The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update

Monday, January 9, 2006

Issues in the News

1. SUPREME COURT

Supreme Court Nominee Samuel A. Alito is set to face Senate questioning beginning today.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Special Projects Counsel Hans Bader on why Alito is well-qualified for the Supreme Court.

2. ENERGY

Natural gas price concerns spark renewed interest in coal as a source of energy.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Adjunct Scholar Steven J. Milloy on how environmental activists threaten energy resources.

3. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Wildfires spread to Arkansas and Colorado, destroying homes and forcing evacuations.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Adjunct Scholar Robert H. Nelson on the Forest Service’s mismanagement of forest wildfires.

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