The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update

Issues in the News

1. HEALTH & SAFETY  

West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin calls for the temporary shutdown of all coal mines in his state in order to conduct safety checks.

 CEI Expert Available for Comment: Senior Fellow Iain Murray on the mining industry’s safety record in the U.S.

2. INTERNET

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates tells an Internet conference that online government censorship is doomed to failure.

CEI Expert Available for Comment: Vice President for Policy Clyde Wayne Crews on the need to keep governance of the Internet out of the hands of UN bureaucrats.

3. HEALTH & SAFETY  

Scientists announce the development of a new vaccine against several strains of the deadly H5N1 avian flu virus.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Adjunct Fellow Dr. Henry I. Miller on the government policies standing in the way of effective vaccine deployment.

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