The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update

Issues in the News

1. ENERGY

CBS News reports on the massive petroleum reserves currently being explored in the oil sands of Alberta, Canada.

CEI Expert Available for Comment: Senior Fellow Marlo Lewis, Jr. on how the Alberta oil sands could become part of a future of abundant energy for the U.S.

2. INTERNET

Google fights government demands that it turn over information on millions of user searches.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Vice President for Policy Clyde Wayne Crews on the privacy concerns raised when Google introduced Gmail.

3. BUSINESS

Consumer product and technology company 3M expands its focus on corporate social responsibility in its international operations.  

CEI Expert Available for Comment: President Fred L. Smith, Jr. debates the merits of the CSR movement in the Wall Street Journal.

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