by Richard Morrison
December 18, 2009
1. ENVIRONMENT
Tempers run high at the UN climate change
conference in Copenhagen,
Denmark.
CEI Expert Available
to Comment: Director of Energy and Global Warming Policy Myron Ebell on the real news coming
out of Copenhagen:
“The real news is that there is now
a tremendous amount of animosity and distrust between the U.N. establishment
and the environmental establishment. They know that they need each other, which
is why the mainstream environmental NGOs have not made a stink and why the
establishment press hasn't made it a front page story. But the fissure arising
out of the U.N.'s incompetence is going to take a long time to heal and could
easily grow much wider. That is the very good news coming out of Hopenchangen.”
2. TECHNOLOGY
The Federal Trade Commission takes
on Intel over allegedly anticompetitive practices.
CEI Expert Available
to Comment: Associate Director of Technology Studies Ryan Radia on the FTC’s misguided
efforts:
“The Commission mistakenly equates Intel’s market share with
market power. In fact, Intel has managed to sustain its market share over time
only because it has continued to innovate aggressively and compete with
archrival AMD to bring better processors to the market. This dynamic state of
affairs has benefited consumers immensely. Spending millions of taxpayer
dollars intervening in a well-functioning market is an enormous waste.”
3. CONGRESS
Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) announces
plans to counter the Environmental Protection Agency’s recent finding on
greenhouse gases.
CEI Expert Available to Comment: Senior Fellow Marlo Lewis on the impact
of this move:
“This is huge. It means that Republicans are going to
insist that climate and energy policy be made by the people’s elected
representatives rather than by non-elected judges, litigators, and bureaucrats.
It means that EPA regulation of carbon dioxide (CO2) under the Clean Air Act
will be an issue in the 2010 elections. It means that citizens will be able to
hold accountable — and punish at the ballot box — any Member of Congress who
votes against Barton’s resolution of disapproval and in favor of the compliance
burdens, rising energy costs, and litigation risks to the economy that EPA
regulation of CO2 unavoidably entails.”
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