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Study: “E-Waste” is Manageable
Contact for Interviews: Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 Washington, D.C., February 3, 2005—With rapid technological improvements in computers and electronics turning millions of products…
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Free Market Reaction to the State of the Union
Contact: Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 Washington, D.C., February 2, 2005—President Bush’s State of the Union address tonight will expound his vision of an “Ownership Society,” in…
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SBC Buyout of AT&T Helps Consumers
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Pachauri Must Resign as Head of UN Climate Panel
Contact for interviews: Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 Washington, D.C., January 27, 2005—The Competitive Enterprise Institute today called on Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri to resign as chairman…
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Fast Food Obesity Lawsuit Threatens Consumers, Rule of Law
Contact for Interviews: Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 Washington, D.C., January 26, 2004—Yesterday’s reinstatement of the obesity liability lawsuit against McDonald’s resurrects…
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2005 ALEC Energy Sustainability Academy
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Press Event: Study Shows ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’ May Hurt Bottom Line
“Corporate social responsibility” has become a trendy international business philosophy, hailed as good for business and the bottom line. But a forthcoming study finds no…
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Study: Consumers Could be Hurt by Federal Regulation of Insurance Industry
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EU Rules Against Innovation in Microsoft Case
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Understanding the Perils of Drug Reimportation
Washington, D.C., December 21, 2004—Today, as the Department of Health and Human Services is poised to release its pending report on drug reimportation, the Competitive…
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Disrupting Unscientific Chemical Speculation
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FCC Drops the Ball on Phone Competition – Again
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FCC to Reconsider Telephone Competition
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CEI Experts to Monitor U.N. Global Warming
Washington, D.C., December 13, 2004—International global warming activists will have CEI sound-science team Myron Ebell, Director of International Environmental Policy, and Ivan Osorio, CEI Editorial…
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Energy Subsidy Group To Release Blueprint for Tax/Consumer-Funded Boondoggle
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The Battle over Interstate Wine Shipments
Full complaint available as a pdf. The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments today in the case of…
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Bracing for e-prohibition on wine?
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Time to End “Mad Cow” Madness
Washington, D.C., December 1, 2004—The Competitive Enterprise Institute joins President Bush in calling for an end to the unnecessary and harmful ban on importation of…
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New Book Challenges Activist Attack on Business, Personal Prosperity
Contact for Interviews: Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 Washington, D.C., November 19, 2004—The Competitive Enterprise Institute is proud to announce the publication…
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Motion to Censure Myron Ebell
On November 4, CEI Director of Global Warming and International Environmental Policy Myron Ebell sparked a major controversy in the United Kingdom when, in a BBC…
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Climate Report Counters Alarmist Hearings
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CEI, Other Groups Call on Congress to Eliminate National ID Provisions from 9/11 Bill
The Competitive Enterprise Institute joined other organizations to run a full-page open letter advertisement in The Washington Times that speaks out against the creation of a…
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1984-2004: CEI’s 20 Year Report
Full Document Available in PDF A Message from the President CEI is…
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EPA Official Predicts Federal Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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FDA-Tobacco Regulation No Public Service
Contact: Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 Washington, DC, October 6, 2004—A Senate-passed plan for increasing the federal government’s regulation of…
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The Summer of Scientifically Inconvenient Hurricanes
Contact for Interviews: Richard Morrison, 202-331-2273 Washington, D.C., September 30, 2004—Recent hurricane activity in Florida and throughout the southeastern U.S. has prompted much speculation as…
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Threat to Tech Innovation in Senate
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Russia Expected to Announce on Kyoto Protocol
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California CO2 Regulation: Unscientific, Unlawful, Unaffordable, and Unsafe, CEI Warns
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Senate Mounts Sneak Attack on Sound Science
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Déjà vu Tobacco Lawsuit Seeks $280 Billion Tax
Contact: Christine Hall, 202.331.2258<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Washington, DC, September 20, 2004—As the U.S. Department of Justice…
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Honk If You Support World Car-Free Day
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Sen. McCain Holds Junk Science Climate Hearing
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“Frankenfood Myth” Debunks Biotech Scare
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Q&A with Don D’Cruz
Full Document Available in PDF CEI recently interviewed Don D’Cruz, a Research Fellow…
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Climate Alarmist Alert!
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Costly New Climate Rules for California Cars
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CEI Welcomes Report on Biotech Food Safety
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State AGs Attempt to Hijack Climate Policy
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SEC Set To Over-Regulate Mutual Fund Industry With Vote on June 23
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Commercial Tracking Chips Spark Privacy Debate
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Keeping Busy: Federal Regulators Issued Over 4,000 Rules in 2003
<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Washington, DC, June 16, 2004—While Washington rule makers made 19 fewer regulations in 2003 than they…
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Bush Administration Makes Right Decision on Phone Competition
<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Washington, DC, June 9, 2004 – Today the U.S. Solicitor General's office announced it will not…
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Chemical Risk Expert Testifies Before Government Reform Committee
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CEI’s Twentieth Anniversary Report
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Nobel Peace Laureate to Discuss Tools for Battling Hunger
Contact: Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 Washington, D.C. – On Tuesday, May 18th, Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Norman Borlaug will address a Newsmaker Breakfast sponsored…
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Are Global Warming Disasters Really On the Way?
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Crews Rejoins CEI as Vice President for Policy
Contact for Interviews: Richard Morrison, 202-331-2273 Washington, D.C., May 11, 2004—The Competitive Enterprise Institute is pleased to announce the return of Clyde Wayne Crews Jr.
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Media Conference Call, Wed., May 5
Contact: Jody Clarke, 202.331.2252<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Washington, DC, May 4, 2004—Her quest started…
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Broadcast Update on Issues in the News
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The Politics Behind Pesticides and the West Nile Virus
In a new study published by the Competitive Enterprise Institute, author Angela Logomasini exposes how environmental activists are opposing vital efforts to combat the deadly…
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Filmmaker Debunks “Super Size Me” Claim
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Filmmaker Debunks “Super Size Me” Claim
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Q&A With Paul Driessen
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Economists Urge President to Support Investment in Telecommunications
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Filmmaker to Challenge Fast Food Perceptions
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Failed Global Warming Policy Returns to Congress
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Comments of the Competitive Enterprise Institute and Consumer Alert to the United States Department of Transportation, National
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Field Guide for Effective Communication
Full Text in PDF For many years, conservative and classical liberal groups have struggled to market their ideas to the…
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Joint Letter to DOE on Transferable Credits
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IEA report – World Energy Investment Outlook to 2030
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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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CEI President Fred L. Smith, Jr. Cited in Novak Column
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Media Deregulation Takes a Troubling Hit
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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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CEI Global Warming Lawsuit Draws Ire of Northeast State Attorneys General
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New Chance for Local Telephone Competition
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New Chance for Local Telephone Competition
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Connecticut Official Worsens Blackout Worries
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Power Outage: Electricity Expert Available for Interviews
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Bush’s Choice for EPA Chief Lost Opportunity?
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Group Sues to Enforce Sound Science Law
Contact for Interviews: Jody Clarke, 202.331.2252 Washington, D.C., August 6, 2003—The Competitive Enterprise Institute today filed suit in federal court against the White House Office of Science…
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Affordable Energy at Senate Crossroads
Washington, D.C., July 31, 2003— Tomorrow morning the U. S. Senate will hold one of the most important votes this session on the future of…
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Energy Legislation End Game in Senate
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Drug Re-Importation Bill: Cheaper Drugs Today, But Fewer Medicines Tomorrow
Contact for Interviews: Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 or Jody Clarke, 202.331.2252 Washington, D.C., July 25, 2003—The vote by the U.S. House to allow the re-importation of…
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Administration’s Plan to Advance Climate Science
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Senate Vote a Setback for Public Health
<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Washington, D.C., July 24, 2003—The U.S. Senate yesterday approved a measure that would allow the Food…
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CEI’s President Makes the Case to Tame Regulatory Beast
Contact for interviews: Richard Morrison, 202-331-2273 Washington, D.C., July 22, 2003—Today the House Committee on Government Reform will hear testimony from Competitive Enterprise Institute President…
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Pharmaceutical Re-Imports Threaten Medical Innovation
Contact for Interviews: Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 Washington, D.C., July 18, 2003—The Competitive Enterprise Institute is opposing proposals to allow the re-importation of drugs from foreign…
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Merrill Lynch Rulings Show Serious Flaws in Wall Street Research Settlement
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Southwest’s Tinderbox Conditions Will Be Helped by the Healthy Forests Initiative
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Alien Torts: The Risks of Allowing Foreign Citizens to Sue U.S. Companies
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New Telecom Study First to Find Artificial Price Controls Cost Americans More, Provide Few Benefits
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CEI Commends Lone Senator in Vote for Affordable Energy
Contact: <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Jody Clarke, 202.331.2252 Washington, D.C., June 16,…