Myron Ebell
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| Organization: | Competitive Enterprise Institute (retired) |
| Role: | Director, Center for Energy and Environment |
| Education: | •Colorado College •London School of Economics |
Myron Ebell was the director of the Center for Energy and Environment at the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), a nonprofit organization that focuses on public policy. The CEI website says that as part of this work, Ebell chaired "an ad hoc coalition of over two dozen non-profit groups that question global warming alarmism and oppose energy-rationing policies." Ebell retired from CEI in 2024.[1]
Ebell was also a member of Donald Trump's presidential transition team ahead of his first presidential term, a group of advisors tasked with recommending presidential appointments for the incoming administration.[2]
Biography
Ebell was raised in Baker County, Oregon. He received degrees from Colorado College and the London School of Economics. He did graduate work at the University of California, San Diego, and at Peterhouse, Cambridge University.[1]
Before joining CEI, Ebell was a policy director at Frontiers of Freedom, a public policy center founded by the late U.S. Sen. Malcom Wallop (R-Wyo.). 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 U.S. Rep. John Shadegg (R-Ariz.).[3]
Work and activities
Legislative and policy work
Donald Trump presidential transition team, 2016-2017
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]
Notable endorsements
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See also
- What is an influencer?
- Environmental Protection Agency
- National Taxpayers Union
- Donald Trump presidential transition team
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Competitive Enterprise Institute, "Myron Ebell," accessed December 10, 2025
- ↑ Politico, "Lobbyists abound on Trump transition," November 10, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 U.S. House of Representatives Document Repository, "Myron Ebell," accessed November 16, 2016
- ↑ PBS, "Meet Myron Ebell, the Climate Contrarian Leading Trump’s EPA Transition," November 14, 2016
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