The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update

Issues in the News

1. GLOBAL WARMING

The US maintains its opposition to forced emissions cuts at the UN climate conference in Montreal. 

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Director of International Global Warming Policy Myron Ebell gives his impressions of the conference in his dispatches from Montreal. 

2. HEALTH & SAFETY

Congress prepares an exercise to test the possible U.S. response to avian flu. 

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Adjunct fellow Henry Miller on why we are ill-prepared to deal with the virus. 

3. TELECOMMUNICATIONS

NBC offers primetime television shows for download over the internet through Apple’s iTunes store.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Technology Counsel Braden Cox on how the FCC’s regulatory burdens impede delivery of cable TV over the internet.

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