The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update

Issues in the News

1. ENERGY

Three major oil companies prepare to open a major new natural gas pipeline in Alaska.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Director of Energy Policy Myron Ebell on the need to develop domestic oil and gas resources.

2. HEALTH

Authors of a safety study on the painkiller Vioxx defend their conclusions from critics at the New England Journal of Medicine.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Senior Fellow Gregory Conko on Vioxx’s clean bill of health from a New Jersey jury.

3. TELEVISION

The Federal Communications Commission plans a new wave of indecency fines for broadcasters.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Vice President for Policy Clyde Wayne Crews imagines a world without the FCC.

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