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September 2001 Edition of CEI Update
Full Document Available in PDF Articles in this edition: “U.S. Triumphs In Bonn”…
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It’s About Economic Growth, Stupid!: Kemp Nationally Syndicated Column
Kemp Column Distributed by Copley News Service Kemp Column Distributed by Copley News Service President George W.
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Vol. V, No. 17
Politics Politics Bush Team Developing Kyoto Alternatives The Bush Administration is in the process of developing…
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Phlebotomizers at the IMF: Kemp Column Distributed by Copley News Service
Kemp Column Distributed by Copley News Service<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> In the 18th and 19th centuries, the foundation of…
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Reducing Red Tape, Not Energy Output
Lieberman Op-Ed in The Washington Times Lieberman Op-Ed in The Washington Times One of the more controversial…
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Wall Street Journal Advises President Bush to Follow CEI’s Lead on Regulatory Reform
Review & Outlook Father Knows Best As commander in chief, George W. Bush now outranks his dad. But there are still things he…
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Don’t Cap Access To Affordable Energy
President Bush has persisted in his admirable determination to keep the U Ebell Op-Ed in Human Events President Bush…
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Hidden Mischief In Bush’s Energy Plan
Lieberman Op-Ed in Investors Business Daily<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> The Bush administration's energy plan,…
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In Too Deep: Wetland Rules Move Toward Local Control
Freeman Op-Ed in National Review Online<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is in hot water…
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Wildfire Witch Hunt Will Likely Miss The Real Culprits
A witch-hunt is under way in Washington state for the negligent weenie roasters believed responsible for sparking a modest forest fire that suddenly turned deadly…
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Resort to False Fuel Savings
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Vol. V, No. 16
Finally someone has brought the climate change debate back down to earth Politics House Passes Energy Bill …
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Scientific Uncertainty As Weapon: Kemp Column Distributed by Copley News Service
Kemp Column Distributed by Copley News Service Kemp Column Distributed by Copley News Service July 23, 2001,…
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The Jaws Of Government: Are The Feds To Blame For Shark Attacks?
Sean Paige article in National Review Online. The horrific, near-fatal shark attack on a boy off a Florida beach in July — followed just days…
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Are Fishing Regulations Causing Shark Attacks? Sheltering Sharks From Catch May Lead To Injuries
Washington, DC, August 8, 2001 – The frequency and number of shark attacks have been on the rise in recent years, reaching record…
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One Who Lived By His Principles: Kemp Column In The Washington Times
Africa is beset by problems: AIDS, malaria, unemployment, undereducation and poverty Kemp Column In The Washington Times …
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A Corporate Folly: Business Donates To The Ideologues Who Hate Markets
Philanthropy is a demonstration of good will toward one's fellow man, but the ability to give depends on the wealth, success a…
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Dredging Politics: A Purely Political Decision
Klutz and Riggs Op-Ed in National Review Online<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> With a few highly visible environmental decisions under…
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How the IMF Could Become a Real S&P for International Debt
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Two key members of Congress, House Majority Whip Tom Delay and House…
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Congress Moves Toward An Affordable Energy Future
Washington, DC, August 2, 2001 — The Competitive Enterprise Institute commends the positive developments on energy policy this week in both the House…
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A Shot Of Growth In The Arm Of The Body Politic: An Interview With The Club For Growth’s Steve Moore
A SHOT OF GROWTH IN THE ARM OF THE BODY POLITIC From the August 2001 Edition of CEI Update …
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Senate Tackles E-Commerce Taxation
Washington, DC, August 1, 2001 – In testimony presented today to the Senate Committee on Finance, Competitive Enterprise Institute…
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Dangerous GM Gets Off Scot-Free
Conko and Miller Op-Ed in The Wall Street Journal Europe<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> …
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Old Law vs. The New Economy: How New Deal-era Regulations Stifle Flexible Work Arrangements
Delong Article Published In Reason Magazine<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> In August 1997, a certain Mr. T. Trahan of CSC…
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When Property Rights Lead to Socialism
Economists have long been ecstatic about the growing enthusiasm of the greenies for the market. At last, economists chortle, our expertise will play a…
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Ken Smith (1957-2001): A Remembrance
Ken Smith 1957-2001 From the August 2001 Edition of CEI Update A decade ago the free-market community, as…
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Michael Greve Testifies on Internet Sales Tax Issue
View Full Document as PDF Michael S. Greve cites CEI research in his testimony on Internet sales taxation before the U.S. Senate…
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Cut the Red Tape Not the Electricity
From the August 2001 Edition of CEI Update One of the more controversial elements in President Bush’s National…
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Life, Liberty, And Cell Phones
From the August 2001 Edition of CEI Update A car speeds down a busy highway, zigzagging unpredictably from lane to…
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Tax Simplification To What End? Today’s Simplification Could Be Tomorrow’s Higher Sales Taxes
From the August 2001 Edition of CEI Update ‘Tis a gift to be simple, so the song goes. But nothing…
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CO2 Controls Are a Bad Idea: Voluntary or Not
Smith and Crandall Op-Ed in The Wall Street Journal The Bush administration courageously rejected the Kyoto Protocol but is now considering “voluntary” carbon-dioxide suppression…
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A Heated Letter From Bonn
BONN – Word has it an historic agreement emerged from the negotiations in Bonn, Germany, over how to implement the Kyoto "glob…
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Congress Rushes to Judgment on Arsenic in Drinking Water
Washington, DC, July 27, 2001-Today the U.S. House of Representatives voted on an amendment to the appropriations bill to force the Environmental Protection…
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Vol. V, No. 15
Finally someone has brought the climate change debate back down to earth Politics Triumph in Bonn? Or Not! …
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Cutting Regulation From the EPA: Gene-splicing Policy Should Be Excised
Miller Op-Ed in The Washington TImes Miller Op-Ed in The Washington Times A persistent criticism of the…
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Clinton’s Legacy: Senate Dems Second-guess Bush for Second-guessing Clinton
Lieberman Op-Ed in National Review Online<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Senate Democrats are beginning to flex their majority muscles, and…
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Placing Private Property Rights at Risk
Freeman and Riggs Op-Ed in The Washington Times<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> If the presidential election were based on surface…
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Placing Private Property Rights at Risk
If the presidential election were based on surface area, there would have been no contest Freeman and Riggs Op-Ed in The Washington Times…
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Meet the New Kyoto, Same as the Old Kyoto
Bonn Voyage Horner Dispatch from the Bonn Climate Negotiations Now, Let’s Get Serious Bonn —…
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Fiddling While the World Economy Freezes: Kemp Nationally Syndicated Column
Kemp Column Distributed by Copley News Service<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> As…
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Land Grab Legislation Headed for Vote
Washington, DC, July 24, 2001 – The U.S. House Committee on Resources is expected to vote this week on a bill that would…
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Kyoto Compromise Still Not Good for U.S., World
Washington, DC, July 23, 2001—An 11th-hour compromise on how to address climate change reached among 178 countries in Bonn, Germany is a major…
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All Quiet on the Western Front
Horner Dispatch from the Bonn Climate Negotiations Horner Dispatch from the Bonn Climate Negotiations Bonn — Muzak’s “Rainy Day…
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Plants Are Not Pesticides
Miller Op-Ed in The National Post<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> A New U.S. EPA…
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Posturing Over Kyoto
Horner Op-Ed in The Washington Times Horner Op-Ed in The Washington Times Bonn — Last November's knock-down, drag-out debates extended beyond the…
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A Different Kind of Protester: Conservative College Students Hit Bonn
Horner Op-Ed in National Review Online Horner Op-Ed in National Review Online “College Students Protest Climate Negotiations,'' is the headline equivalent of…
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Climate Treaty Valiantly Holding on In Its Struggle to Remain Dead
7/19/01 Horner Dispatch from the Bonn Climate Negotiations Cracks Beginning to Show in European Presentation Bonn — At…
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The Leaked Study on CAFE: Why It Doesn’t Justify Higher Fuel Economy Standards
This past Monday, the New York Times carried a front-page story on the National Academy of Sciences’ auto fuel-economy study.[1] The…
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Student Protesters Raise Eyebrows, Instead of Piercing Them
Horner Dispatch on the Bonn Climate Negotiations Horner Dispatch on the Bonn Climate Negotiations Americans Come to Support…
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Pride and Prejudice: Power Struggle with U.S. Driving EU Climate Treaty Strategy
What lies beneath a desire to see 36% of the now-covered emissions go excluded in lieu of a more inclusive treaty that would a…