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An Interest-rate Target With No Bull’s-eye: Kemp Nationally Syndicated Column
Nationally Syndicated Column Copley News Service Distributed by Copley News Service July 2, 2001 It's disconcerting to hear calls for…
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More Energy Or A Better Energy Diet?
High energy prices and rolling blackouts have finally sparked a national debate on energy policy Ebell Op-Ed in Heartland Intellectual Ammunition High…
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Ten Thousand Commandments: An Annual Policymaker’s Snapshot of the Federal Regulatory State (2001 Edition)
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Automobility and Freedom
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White House Listening on Regulatory Reform
Washington, DC, June 29, 2001 — With the fight over taxes over for now, the Bush Administration may soon be taking a hard…
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Statements on the Microsoft Appeals Court Decision
James L. Gattuso<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Vice President for Policy Competitive Enterprise Institute …
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Vol. V, No. 13
Politics Informal Talks Hit Early Snags Informal talks are being held this week in the Hague in preparation for the resumption…
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CEI Criticizes FDA Delay In Approving New Heart Valve
Washington, DC, July 27, 2001—The Food and Drug Administration acted far too slowly in approving the Omnicarbon heart valve, the Competitive Enterprise Institute…
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Federal Court Dismisses Alcohol Advertising Case
Washington, DC, June 26, 2001— A federal district court last week dismissed a challenge to a federal agency’s ban on advertising the medical…
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CEI Criticizes Environmental Mis-Education Bill
Washington, DC, June 26, 2001—The Competitive Enterprise Institute released a study today revealing how pending legislation will continue federal funding of environmental activism. …
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Fatal Mileage Rules
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New Study of Consumer Privacy and Survey Data Available
Competitive Enterprise Institute scholar Solveig Singleton and Privacilla.org editor James Harper today released the final version of their new study on consumer privacy surveys containing…
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Houston, Beware Bite of Mosquito Control Ruling
Copyright 2001 The Houston Chronicle Publishing Company Zambone Op-Ed in The Houston Chronicle In the aftermath of Tropical Storm…
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Environmental Experts Criticize Legislation that Threatens Private Landownership
Washington, DC, June 20, 2001 – The House Natural Resources Committee is today hearing testimony on a bill that would massively increase government…
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Little-Known Regulations Contribute to Cost of Government
Washington, DC, June 19, 2001 — Many American know that they must work, on average, from January 1 to May 3 (Tax Freedom…
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Inhofe-Clinton Enviro Miseducation Bill
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Energy Commission Proposal to Expand California’s Crisis
Washington, DC, June 15, 2001— The Competitive Enterprise Institute is urging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to reconsider its plan to set…
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Public Interest Group Welcomes CDC StarLink Report
Washington, DC, June 14, 2001—The Competitive Enterprise Institute welcomes a report by the Centers for Disease Control that finds…
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Lieberman Testimony Before Congress on Gas Prices
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CEI Energy Expert to Testify Before Congress on Gas Prices
Washington, DC, June 13, 2001—Competitive Enterprise Institute senior policy analyst Ben Lieberman will appear before the U.S. House Committee on Government Reform Thursday,…
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Vol. V, No. 12
Politics<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Bush Reaffirms Opposition to Kyoto, Proposes Alternatives President George…
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Benefits of Moderate Alcohol Consumption to Get Their Day in Court
Washington, DC, June 11, 2001— The Competitive Enterprise Institute and Consumer Alert will present their case for freedom of speech in alcohol labels…
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CEI Praises President Bush’s Commitment To Science on Global Warming
Washington, DC, June 11, 2001—The Competitive Enterprise Institute welcomes President Bush’s recognition that a great deal of scientific uncertainty remains over questions surrounding…
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CEI Praises President Bush’s Commitment To Science on Global Warming
Washington, DC, June 11, 2001—The Competitive Enterprise Institute welcomes President Bush’s recognition that a great deal of scientific uncertainty remains over questions surrounding…
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Despite the Hype, NAS Report Confirms Uncertainties in Global Warming Science
Washington, DC, June 7, 2001— The National Academy of Sciences report, released today, has already been characterized as offering further confirmation of…
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Despite the Hype, NAS Report Confirms Uncertainties in Global Warming Science
Washington, DC, June 7, 2001— The National Academy of Sciences report, released today, has already been characterized as offering further confirmation of…
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The Answer to High Summer Gas Prices
Washington, DC, June 4, 2001— With the nation’s energy crisis deepening and summer travel season beginning, many Americans are asking themselves what…
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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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IPCC Report Criticized by One of Its Lead Authors
Georgia Op-Ed in Heartland Environment and Climate News Georgia Op-Ed in Heartland Environment and Climate News Politics, not science, drives the United…
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The Perils Of Precaution
Miller and Conko Article Published In Policy Review<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Environmental and public health activists have clashed with scholars…
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With a Grain of Salt: What Consumer Privacy Surveys Don’t Tell Us
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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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Economics As Religion
Nelson, CEI senior fellow in environmental studies, continues the discussion begun in his 1991 book, “Modern Economic Theology.” He begins by examining the…
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A Real Bill Of Rights For Passengers
Well, the sure signs of summer are upon us once again. The temperature is rising, there are tourists everywhere, and things are slowing down to…
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Odds & Ends: Springtime for Castro; Ag Dept. Picking Losers; Saddam Caught Stealing; On the Dole in Michigan
Odds & Ends: Springtime for Castro; Ag Dept From the June 2001 CEI UpDate AIDING AND ABETTING “Rachel Carson…
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Sustainable Development? How About Sustainable Growth?
The economic news out of Europe is bad — again. The euro is trending lower. German business confidence is down. Once-optimistic growth forecasts are being…
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Big Green is Big Mean: Radical Environmentalism Has a Dark Side
What crisis? If one dedicates his professional existence to dramatic lifestyle modification, as many have, <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />California's…
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CEI Weighs In On Drycleaning Zoning Proposal
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Public Interest Group To Testify At Fairfax Hearing On Discount Drycleaning
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CEI’s Sam Kazman Testimony Before Fairfax County Commission on Proposed Zoning of Dry Cleaners and Laundries
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CEI’s President to Address National Economists Club on “California, Global Warming, and Affordable Energy”
Washington, DC, May 30, 2001 — Competitive Enterprise Institute President Fred L. Smith, Jr., will speak to the National Economists Club of Washington,…
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The Debate over Clean Air: Does Exposure to Soot Lead to Illnesses?
Washington, DC, May 30, 2001—As the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues to review the science behind its proposed rule to regulate fine particles…
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Vol. V, No. 11
Bush May Propose Kyoto-lite While the Kyoto Protocol looks dead at the moment, it might be…
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Spence Abraham Remarks at CEI Annual Dinner
Remarks of Spencer Abraham<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> United States Secretary of Energy At the Competitive…
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Statement from CEI President Fred Smith Regarding New CBO Report on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Washington, DC, May 23, 2001 – The latest figures from the Congressional Budget Office indicating that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac receive more than $10…
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CEI To Honor Free Market Economist Julian Simon
Washington, DC, May 22, 2001—The late free market economist Julian L. Simon will be honored at the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Seventh…
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CEI Comments to NRC on Arsenic
Competitive Enterprise Institute Competitive Enterprise Institute Comments to the Board of Environmental Studies and Toxicology National Research…
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Report Shows a Stricter Arsenic Standard Could Harm Public Health
Washington, DC, May 21, 2001—The Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Director of Risk and Environmental Policy and author of a new…
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The Hon. Spencer Abraham to Speak on Energy Crisis
Washington, DC, May 21, 2001— The Competitive Enterprise Institute will feature the Honorable Spencer Abraham as keynote speaker at the 2001 Warren T. Brookes…
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Washington’s 10,000 Commandments Place Heavy Burden on American Families
Washington, DC, May 21, 2001 — The Competitive Enterprise Institute today released the study 10,000 Commandments: An Annual Policy Maker’s Snapshot of the…
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Bush Administration Says “Yes” to Affordable Energy for America
Washington, DC, May 17, 2001— The Competitive Enterprise Institute commends the Bush administration’s energy plan announced today for emphasizing the need for plentiful,…
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Global Warming Games: Big Business Schemes with Environmentalists
Recently, an executive of an aging, coal-burning utility appeared before a Senate committee to testify regarding the possible threat of catastrophic man-made global…
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Arsenic and Old Politics
View Full Document as PDF President George W. Bush has been taking a lot of heat for his decision to review the…
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Latest Global Warming Report Already Obsolete
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is conducting a campaign of fear to convince us that energy suppression is our…
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Curbing Nature’s Destruction: Man-Made Chemicals Should Be Embraced Rather Than Vilified
Knowing that Nature never did betray the heart that loved her, modern society embraces the idea that all things “not natural”…
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Vol. V, No. 10
Pro-Kyoto Amendment Passes House On May 16 the U.S. House of Representatives passed the State Department Budget Authorization (H.R. 1646)…
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Packing Heat: Will the Supreme Court Do Its Part for Energy Conservation?
TESTIMONY OF THE COMPETITIVE ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE From the May 2001 CEI UpDate The question on so many lips…
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Energy Anorexia
By now everyone (save perhaps those fateful few interviewed on the Jay Leno show) knows California has an electricity crisis From…
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Hypocrisy Highlights: John McCain and Tom Daschle
John McCain From the May 2001 CEI UpDate John McCain Senator John McCain (R-AZ) has waged an all-out…
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UN Report Blasted By One of its Own Authors
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is coming under heavy criticism from various directions From the May 2001…
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Secretary Norton Highlights Private Conservation Day
Ffteen years ago Dr From the May 2001 CEI UpDate Fifteen years ago Dr. A. G. “Skeet”…
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Surveys of Consumer Privacy Poor Foundation for Policy
Washington, DC, May 8, 2001— Competitive Enterprise Institute scholar Solveig Singleton and Privacilla.org editor James Harper today released a…
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CEI Comments Before FDA on Bioengineered Foods
COMMENTS OF THE COMMENTS OF THE COMPETITIVE ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE TO THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION REGARDING THE…
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Bush Administration Backs Roadless Rule, Proposes Amendments
Washington, DC, May 4, 2001- The Competitive Enterprise Institute is urging the Bush administration to set a tight timetable for local forest review…
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Bush, Court to Consider “Roadless Rule” for National Forests
Washington, DC, May 3, 2001- The Competitive Enterprise Institute is urging the Bush administration to revoke the controversial “roadless rule” for national forests,…
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Vol. V, No. 9
Bush Administration Seeks Advice The New York Times reported on April 28 that the White House has held a number of high-level briefings on…
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Privacy in a Free Country: In Search of Reasonable Principles
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Bush Administration’s First 100 Days: A Report Card on Environmental Policy
Washington, DC, April 26, 2001— The Competitive Enterprise Institute today released grades for President Bush’s first 100 days of environmental policy. Many of…
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South Korean Scholar Joins CEI as Visiting Fellow
Washington, DC, April 26, 2001- Young-Shin Kim, a scholar with the Center for Free Enterprise in Seoul, South Korea,…
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CEI Commends Bush for Reviewing Drinking Water Rule
Washington, DC, April 23, 2001— The Competitive Enterprise Institute praised the Bush administration for its recent announcement that it will postpone the arsenic…
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A Senate Bill to Clean up Brownfields Also Needs a Clean-Up
Washington, DC, April 23, 2001—As the Senate prepares to debate a brownfields bill, an adjunct scholar with the Competitive Enterprise Institute says it…
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Senate Brownfields Bill Needs a Clean-Up
If there has been one lesson learned concerning government’s ability to clean up abandoned waste sites, it’s that the states’ efforts have been…
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Vol. V, No. 8
Global Warming’s Budget Blues President George W. Bush’s proposed federal budget for FY2002 begins to…
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Media Advisory: Proponents of “Smart” Environmentalism Available for Earth Day
Washington, DC, April 17, 2001— As people around the world prepare to celebrate the 31st Earth Day, this Sunday, April 22nd, concerned individuals…
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Free Trade, Anyone? (Or, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Business Forum)
From the April 2001 CEI UpDate In Calvin Coolidge’s time, the business of America was business. In our time, the…
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Hope, Not Hype, in the Golden Grains
Two years ago, practically no one had ever heard of Ingo Potrykus Two years ago, practically no one had ever heard of…
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Arsenic and Old Lies
From the April 2001 issue of CEI UpDate From the April 2001 issue of CEI UpDate …
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Rescind Clinton’s 58.5 Million-Acre Roadless Designations
In one of his last acts as president, Bill Clinton set aside 58.5 million acres of “roadless” area in the national forests. This…
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Encryption and Health Care Policy
Encryption and Health Care Policy Prepared Remarks of Solveig Singleton of the Competitive Enterprise Institute Before…
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Energy Expert Praises Bush Energy Plan
Washington DC, April 9, 2001 — The Competitive Enterprise Institute, a free market public policy group, is applauding the Bush White House for…
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Public Interest Groups Demand Real Free Trade in the Americas
Punta del Este, Uruguay, April 5, 2001— In a declaration signed today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute joined representatives…
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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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Vol. V, No. 7
Further Fallout from Kyoto Decision Criticism continues to fly at the United States from the European…
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Environmental Scholar to Testify Before Canadian Parliamentary Committee on Species at Risk
Washington, DC April 4, 2001 – Competitive Enterprise Institute Senior Environmental Scholar Robert J. Smith will testify tomorrow on the federal Wildlife Species…
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Dead Wood
The sudden departure late last month of U.S. Forest Service Chief Mike Dombeck, a Clinton-era holdover, evoked a sigh of relief in parts of the…
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Entrepreneurs and the Environment: Michael De Alessi in The World and I
Encryption and Health Care Published in The World and I April 1, 2001 Despite much ecological pessimism in recent…
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CEI Applauds FTC Report on Midwest Gasoline Price Investigation
Washington, DC, March 30, 2001—For several months, CEI policy analyst Ben Lieberman has pointed out that Environmental Protection Agency regulations helped to cause…
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Public Interest Group To Monitor FTAA Meeting in Buenos Aires
Washington, DC, March 30, 2001—When the countries involved in the Free Trade Area of the Americas process meet the first week of April,…
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CEI Applauds End of US Support for Kyoto Protocol
Washington, D.C., March 27, 2001 – The Competitive Enterprise Institute welcomes Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Christie Todd Whitman's…
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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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Rescind the Clinton 58.5 Million Acre Roadless Designations
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Environmental Risk Expert Responds to PBS Documentary on Chemicals
Washington, DC, March 27, 2001—The director of risk and environmental policy at the Competitive Enterprise Institute is criticizing PBS for its…
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A Letter from Seoul: Kemp Nationally Syndicated Column
Distributed by Copley News Service Distributed by Copley News Service March 26, 2001 The world economy is caught…
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Environmental Policy Expert to Testify Before Government Reform Committee on Roadless Plan for National Forests
Washington, DC, March 26, 2001 – In testimony tomorrow before the House Committee on Government Reform, Competitive Enterprise Institute Senior Fellow…
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CEI Scholar to Address Congressional GOP on Brownfields
Washington, DC, March 23, 2001 – In comments before the House Republican Conference today, Competitive Enterprise Institute Adjunct Scholar Dana Joel Gattuso discussed…
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Vol. V, No. 6
Bush Decides Against Regulating CO2 President George W. Bush announced on March 13 that his administration…
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CEI’s Myron Ebell Named “Villain of the Month”
Washington, D.C., March 22, 2001—In recognition of the Competitive Enterprise Institute and the Cooler Heads Coalition’s efforts to help prevent the regulation of carbon dioxide…
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CEI Joins Energy Stewardship Alliance, Supports Oil Exploration in ANWR
CEI supports policies that will bring affordable and abundant energy to American consumers. Therefore, we are pleased to join many other organizations in the Energy…
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From Waste to Wilderness: Maintaining Biodiversity on Nuclear-Bomb-Building Sites
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Federal Government Should Abandon Current Nuclear Cleanup Program
Washington, DC, March 20, 2001—The federal government spends around $6 billion a year to clean up Department of Energy nuclear sites from World…