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Driving Away Pollution
Your next new car or truck will be the cleanest-burning one you've ever owned. And it means the end to the already-diminishing problem…
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A Clear Mistake
The Clear Skies Initiative, President Bush's big environmental bill targeting power plant emissions, appears to be stalled in Congress. In an effort to…
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The Air Gets Cleaner, While Environmental Politics Gets Dirtier
The way the administration’s environmental critics tell it, you can’t see your hand in front of your face anymore because of all the pollution…
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New Rules May Give Diesel Vehicles a Needed Boost
The vast majority of Americans are satisfied with cars and sport-utility vehicles powered by gasoline. In contrast to <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns…
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The Power of Positive Drinking: Are Alcoholic Beverage Health Claims Constitutionally Protected
Full Document Available in PDF Food and…
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Who Should Have Air Supremacy?
The Clean Air Act (CAA), perhaps the federal government's most powerful environmental tool, concedes in its very first section, “air pollution control at…
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Ozone Depletion’s Lessons for Global Warming
Depletion of the Earth’s ozone layer is slowing, according to a study scheduled for publication in the Journal of Geophysical Research. At a press conference,…
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Are Small Particles Such a Big Problem?
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, small particles in the air pose the greatest threat that it or any other regulatory agency is…
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D.C. Air Quality Levels
Another Washington summer is over, as is another season of Washington smog. While this summer's air quality was typical of recent years, many residents…
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Bush administration’s rule changes on the Clean Air Act (Letter to the Editor)
To the Editor: The Bush administration’s rule changes on the Clean Air Act’s new source review program should be judged in context (news article, Aug.
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Comments Regarding DOE’s FY 2004 Priorities for the Appliance Standards Rulemaking Process
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Regulations Are Hidden Tax on Energy
It’s a good thing Congress is increasing the amount of money it spends to help the poor pay for energy, because these same legislators are…
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April/May edition of CEI’s Monthly Planet
Full Document Available in PDF Article in this edition:…
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Green Laws Will Pump Gas Buyers in Summer
So far, 2003 has been a rough year for America’s motorists. Labor unrest in Venezuela and uncertainty about Iraq sent the average price of gasoline up…
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Misperceptions At The Gas Pump
Gas prices have surged, as have the demands for the government to do something about it. But only a few of the factors affecting…
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CEI Files Amicus Curiae Brief Against Excessive Air-Conditioner Regulations
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CEI Files Brief In State Of Nebraska’s Arsenic Standard Lawsuit Against The EPA
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EPA’s $32 Trillion Negligible Risk
It is no surprise that federal agencies often tailor their interpretation of the facts and the law to support various policy goals. It should…
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CEI Comments On The Food And Drug Administration’s Commercial Speech Rules
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Repealing E-Prohibition
Elliot Ness may have missed out on the web, but alcohol prohibition is alive and well over the Internet. More than half the states forbid…
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EPA and Budget Office to Work Jointly on Diesel Soot Rules
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“A” for Alarmism & “F” for Facts
Every year, the American Lung Association (ALA) releases its annual report card on smog, and every year it gives an “F” to over half…
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The Coolest Part of a Bad Energy Bill: A Small Victory
There isn't much good news for consumers in the Senate energy bill passed last week. The world's greatest deliberative body seemingly forgot that the…
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Jumps At The Pump: Additives Add To The Price Of Gas
After staying relatively stable and inexpensive during most of the 1990s, gasoline prices have had a rocky time since 2000. In May of…
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As Spring Arrives, Will Gas Price Hike Follow
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Groups Challenge Ban on Health-Claims Labels
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Energy Bill That’s Not So Cool
With summer not too far away, we should all be thankful for affordable air conditioning, but a little-noticed provision in the Senate version of the…
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CEI’s Comments On EPA’s Proposed Response To Remand Regarding Air Quality Standards For Ozone
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Red Tape and Tech
Lieberman Op-Ed in National Review Online During the tragedies of September 11th, our new technologies delivered extraordinary value. E-mails sent to handheld devices…
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Breathe Easy, But Not for Long
America's air quality continues to get better. A recently released Environmental Protection Agency report concludes that "since 1970, aggregate emissions of six principal pollutants tracked…
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CEI’s Comments Regarding the Energy Conservation Program For Consumer Products and Commercial Equipment
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Let’s Clear The Air About Air Pollution Levels
America's air quality continues to get better, with particularly strong progress in the Chicago area. A recently released Environmental Protection Agency report concludes that…
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A “Hole” Lot of Alarmism Should Be a Lesson in Marrakech
Scary autumn tales about the Antarctic ozone “hole” have become an annual media ritual that treats the phenomenon of ozone thinning as an ominous threat…
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Comments Regarding The Energy Conservation Program For Consumer Products And Commercial And Industrial Equipment
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Another Gas Spike: The Energy Crisis, Take Two
Lieberman Op-Ed in National Review Online<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Once again, gasoline prices are on the rise. As in…
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September 2001 Edition of CEI Update
Full Document Available in PDF Articles in this edition: “U.S. Triumphs In Bonn”…
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Reducing Red Tape, Not Energy Output
Lieberman Op-Ed in The Washington Times Lieberman Op-Ed in The Washington Times One of the more controversial…
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Hidden Mischief In Bush’s Energy Plan
Lieberman Op-Ed in Investors Business Daily<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> The Bush administration's energy plan,…
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Cut the Red Tape Not the Electricity
From the August 2001 Edition of CEI Update One of the more controversial elements in President Bush’s National…
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Clinton’s Legacy: Senate Dems Second-guess Bush for Second-guessing Clinton
Lieberman Op-Ed in National Review Online<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Senate Democrats are beginning to flex their majority muscles, and…
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Lieberman Testimony Before Congress on Gas Prices
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An A For Alarmism And An F For Facts: The American Lung Association’s Phony War on Smog
From the June 2001 CEI UpDate Every year, the American Lung Association (ALA) releases its annual report card on smog,…
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The Ongoing Clean Air Debate: The Science Behind EPA’s Rule on Soot
Full Document Available in PDF The Environmental Protection Agency’s 1997 standard for fine particulate matter is perhaps the most controversial environmental…
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Blame EPA for Oil Companies’ “Price-Gouging”: Lieberman Op-Ed
Distributed by Bridge News Service Distributed by Bridge News Service April 5, 2001 WASHINGTON–Last June, drivers in Chicago…
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Clinton’s Last-Minute Environmental Regs: More Targets for the Congressional Review Act
Bill Clinton’s end-of-administration pardons and other scandals have garnered considerable attention over the past two months. However, they are not the most regrettable things the…
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Now, Who’s to Blame?
California Governor Gray Davis and the state’s Democratic legislature are starting to seize control of the energy industry in Next to the…
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Midnight Madness — Washington Style: Lieberman SD Union Tribune Op-Ed
The San Diego Union-Tribune, The Press of Atlantic City They’re called midnight regulations — the flood of federal regulatory activity occurring in the closing…
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Only EPA Knows
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Energy saving changes due for washing machines
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Department of Energy Planning Costly New Rules for Clothes Washers
A Bad Deal For American Consumers A Bad Deal For American Consumers Washington, DC, December 4, 2000 –…