The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update

Issues in the News

1. AUTOMOBILITY

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration releases a new report on car size and safety.

 CEI Expert Available for Comment: General Counsel Sam Kazman on why smaller cars are still less safe.

3. ENERGY  

Potential recipients of alternative energy subsidies announced by President Bush during his State of the Union address see their stock prices rise.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Director of Energy Policy Myron Ebell on the President’s dangerous rhetoric about “oil addiction.”

3. ENVIRONMENT

The dubious “recovery” of a species of woodpecker thought to be extinct highlights the interface of science, conservation and politics.

CEI Expert Available for Comment: Adjunct Analyst Steven Milloy on how the case of the ivory-billed woodpecker highlights the often sloppy standards of environmental science.

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