CEI Celebrates Earth Day

Washington,
D.C., April 18, 2008—On Tuesday,
April 22, environmentalists will gather in different locations around the world
to observe Earth Day, originally a 1970 teach-in on environmental issues. The sustained
popularity of Earth Day events reflects the desire of people everywhere for
clean air, clean water, wildlife habitat and other environmental benefits.

But instead of a Great Society era, command-and-control
approach to environment issues, the Competitive Enterprise Institute observes
Earth Day by publicizing the real catalyst for improvements in environmental
quality over the past three decades: the institutions of a free society. For
almost a quarter century, CEI has worked to show how free markets and limited
government can continue to create a healthier, cleaner world.

Read recent commentary from Competitive Enterprise
Institute analysts on prominent environmental issues.

·
Energy Policy Analyst William Yeatman on the empty promise [2]
of green jobs.

·
Senior Fellow Christopher C. Horner on the
alleged consensus [3] on global warming
science.

·
Senior Fellow Marlo
Lewis on the problems
with implementing [4] fuel economy
regulations.

·
Adjunct Analyst Steven Milloy on what recent studies tell us [5]
about global warming and hurricanes.

·
Senior Fellow Gregory Conko on the debate over [6] genetically modified foods.

·
General Counsel Sam
Kazman on the effort
to ban incandescent light bulbs [7] in the name of energy efficiency.

·
Director of Risk & Environmental Policy
Angela Logomasini on the activist
campaign against bottled water [8] for producing too much solid waste.

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public policy group dedicated to the principles of free enterprise and limited
government. For more information about
CEI, please visit our website at www.cei.org [11].