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The Dog That Didn’t Bark
http://www.green-watch.com/news/news.asp?ID=167 Sherlock Holmes typically uses an innocent piece of evidence to solve a mystery. In the Adventure…
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Updated: The Perils Of “Soft” And Unratified Treaty Commitments
Full Document Available in PDF THE PERILS OF “SOFT” AND UNRATIFIED TREATY COMMITMENTS:…
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Rescuing Free Trade From the Bureaucrats & Special Interests
Full article available in pdf format.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> In the aftermath of the…
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Eroding U.S. Sovereignty: POPs Implementation
Full article available as pdf. Article appeared originally in December 2003 edition of the Monthly Planet. In…
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The Politics of Global Warming
THE POLITICS OF GLOBAL WARMING[1] Full Document Available…
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“FreeCiv” and its Discontents: Policy Lessons from Open Source Games: A Case Study
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IEA report – World Energy Investment Outlook to 2030
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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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Baptists and Bootleggers
If politics makes strange bedfellows, then the coalition of the Baptists and the bootleggers has to be one of the oddest. In the early part…
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Vol.VII, No 22
Politics Senate Defeats Lieberman-McCain Bill to Cap Greenhouse Gas Emissions The U. S. Senate defeated a scaled-down version of Senators Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.)…
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Competitive Outsourcing in the National Parks
The National Academies’ Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Internship Program presents a seminar on:Competitive Outsourcing in the National…
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October Edition of the Monthly Planet
Full Document Available in PDF Articles in this edition: “On…
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Lieberman-McCain Bill Meets a Welcome Defeat
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Lieberman-McCain Bill Would Place Hidden Tax on Consumers
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Kyoto Through the Back Door? A Debate on the Lieberman – McCain Climate Stewardship Act
Denounced by its critics as an energy-rationing scheme, and hailed by its supporters as a measure to counteract the dire consequences of global warming, the…
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United Nations Day of Shame
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan recently declared that the global pursuit of scientific endeavors is marked by inequality. Noting that developing countries invest much…
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General Accounting Office Reports on Cable TV Rates
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Federal Pesticide Law Needs an Overhaul: Anti-Competitive Effects Hit Consumers, A Case Study
Full Document Available in PDF Most Americans believe that the federal regulatory process is simply designed to protect them from fraud and…
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Lewis Letter to DOE
<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />October 23, 2003<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Mrs.
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Sam Kazman: Too Tough on SUVs, Too Soft on Mini-Cars
Official traffic statistics are one of the last things that you'd expect to find distorted by political correctness. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,…
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Russia Could Sink Kyoto — and McCain-Lieberman
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> The Climate Stewardship Act (S. 139), introduced by Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and…
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International Airline Deregulation
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Vol. VII, No. 20
Politics Moscow Conference Casts Doubt over Kyoto’s Future The United Nations’ World Climate Change Conference, which concluded in…
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Safety, Risk and the Precautionary Principle
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CEI President Fred L. Smith, Jr. Cited in Novak Column
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Russia Buries Kyoto ‘Consensus’
The most momentous event in the politics of climate change since <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />America's decision to shelve the Kyoto…
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Vox Populi and Public Policy
“How can you tell whether a whale is a mammal or a fish?” a teacher asks her third-grade class. “Take a vote?” pipes…
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McCain’s Nose-Under-the-Tent Strategy
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New Study Indicates Federal Fuel Economy Standards Even Deadlier Than Previously Thought
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Global Warming Shakeup in Moscow
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Court Verdict Threatens Future of Internet
<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” /> Washington, D.C., October 8, 2003—A federal court decision this week has thrown the commercial future…
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Evidence Contradicts NHTSA Claim of Growing SUV Risk
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The Poor Suffer as UN Wages War on Science
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan recently declared that the global pursuit of scientific endeavors is marked by inequality. Noting that developing countries invest much less…
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Adrift on the Seas of Knowledge
Senators John McCain (R., Ariz.) and Joe Lieberman (D., Conn.) are deeply concerned about the issue of global climate change. So much so that…
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Genetically Modified Foods Are Nothing New
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Children as Policy Pawns
Americans take nothing as seriously as the need to protect the health and safety of our children. Public concern about environmental harms has intensified…
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Study Reports Good News on U.S. Air Quality
<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Washington, D.C., October 2, 2003—Air quality in the United States is good and will continue to…
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Particulate Air Pollution: Weighing the Risks
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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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Running Away From Safety
Remember Jim Fixx? Not many people do, and that's a shame. Fixx was a jogging guru who ran 60 miles a week. He…
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Accusations of Collusion with White House over Junk Science Lawsuit Absurd
Contact for Interviews: Jody Clarke, 202.331.2252 Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 Washington, D.C., September 25, 2003—The Competitive Enterprise Institute today rejected charges of collusion…
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Coalition for Tax Competition Letter to Congressman John Sweeney
CEI joins more than 30 other free-market groups in praising New York Congressman John E. Sweeney for his strong opposition to UN and…
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Science Rejects Anti-Pesticide Claims
Public health officials across the country are considering widespread spraying of pesticides to control the mosquito-borne <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />West…
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Vol. VII, No. 19
Politics Energy Conference Steers Clear of Climate Change So Far House and Senate conferees working to produce a comprehensive energy bill…
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Voting the Easy Way
The Ninth Circuit's controversial decision to delay the California recall election, likely to be overturned today, is just the latest in a series of…
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Are We All “Damn Fools”?
The accomplished British humorous songwriters <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Flanders and Swann (Donald Swann put JRR Tolkien's various Middle Earth…
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Hurricane Isabel a Byproduct of Industry?
<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” /> Washington, D.C., September 22, 2003—Upon learning of the World Watch Institute’s claim that Hurricane Isabel…
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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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Fixing the Game
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Environmental Scientists Must Stop Crying Wolf
There is a crisis emerging in the scientific community. The ideals of science are being sacrificed to the god of political expediency. Environmental scientists are…
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CEI Does Cancún
From September 10 through September 14, the World Trade Organization will hold its fifth Ministerial meeting in Cancún, Mexico. The Competitive Enterprise Institute will be…
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Anti-Globalization Movement in Retreat in Cancún
The Anti-Globalization Movement is in retreat at the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Ministerial meeting; and advocates of open trade now have an opportunity to make…
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Mientras manifestantes oponen la biotecnología, cuatro organizaciones donan dos toneladas de comidas a un pueblo en México
Cancún, México, Septiembre 11, 2003—Mientras manifestantes alrededor de la reunión de ministros de la Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC) en Cancún, México protestan…
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NGO Media Briefing featuring Fred Smith and Myron Ebell
NGO Media Briefing<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Environmental and Fair Trade Linkages: Threats…
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As Protestors Debate Biotechnology, Four U.S. Groups Donate Two Tons of Food to Mexican Village
Cancún, Mexico, September 11, 2003—While demonstrators at the World Trade Organization meeting in Cancún, Mexico continue to protest the trade discussions, four U.S.
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‘I’m Mo Green!’
CANCUN, Mexico — “I’m Mo Green!” bellowed the casino owner, suggesting that his uninvited but insistent suitor Michael Corleone appreciate their relative stations in the…
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Precaution without Principle
The European Parliament voted earlier this summer to change the way it regulates gene-splicing, or genetic modification (GM) technology, possibly opening the way…
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World Focus on Trade Debate in Cancún
The Fifth World Trade Organization Ministerial meeting in Cancún, Mexico will begin this week, with tens of thousands of official delegates, non-profit representatives, and activists…
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September Edition of Monthly Planet
Full Document Available in PDF Articles in this edition: “The…
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EPA Uses Superfund Tax to Target the Innocent
Advocates claim that the Superfund tax is a moral imperative because they say it's based on the “polluter pays” principle. This tax is really a…
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Vol. VII, No. 18
EPA Refuses to Label CO2 a Pollutant Attempts by environmental groups to circumvent congressional authority and achieve their goals through the back door were set…
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EU Over-REACH
The latest mutation of the Precautionary Principle–which would heavily regulate, if not prohibit, any product, technology or activity that is in any way incomplete–is…
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Media Deregulation Takes a Troubling Hit
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“Radical Environmentalists and Liberals Continue to Fiddle as America’s Forests Burn,” Claims Environmental Scholar
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Son et Lumière Over French Heat Wave
With over 10,000 deaths ascribed in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />France to the recent European heat wave, the finger-pointing has…
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Greenhouse Hot Air
“Can This Man Save the World?” (Aug. 11, p. 54) first assumes there is a problem associated with greenhouse gas emissions that…
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Event Transcript: Open Aviation for a Global Industry
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Down the Tube
The first elected Mayor of England's capital city, Ken Livingstone, has seen his transportation policy descend into chaos in recent weeks. Londoners regularly…
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ABOGADO GIGANTE!
In the October 2000 stretch run for the presidency, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Representatives Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO)…
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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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EPA Decision on CO2 Regulation Cheered
Contact for Interviews: Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 Washington, D.C., August 29, 2003—The Competitive Enterprise Institute cheers the Environmental Protection Agency’s acknowledgement this week that they do…
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Europe’s REACH Exceeds Its Scientific Grasp
European regulatory officials have raised hostility to technological innovation to an art form. Their current medium of choice is the Precautionary Principle, which holds…
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Stockholm Syndrome
The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) is a United Nations Environment Programme Convention, which bans or regulates industrial chemicals and pesticides. The…
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Fred L. Smith, Jr. on the “Paperwork and Regulatory Improvement Act of 2003.”
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Europe ‘Reaches’ for Disaster
European regulatory officials have raised hostility to technological innovation to an art form. Their current medium of choice is the Precautionary Principle, which…
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Medicare Reform Unfair Burden on America’s Youth
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Written Submission of the Competitive Enterprise Insititute Regarding the Telecom & High Tech Manufacturing Sector
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CEI Global Warming Lawsuit Draws Ire of Northeast State Attorneys General
Contact for Interviews: <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Jody Clarke, 202.331.2252 Christopher C. Horner, 202.262.4458…
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New Chance for Local Telephone Competition
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Vol. VII, No. 17
Politics Blackouts Mean Uncertainty for Energy Bill The massive power outage that affected much of the northeastern…
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New Chance for Local Telephone Competition
Contact for Interviews: <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273…
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FT Summer School – A Risky Weapon in the Corporate Armoury-
“Derivatives have become associated with recklessness following several high-profile bankruptcies, but they can be an effective way of managing risk,” says Christopher Culp.In…
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Comments Regarding DOE’s FY 2004 Priorities for the Appliance Standards Rulemaking Process
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Connecticut Official Worsens Blackout Worries
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The Scapegoat Utility Vehicle
Reprinted with permission from Foundation for Economic Education, http://www.fee.org First sin, then treason, and finally, reckless idiocy. For owners…
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A Bright Idea: Deregulate
The massive blackout that shut off lights along the East coast, <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Midwest and Canada need not…
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Environmentalists for Enron
CERES, the Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies, is terribly concerned about corporate governance. Worried by the recent corporate scandals, this coalition of environmental groups and…
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Power Outage: Electricity Expert Available for Interviews
To schedule an interview with Fred Smith or another CEI environmental policy scholar, please contact Audrey Mullen at 202-861-5677.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns…
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The Clear Skies Initiative is Hazy
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Is Big Bad?: SUV Critics Hold Consumers in Contempt
Reprinted with permission from the August/September issue of Reason magazine. High and Mighty: SUVs: The World’s Most Dangerous Vehicles and How They Got…
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The Future’s Electric: Beware Bad Energy Policy.
Whenever I needed to buy an obscure book as a student at the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Newcastle Royal Grammar School…
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Brussels’ Bad Science Will Cost the World Dear
Regulatory officials in the European Union seem to be ignorant of the rule of holes: when you are in one, stop digging. Numerous analyses…
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August Edition of CEI’s Monthly Planet
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Bush’s Choice for EPA Chief Lost Opportunity?
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Pots and Kettles
“The Administration's political interference with science has led to misleading statements by the President, inaccurate responses to Congress, altered web sites, suppressed agency…
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Vol. VII, No. 16
Politics Return of the Living Dead Energy Bill In an extraordinary turn of events, on July 31, the Senate ceased debate…
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Time to Put Auntie Beeb Out to Grass
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