The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update

Issues in the News

1. TELECOM

Sen. Mike DeWine (R-OH) announces some of the elements of a new push for sweeping reform of telecommunications policy.

CEI Expert Available for Comment: Technology Counsel Braden Cox and Vice President Clyde Wayne Crews, Jr. advise policy-makers on tailoring telecom reform.

2. GLOBAL WARMING

EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas admits that the European Union is on track to violate its commitments under the Kyoto Protocol.

CEI Expert Available for Comment: Senior Fellow Iain Murray on the troubling reality of Europe’s global warming strategy.

3. TOBACCO

Under pressure from New York state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, UPS agrees to stop delivering cigarettes to individuals in the United States.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Director of Communications Christine Hall on the larger anti-tobacco shenanigans of the state attorneys general.

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