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• CEI Staff
• 04/06/2000

Washington, D.C., April 6, 2000 – The Competitive Enterprise Institute today accused the U.S. Public Interest Research Group of misleading the American public about…

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• CEI Staff
• 03/27/2000

The gloves come off April 7. That’s when Ron Bailey, adjunct scholar at CEI and the editor of Earth Report 2000, squares off…

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• CEI Staff
• 03/24/2000

Debate: Should The Kyoto Protocol Be Ratified? *** MEDIA ADVISORY*** CEI Scholar…

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• CEI Staff
• 03/21/2000

 *** MEDIA ADVISORY*** The Cooler Heads Coalition Invites you to A Global Warming…

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• CEI Staff
• 03/19/2000

Washington, DC, March 20, 2000 – In January 1993, the Competitive Enterprise Institute warned the Environmental Protection Agency that the plan to increase the…

Energy and Environment

• CEI Staff
• 03/16/2000

“Higher taxes on fossil fuels…is one of the logical first steps in changing our policies in a manner consistent with a more responsible approach…

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• CEI Staff
• 03/09/2000

Washington, DC, March 10, 2000 – “The Norwegian Parliament’s decision yesterday to proceed with natural gas-fired power plants is a major setback for the…

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• CEI Staff
• 03/05/2000

Washington, DC, March 6, 2000 – Environmental journalist Ronald Bailey proved Al Gore and his radical Green friends wrong today with his new article…

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• CEI Staff
• 02/28/2000

Washington, D.C., February 29, 2000 – “The Pew Center on Global Climate Change continued their mythmaking campaign today with the release of their latest…

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• CEI Staff
• 02/27/2000

Washington, DC, February 28, 2000 – The U.S. Global Change Research Program is holding a public seminar today on Capitol Hill, “Climate Change in…

Energy and Environment

• CEI Staff
• 02/27/2000

Washington DC, February 28, 2000 – The Competitive Enterprise Institute today accused Physicians for Social Responsibility of releasing a misleading and politically motivated report…

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• CEI Staff
• 02/13/2000

Washington, DC, February 14, 2000 – “According to the League of Conservation Voters’ (LCV) Congressional Scorecard, most Americans are ‘anti-environmental,’” said Angela Logomasini, Director of…

Energy and Environment

• CEI Staff
• 02/02/2000

Washington DC, February 3, 2000 – Today the Clinton-Gore Administration has proposed adding billions of dollars to that already wasted on failed energy and…

Energy and Environment

• CEI Staff
• 01/24/2000

Washington, DC, January 25, 2000 – Over the weekend, local weathermen predicted that the East Coast, and probably Washington, DC, would be hit by…

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• CEI Staff
• 12/08/1999

Washington, DC, December 9, 1999 – The Competitive Enterprise Institute charged that Vice President Al Gore’s claim earlier this week of an alarmingly increased…

Energy and Environment

• CEI Staff
• 10/31/1999

Washington, DC, November 1, 1999 – In an open letter published in today’s Roll Call newspaper, Competitive Enterprise Institute Distinguished Fellow Jack Kemp invited…

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• CEI Staff
• 10/21/1999

Washington, DC, December 21, 1999 – President Clinton today finalized new Environmental Protection Agency rules for motor vehicles and gasoline. These so-called Tier 2/sulfur…

Energy and Environment

• CEI Staff
• 10/06/1999

Washington, D.C., October 6, 1999 – This week marks the release of the second edition of Facts, Not Fear: Teaching Children About the Environment…

Energy and Environment

• CEI Staff
• 08/27/1999

Washington, DC, August 27, 1999 – A new study published by the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) shows that despite politicians rhetoric, interstate trade of…

Energy and Environment

• CEI Staff
• 08/23/1999

Washington, DC, August 23, 1999 – The Peregrine Falcon – renowned for its 200 mph dives when it attacks prey – has been removed…

Energy and Environment

• CEI Staff
• 07/27/1999

Washington, DC, July 27, 1999 – Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) policy analyst Ben Lieberman, representing CEI and 8 other members of the National Consumer…

Energy and Environment

• CEI Staff
• 07/27/1999

Washington, DC, July 27, 1999 – Testifying before the House Subcommittee on Energy and Power, Ben Lieberman, policy analyst at the Competitive Enterprise Institute…

Energy and Environment

• CEI Staff
• 07/20/1999

Washington, DC, July 20, 1999 – “Unless the House of Representatives acts immediately, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will soon release information that essentially…

Energy and Environment

• CEI Staff
• 07/13/1999

Washington, DC, July 13, 1999 – “Will corporations fall for global-warming trickery?” asked the Honorable Jack Kemp, Distinguished Fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute…

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• CEI Staff
• 06/08/1999

Washington, D.C., June 8, 1999 – The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) is pleased to welcome economist and policy analyst David Riggs to its environment…

Energy and Environment

• CEI Staff
• 05/27/1999

Washington, DC, May 27, 1999 – A packed house of staff and media gathered today on Capitol Hill to hear about sea-level rise from…

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• CEI Staff
• 05/25/1999

Washington, DC, May 25, 1999 – The Environmental Protection Agency continues to peddle unfounded fears about global warming and sea level rise even though…

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• CEI Staff
• 05/20/1999

Summer's almost here, and the weather is on everyone's mind. In “hurricane country” that's a very special concern, and last year's devastation from Hurricane…

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• CEI Staff
• 05/06/1999

Washington, DC, May 6, 1999 – The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee may consider an amendment today to the federal Clean Air Act…

Energy and Environment

• CEI Staff
• 04/30/1999

Washington, DC, April 30, 1999 – The Competitive Enterprise Institute today denounced the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) forthcoming auto emissions proposal as an incredibly…

Energy and Environment

• CEI Staff
• 04/27/1999

Washington, DC, April 27, 1999 – The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) today congratulates Dr. Bruce Ames for his receipt of the National Medal of…

Energy and Environment

• CEI Staff
• 04/19/1999

Vice President Al Gore and environmental activists argue that suburban development, pejoratively called “urban sprawl,” is destroying the environment. Loss of farmland and open…

Energy and Environment

• CEI Staff
• 04/16/1999

April 22 should be a time of reflection on the great efforts by the thousands of people who work diligently to preserve some small…

Energy and Environment

• CEI Staff
• 04/15/1999

Information is a valuable tool, but sometimes misinformation is more powerful. As we approach Earth Day 1999, CEI observes the state of environmental information…

Energy and Environment

• CEI Staff
• 04/14/1999

The debate over human-induced global warming is far from settled. Listening to radical environmental activists and Vice President Al Gore, however, would give one…

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• CEI Staff
• 04/13/1999

Most Americans want a clean environment. That is no surprise. What surprises traditional environmental activists is that most people don’t support extensive federal regulation.

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• CEI Staff
• 04/13/1999

America’s support for strong environmental protection does not translate into strong support for heavy-handed federal regulation. CEI’s just released National Environmental Survey demonstrates that…

Energy and Environment

• CEI Staff
• 04/12/1999

Using children to politicize environmental issues is a common tactic of activist environmental groups. Professional environmental educators, however, are more subtle. The North American…

Energy and Environment

• CEI Staff
• 06/11/1998

Washington, DC, June 11, 1998 — A Clinton Administration ocean conference now under way is a misguided effort to generate controversy and justify unwarranted…

Energy and Environment

• CEI Staff
• 06/05/1998

Washington, DC, June 5, 1998 — The Cooler Heads Coalition, a working group within the broader National Consumer Coalition founded by Consumer Alert, today…

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• CEI Staff
• 05/22/1998

Washington, DC, May 22, 1998 — The Cooler Heads Coalition, a working group chaired by the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) within Consumer Alert’s broader…

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• CEI Staff
• 05/06/1998

Washington, DC, May 6, 1998 — Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt’s announcement today that some two dozen species will be delisted under the Endangered Species…

Energy and Environment

• CEI Staff
• 04/17/1998

Washington, DC, April 17, 1998 —Saving the planet is a nice idea, but the focus on Earth Day has for too long been on…

Energy and Environment

• CEI Staff
• 03/29/1998

WASHINGTON, DC, March 30, 1998 — “Every high school civics student knows that two-thirds of the Senate must approve a treaty before it becomes…

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• CEI Staff
• 03/24/1998

Washington, DC, March 25, 1998 — “If the Clinton administration’s ‘Comprehensive Electricity Competition Plan’ is to deregulate electricity, government oversight of the power industry…

Energy

• CEI Staff
• 03/24/1998

Washington, DC, March 25, 1998 — CEI President Fred L. Smith, Jr. today called for an end to federal subsidies for research and development…

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• CEI Staff
• 03/19/1998

Washington, DC, March 20, 1998 — Exempting municipalities from Superfund liability will hinder real environmental reform according to a new study released by the…

Energy and Environment

• CEI Staff
• 03/15/1998

WASHINGTON, DC, March 16, 1998 — “The Kyoto Protocol is a dangerous treaty, and President Clinton should not sign it,” said Marlo Lewis, Jr.,…

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• CEI Staff
• 03/03/1998

Washington, DC, March 4, 1998 — Today a prominent environmental expert denounced Republican Senators Dirk Kempthorne (ID) and John Chafee (RI) for waging a…

Energy and Environment

• CEI Staff
• 02/04/1998

The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), a free market think tank, today announced its entry into the electric power market and demanded that utilities open…

Energy

• CEI Staff
• 01/28/1998

Washington, DC, January 29, 1998 — The Competitive Enterprise Institute announced today that it will be co-sponsoring a congressional and media briefing on S.1180…

Energy and Environment

• CEI Staff
• 01/27/1998

Washington DC, January 28 –”President Clinton’s State of the Union message makes it clear that the era of big government is not over,” said…

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• CEI Staff
• 01/20/1998

Washington, DC, January 21, 1998 — The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) blasted Governor Christie Todd Whitman’s (R-NJ) plan to lock up one million acres…

Energy and Environment

• CEI Staff
• 12/09/1997

Industrialized nations have tentatively agreed to a global warming protocol covering six “greenhouse gases” — carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons and sulfur…

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• CEI Staff
• 12/07/1997

Kyoto Gets Gored Al Gore flew into Kyoto this morning — allegedly not to solicit funds at the more than 100,000 Buddhist temples…

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• CEI Staff
• 12/04/1997

Third World Fumes COP-3 in Kyoto is the culmination of earlier summits — the Rio Conference in 1992, the implementation of energy curtailment…

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• CEI Staff
• 12/03/1997

Poor Countries Still Oppose Energy Starvation Diet Developing countries continue to signal their unwillingness to sign binding emissions reduction targets in Kyoto. The…

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• CEI Staff
• 12/02/1997

WASHINGTON, DC, December 3, 1997 — The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) began an ad campaign this morning attacking the proposed climate treaty being negotiated…

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• CEI Staff
• 12/02/1997

Many at COP-3 are behaving as if the Clinton-Gore administration speaks for the U.S — as if the eager quest for an aggressive global…

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• CEI Staff
• 12/01/1997

COP-3 opened as a Victorian drama, with the U.S. position in imminent peril as its prime defender, Undersecretary of State Tim Wirth, suddenly abandoned…

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• CEI Staff
• 11/30/1997

(Kyoto, December 1, 1997) Japan’s Foreign Minister opened the UN climate conference, known as “COP-3,” by calling it “an event that could change the…

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