Political Science at EPA, Climate Legislation in the House and Consumer Insurance Reform
The Environment Protection Agency suppresses an internal study on global warming for political reasons.
The House of Representatives prepares to consider the Waxman-Markey climate bill.
The Competitive Enterprise Institute launches a new website to track news and information about the National Insurance Consumer Protection Act.
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1. ENVIRONMENT
The Environment Protection Agency suppresses an internal study on global warming for political reasons.
CEI Expert Available to Comment: General Counsel Sam Kazman takes the Obama Administration to task:
“This suppression of valid science for political reasons is beyond belief. EPA’s conduct is even more outlandish because it flies in the face of the President’s widely-touted claim that ‘the days of science taking a back seat to ideology are over.’”
2. CONGRESS
The House of Representatives prepares to consider the Waxman-Markey climate bill.
CEI Expert Available to Comment: Director of Energy and Global Warming Policy Myron Ebell on the potential impact of the legislation:
“House Democratic leaders plan to bring to the floor this week the Waxman-Markey energy-rationing bill, H. R. 2454. If enacted, Waxman-Markey would be the biggest tax increase in the history of the world and the biggest government intervention in people’s lives since the Second World War, which is the last time that Americans needed ration coupons to buy gasoline, food, and other necessities. The energy price increases required by H. R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act, are not a one-time event, but will go up steadily year after year until at least 2050.”
3. CONSUMER
The Competitive Enterprise Institute launches a new website to track news and information about the National Insurance Consumer Protection Act.
CEI Expert Available to Comment: Senior Fellow Eli Lehrer on the value of the site:
“Our Frequently Asked Questions document on OFC is already the top search for ‘optional federal charter,’ but we wanted to create a place where all the information relevant to national regulatory modernization was in one place. This website does it.”
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