The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News
1. ENERGY
The Senate votes today on major energy legislation.
From CEI: Director of Global Warming & International Environmental Policy Myron Ebell on the wisdom of the Senate in voting down global warming amendments to the energy bill.
2. LEGAL & CONSTITUTIONAL
The Supreme Court rules on two key cases involving the tech sector: a decision on cable companies in FCC v. Brand X and one on online file sharing in Grokster v. M.G.M.
From CEI: Technology Counsel Braden Cox on the implications of both decisions.
3. BIOTECHNOLOGY
The World Health Organization issues a new report on the safety of genetically modified foods.
From CEI: Director of Food Safety Policy Gregory Conko and Adjunct Fellow Dr. Henry I. Miller on the involvement of the UN and WHO in the excessive and unscientific regulation of biotechnology.
