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Web Users Dodge Bullet as FTC Closes Google Probe
WASHINGTON, D.C., January 3, 2013 — Today, the Federal Trade Commission announced a settlement with Google, marking the end of a two-year antitrust probe…
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David Vitter and Lisa Jackson are universes apart: James Gill
Vitter is not alone in his suspicions. The EPA’s inspector general, at the behest of Republicans on the House Science Committee, had begun an investigation…
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EPA’s Jackson to resign
Jackson leaves the agency while under scrutiny from a federal lawsuit filed by the Washington-based Competitive Enterprise Institute, which claims that the administrator used an…
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In Ireland, carbon tax cuts deficit and pollution
The Competitive Enterprise Institute, a conservative advocacy group, has even filed a Freedom of Information suit seeking the release of Treasury Department emails containing the…
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Obama’s Regulatory Cliff Draws Near
The scope is staggering. According to the Competitive Enterprise Institute, the overall regulatory burden has reached $1.8 trillion annually, and $215.4 billion in compliance costs…
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William O’Keefe: Will the Carbon Tax Make a Comeback?
The centerpiece of Mr. Clinton’s first budget was a tax on energy use, as measured in British thermal units, or BTUs. At that time,…