and rent extraction.	2 / 5	CEI frequently defends market freedom and regulatory rollback over stronger public constraints on concentrated industry power. CEI frequently defends market freedom and regulatory rollback over stronger public constraints on concentrated industry power. That places Competitive Enterprise Institute in the middle of Market Conduct: the product has real value but still uses meaningful lock-in, gatekeeping, market power, or dependency. The value stays below the top tier because the linked record does not show full democratic control, non-extractive lock-in, or complete stakeholder protection on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Environmental advocacy and stewardship expansion; comparative column calibration should be revisited in the next full-axis pass. Uncertainty This is a tentative public-evidence judgment; a full review should examine donor influence, lobbying records, and counterevidence in more depth. Linked evidence CEI frequently defends market freedom and regulatory rollback over stronger public constraints on concentrated industry power. [7] context Competitive Enterprise Institute is a nonprofit think tank rather than a shareholder-owned company, but agenda control remains board, donor, and staff driven. [1] context CEI describes a limited-government, free-enterprise policy mission without affected-community governance over its environmental agenda. [2]
Product Integrity ? Preservation of quality rather than degradation for monetization.	2 / 5	CEI policy output is weakened where its climate and environmental advocacy conflicts with mainstream climate-policy evidence. CEI policy output is weakened where its climate and environmental advocacy conflicts with mainstream climate-policy evidence. That places Competitive Enterprise Institute in the middle of Product Integrity: the product has real use value but is compromised by incentives, monetization, lock-in, quality degradation, or risk. The value stays below the top tier because the linked record does not show full democratic control, non-extractive lock-in, or complete stakeholder protection on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Environmental advocacy and stewardship expansion; comparative column calibration should be revisited in the next full-axis pass. Uncertainty This is a tentative public-evidence judgment; a full review should examine donor influence, lobbying records, and counterevidence in more depth. Linked evidence CEI policy output is weakened where its climate and environmental advocacy conflicts with mainstream climate-policy evidence. [8] context Competitive Enterprise Institute is a nonprofit think tank rather than a shareholder-owned company, but agenda control remains board, donor, and staff driven. [1] context CEI describes a limited-government, free-enterprise policy mission without affected-community governance over its environmental agenda. [2]
Scale Integrity ? Whether growth improves or degrades fairness and accountability.	2 / 5	Greater CEI influence would tend to weaken environmental and regulatory protections at scale. Greater CEI influence would tend to weaken environmental and regulatory protections at scale. That places Competitive Enterprise Institute in the middle of Scale Integrity: scale brings useful reach but also weakens accountability, transparency, or local constraint. The value stays below the top tier because the linked record does not show full democratic control, non-extractive lock-in, or complete stakeholder protection on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Environmental advocacy and stewardship expansion; comparative column calibration should be revisited in the next full-axis pass. Uncertainty This is a tentative public-evidence judgment; a full review should examine donor influence, lobbying records, and counterevidence in more depth. Linked evidence Greater CEI influence would tend to weaken environmental and regulatory protections at scale. [9] context Competitive Enterprise Institute is a nonprofit think tank rather than a shareholder-owned company, but agenda control remains board, donor, and staff driven. [1] context CEI describes a limited-government, free-enterprise policy mission without affected-community governance over its environmental agenda. [2]

Penalties

Penalty	Applied	Why this penalty
Human Harm ? Severity, scale, culpability, vulnerable targets, willful reoffense, reputation laundering, pattern escalation, and time decay. Range: -20 to 0.	-2	Competitive Enterprise Institute has conduct relevant to Human Harm: ecological and regulatory obstruction can foreseeably increase public health, climate, or community harm. Competitive Enterprise Institute has conduct relevant to Human Harm: ecological and regulatory obstruction can foreseeably increase public health, climate, or community harm. That warrants a limited Human Harm penalty because ordinary operation, documented misconduct, or institutional power creates serious injury, deprivation, abuse, or foreseeable human damage. The value is limited because the linked record shows a real problem but not one that dominates the profile on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Environmental advocacy and stewardship expansion; comparative column calibration should be revisited in the next full-axis pass. Linked evidence Competitive Enterprise Institute has conduct relevant to Human Harm: ecological and regulatory obstruction can foreseeably increase public health, climate, or community harm. [13]
Ecological Harm ? Footprint, trajectory, irreversibility, culpability, and scale, including whether ecological harm is central to the model and continued after credible notice. Range: -30 to 0.	-8	DeSmog profiles CEI as opposing greenhouse-gas regulation, cap-and-trade, energy-rationing policies, and climate-aligned environmental regulation. DeSmog profiles CEI as opposing greenhouse-gas regulation, cap-and-trade, energy-rationing policies, and climate-aligned environmental regulation. That warrants a substantial Ecological Harm penalty because the institution causes or defends ecological damage that is more than incidental to the model. The value is substantial but not at the floor because the linked record shows serious conduct without the strongest aggravating factors on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Environmental advocacy and stewardship expansion; comparative column calibration should be revisited in the next full-axis pass. Linked evidence DeSmog profiles CEI as opposing greenhouse-gas regulation, cap-and-trade, energy-rationing policies, and climate-aligned environmental regulation. [14]
Policy Capture ? Private-interest attempts to bend law, regulation, subsidies, taxes, enforcement, trade, labor, safety, competition, environmental, healthcare, housing, surveillance, civil-liberties, or consumer policy against workers, customers, citizens, affected communities, or ecological life. Public-interest advocacy is not penalized merely because it is lobbying. Range: -15 to 0.	-8	Competitive Enterprise Institute retains conduct relevant to the major Policy Capture penalty: existing verified evidence shows deregulatory climate and environmental policy advocacy that weakens public constraints on industry power. Competitive Enterprise Institute retains conduct relevant to the major Policy Capture penalty: existing verified evidence shows deregulatory climate and environmental policy advocacy that weakens public constraints on industry power. That warrants a substantial Policy Capture penalty because private institutional pressure is being applied to public rules while affected people cannot democratically govern that agenda. The value is substantial but not at the floor because the linked record shows serious conduct without the strongest aggravating factors on this axis. Linked evidence Competitive Enterprise Institute retains conduct relevant to the major Policy Capture penalty: existing verified evidence shows deregulatory climate and environmental policy advocacy that weakens public constraints on industry power. [17]
Accountability Opacity ? Material opacity, reputation laundering, or hidden accountability structures that prevent public accountability. Range: -2 to 0.	-2	Competitive Enterprise Institute has conduct relevant to Accountability Opacity: the public-facing position materially obscures climate or ecological accountability. Competitive Enterprise Institute has conduct relevant to Accountability Opacity: the public-facing position materially obscures climate or ecological accountability. That warrants a severe Accountability Opacity penalty because material facts, risks, conflicts, ownership, or accountability information are obscured from the public. The value is near the floor because the conduct appears central, large-scale, repeated, or institutionally powerful rather than incidental. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Environmental advocacy and stewardship expansion; comparative column calibration should be revisited in the next full-axis pass. Linked evidence Competitive Enterprise Institute has conduct relevant to Accountability Opacity: the public-facing position materially obscures climate or ecological accountability. [15]

Bonus Credits

Bonus	Credit	Why this credit
Openness to Dissent ? Credit for tolerating internal, user, customer, worker, and public dissent without retaliation, capture, or viewpoint laundering.	2 / 3	Competitive Enterprise Institute the organization creates or protects dissent against concentrated institutional or industrial power. Competitive Enterprise Institute the organization creates or protects dissent against concentrated institutional or industrial power. That supports partial Openness to Dissent credit because people can criticize, dissent, or challenge the institution without being managed into silence. The value remains partial because the linked record does not show the practice as comprehensive, durable, or central enough for full credit. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Environmental advocacy and stewardship expansion; comparative column calibration should be revisited in the next full-axis pass. Linked evidence Competitive Enterprise Institute the organization creates or protects dissent against concentrated institutional or industrial power. [10]
Constitutional Spirit ? Credit for respecting constitutional rights and civil-liberties norms even where private law does not strictly require it.	1 / 3	Competitive Enterprise Institute the organization uses rights, courts, public process, or civil-society advocacy to constrain stronger institutions. Competitive Enterprise Institute the organization uses rights, courts, public process, or civil-society advocacy to constrain stronger institutions. That supports partial Constitutional Spirit credit because the institution respects speech, privacy, due process, conscience, or civil-liberties norms beyond bare legal compulsion. The value remains partial because the linked record does not show the practice as comprehensive, durable, or central enough for full credit. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Environmental advocacy and stewardship expansion; comparative column calibration should be revisited in the next full-axis pass. Linked evidence Competitive Enterprise Institute the organization uses rights, courts, public process, or civil-society advocacy to constrain stronger institutions. [11]
Cost Transparency ? Credit for clear posted prices, all-in fees, unit costs, public rate cards, margin/cost visibility, or surplus-allocation transparency, especially in markets where opaque quotes, hidden fees, or individualized pricing are normal.	1 / 3	Competitive Enterprise Institute the organization publishes meaningful financial, annual-report, or accountability materials. Competitive Enterprise Institute the organization publishes meaningful financial, annual-report, or accountability materials. That supports partial Cost Transparency credit because pricing, margins, fees, funding, or surplus allocation are made meaningfully legible. The value remains partial because the linked record does not show the practice as comprehensive, durable, or central enough for full credit. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Environmental advocacy and stewardship expansion; comparative column calibration should be revisited in the next full-axis pass. Linked evidence Competitive Enterprise Institute the organization publishes meaningful financial, annual-report, or accountability materials. [12]

Confidence Basis

Confidence is computed from the evidence trail and review state, not typed into the profile by hand.

High 80/100

17 verified linked claims 16 direct axis claims 0 disputed claims 16/16 components covered

This confidence label measures the source-backed evidence trail. AI-scaffolded scores remain tentative until human review.

Claim confidence 15/20

17 verified linked claims

Source quality 12/18

Best source per verified claim, weighted by institutional reliability

Direct axis-specific claims 14/18

16 direct claims across 16 active components

Dispute load 12/12

0 disputed claims on this entity

Recency 10/10

Newest accepted timestamp: May 13, 2026

Reviewer status 7/12

Human-reviewed components score higher than AI scaffolding

Component coverage 10/10

16/16 evidence-bearing components have direct support

Evidence State

Profile stateAI draft / human-pending

VerificationUnverified

ConfidenceHigh confidence (AI)

ThoroughnessExhaustive (AI)

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Claims and Sources

Claims are the evidence record. Each claim needs a source link, axis category, status, confidence level, and timestamp before it can support a score.

* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.

1Competitive Enterprise Institute is a nonprofit think tank rather than a shareholder-owned company, but agenda control remains board, donor, and staff driven.

Ownership Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 7, 2026

AI scaffold

CEI aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
CEI energy and environmentGeneral web source · 58%
Competitive Enterprise Institute - DeSmogGeneral web source · 58%

2CEI describes a limited-government, free-enterprise policy mission without affected-community governance over its environmental agenda.

Governance Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 7, 2026

AI scaffold

CEI aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
CEI energy and environmentGeneral web source · 58%
Competitive Enterprise Institute - DeSmogGeneral web source · 58%

3CEI advocacy tends to reduce public constraints on business and regulatory power rather than redistribute power to affected communities.

Extraction Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 7, 2026

AI scaffold

CEI aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
CEI energy and environmentGeneral web source · 58%
Competitive Enterprise Institute - DeSmogGeneral web source · 58%

4CEI is a professional policy nonprofit with no evidence of worker control.

Labor Sovereignty Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 7, 2026

AI scaffold

CEI aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
CEI energy and environmentGeneral web source · 58%
Competitive Enterprise Institute - DeSmogGeneral web source · 58%

5CEI limited-government advocacy does not materially expand security for people outside stable employment.

Solidarity Unemployed Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 7, 2026

AI scaffold

CEI aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
CEI energy and environmentGeneral web source · 58%
Competitive Enterprise Institute - DeSmogGeneral web source · 58%

6CEI environmental and energy advocacy pushes regulatory risk toward the public and ecosystems rather than making polluters bear more costs.

Loss Bearing Fidelity Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 7, 2026

AI scaffold

CEI aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
CEI energy and environmentGeneral web source · 58%
Competitive Enterprise Institute - DeSmogGeneral web source · 58%

7CEI frequently defends market freedom and regulatory rollback over stronger public constraints on concentrated industry power.

Market Conduct Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 7, 2026

AI scaffold

CEI aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
CEI energy and environmentGeneral web source · 58%
Competitive Enterprise Institute - DeSmogGeneral web source · 58%

8CEI policy output is weakened where its climate and environmental advocacy conflicts with mainstream climate-policy evidence.

Product Integrity Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 7, 2026

AI scaffold

CEI aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
CEI energy and environmentGeneral web source · 58%
Competitive Enterprise Institute - DeSmogGeneral web source · 58%

9Greater CEI influence would tend to weaken environmental and regulatory protections at scale.

Scale Integrity Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 7, 2026

AI scaffold

CEI aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
CEI energy and environmentGeneral web source · 58%
Competitive Enterprise Institute - DeSmogGeneral web source · 58%

10Competitive Enterprise Institute the organization creates or protects dissent against concentrated institutional or industrial power.

Openness To Dissent Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 7, 2026

AI scaffold

CEI aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
CEI energy and environmentGeneral web source · 58%
Competitive Enterprise Institute - DeSmogGeneral web source · 58%

11Competitive Enterprise Institute the organization uses rights, courts, public process, or civil-society advocacy to constrain stronger institutions.

Constitutional Spirit Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 7, 2026

AI scaffold

CEI aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
CEI energy and environmentGeneral web source · 58%
Competitive Enterprise Institute - DeSmogGeneral web source · 58%

12Competitive Enterprise Institute the organization publishes meaningful financial, annual-report, or accountability materials.

Cost Transparency Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 7, 2026

AI scaffold

CEI aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
CEI energy and environmentGeneral web source · 58%
Competitive Enterprise Institute - DeSmogGeneral web source · 58%

13Competitive Enterprise Institute has conduct relevant to Human Harm: ecological and regulatory obstruction can foreseeably increase public health, climate, or community harm.

Human Harm Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 7, 2026

AI scaffold

CEI aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
CEI energy and environmentGeneral web source · 58%
Competitive Enterprise Institute - DeSmogGeneral web source · 58%

14DeSmog profiles CEI as opposing greenhouse-gas regulation, cap-and-trade, energy-rationing policies, and climate-aligned environmental regulation.

Ecological Harm Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 7, 2026

AI scaffold

CEI aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
CEI energy and environmentGeneral web source · 58%
Competitive Enterprise Institute - DeSmogGeneral web source · 58%

15Competitive Enterprise Institute has conduct relevant to Accountability Opacity: the public-facing position materially obscures climate or ecological accountability.

Accountability Opacity Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 7, 2026

AI scaffold

CEI aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
CEI energy and environmentGeneral web source · 58%
Competitive Enterprise Institute - DeSmogGeneral web source · 58%

16Competitive Enterprise Institute's public materials state a mission, values, ownership model, advocacy role, or institutional standpoint plainly enough that this record does not identify penalty-level neutrality theater.

Ideological Disavowal Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 9, 2026

AI scaffold

Competitive Enterprise Institute official siteGeneral web source · 58%
CEI aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
CEI energy and environmentGeneral web source · 58%

17Competitive Enterprise Institute retains conduct relevant to the major Policy Capture penalty: existing verified evidence shows deregulatory climate and environmental policy advocacy that weakens public constraints on industry power.

Policy Capture Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 11, 2026

AI scaffold

CEI aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
CEI energy and environmentGeneral web source · 58%
Competitive Enterprise Institute - DeSmogGeneral web source · 58%

18Competitive Enterprise Institute receives PG because it channels private ideological and donor-backed policy power into public rules while affected communities cannot govern that agenda.

Private Government Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 11, 2026

AI scaffold

CEI aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
CEI energy and environmentGeneral web source · 58%
Competitive Enterprise Institute - DeSmogGeneral web source · 58%

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