Myron Ebell

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Myron Ebell
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Basic facts
Organization:Competitive Enterprise Institute
Role:Director, Center for Energy and Environment
Education:•Colorado College
•London School of Economics

Myron Ebell is the director of the Center for Energy and Environment at the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), a nonprofit organization that focuses on public policy. Ebell is also the chairman of the Cooler Heads Coalition, a group comprised of a number of organizations that "oppose energy rationing policies."[1] Ebell was also a member of Donald Trump's presidential transition team, a group of advisors tasked with recommending presidential appointments for the incoming administration.[2]

Career

Before working with the CEI, Ebell was a policy director at Frontiers of Freedom, a public policy center founded by the late Malcom Wallop, a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Wyoming. His work at Frontiers of Freedom focused on the Endangered Species Act and its effects on private property. He also worked in the areas of federal-lands policies and global warming.[3]

Ebell has also served as a legislative assistant to Republican U.S. Representative John Shadegg of Arizona.[3]

He has previously worked with groups such as the American Land Rights Association, the National Taxpayers Union, and the Grassroots ESA Coalition.[3]

Ebell has had his writings published in a number of newspapers, including the following outlets: The New York Post, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Washington Post, and Forbes. He has also appeared on television programs, including the ABC Evening News, NBC Nightly News, PBS NewsHour, BBC World, CNN, Fox News, and others.[1]

Ebell was also featured in the 2012 PBS documentary Climate of Doubt. [4]

Donald Trump presidential transition team, 2016-2017

See also: Donald Trump presidential transition team

Ebell was a member of Donald Trump's presidential transition team in his first presidential term. The transition team was a group of around 100 aides, policy experts, government affairs officials, and former government officials who were tasked with vetting, interviewing, and recommending individuals for top cabinet and staff roles in Trump's administration. He was tasked with overseeing the selection of Environmental Protection Agency personnel and working with other agencies that play a role in environmental policy.[4]

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