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Insuring Against Natural Disasters: Possibilities for Market-Based Reform
Full Document Available in PDF In the 105th Congress, the…
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Mitigation of Climate Change: A Scientific Appraisal
Full Document Available in PDF Contrary to President Clinton, the science…
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Taking Private Land for Private Interests: The Agenda and Policies of the American Farmland Trust
Full Document Available in…
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Vol. II, No. 11
Politics House Version of Ashcroft Drops On May 7 Rep. Joseph Knollenberg (R-MI) introduced a bill (H.R. 3807) that, like the Senate version introduced by…
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Opposing Groups Offer Sincerity Test On Tobacco Tax
Washington, DC, May 26, 1998 — Two organizations which in the past disagreed on the issue of tobacco regulation today joined to propose a…
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First Cooler Heads Lecture On Global Warming
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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Climate Change: Insights from Oceanography
Preface Full Briefing available in PDF format. Preface The global warming establishment asserts that…
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Testimony Before the Subcommittee on the Census, Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Hearings on the Census
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Vol. II, No. 10
Politics UN Readies “Buenos Aires Mandate” The UN Conference on Trade and Development has developed recommendations for the proposed Buenos Aires Mandate to be completed…
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Endangered Species Act Still A Failure
Washington, DC, May 6, 1998 — Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt’s announcement today that some two dozen species will be delisted under the Endangered Species…
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Food Fight! Federal Organic Labeling – One Big Unadulterated Mistake
Washington, D.C., May 1, 1998 — “A government attempt to define organic food is no different than a government attempt to regulate religious doctrine…
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Food Fight! Federal Organic Labeling – One Big Unadulterated Mistake
Washington, D.C., May 1, 1998 — “A government attempt to define organic food is no different than a government attempt to regulate religious doctrine…
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The Sand County Foundation
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The EPA’S Latest Injustice
Convent is a small, relatively poor town in St. James Parish, Louisiana, that lies along the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
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A Titanic Question of Public Policy
Ok, I’ll admit it. Last month I became perhaps the last human being in this section of the solar system to see the movie…
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The Mother of All Food Fights
Someone once commented that, if the federal government regulated restaurant fare, there’d be blood in the streets. Vegetarians would be fighting with meat-eaters, Jews…
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Rethinking Insurance Regulation–1998
NATURAL DISASTERS AND CATASTROPHIC INSURANCE The morning’s panel focused on the issue of natural disasters and catastrophic risks and the financing problems posed…
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The Promise of Private Conservation
Private individuals, groups, and associations provided conservation amenities long before the birth of the environmental movement, but today these efforts are often subsumed by…
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Rethinking Insurance Regulation–1998
NATURAL DISASTERS AND CATASTROPHIC…
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Vol. II, No. 9
Politics Anti-Kyoto Science Petition Tops 17,000 Names A petition circulated to scientists urging lawmakers to reject the Kyoto…
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A Disaster Waiting to Happen: Why Washington Shouldn’t Subsidize Disaster Insurance
This Thursday, April 23, the House Banking and Financial Services Committee will examine H.R. 219, the Homeowners Insurance Availability Act sponsored by Rep. Rick…
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Why the UN Desertification Treaty is All Wet
After his recent visit to Africa’s Kalahari Desert, President Bill Clinton proclaimed himself “a greener person” and called for Senate ratification of the United…
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Enlightened Green Alternative To Earth Day Blues
Washington, DC, April 17, 1998 —Saving the planet is a nice idea, but the focus on Earth Day has for too long been on…
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Conservation Through Commerce
Full Document Available in PDF To many people the words “conservation” and “commerce” are anathema. And…
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Vol. II, No. 8
Politics Environmental Ministers Meet Environmental ministers from 29 member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the G-8 Ministers (“The Group of…
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Electric Avenues: Why “Open Access” Can’t Compete
Full Document Available in PDF The regulation of electricity markets…
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A Texas-Sized Land-Use Plan: The Central Texas Rare Species Conservation Plan
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPW) is developing a new program known as “the Central Texas Rare Species Conservation Plan.” The plan is…
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Anti-Consumer Regulations Proposed By DOT
Washington, DC, April 6, 1998 — The Competitive Enterprise Institute today denounced proposed airline pricing guidelines released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation…
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EPA’s Asthma Miasma
Is the Environmental Protection Agency a friend or enemy of asthmatic children? It all depends on which issue the agency is peddling.
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Destroying Competition in Order to Save It: Predation Rules and the Airline Industry
“We had to destroy the village in order to save it.” According to legend, this rationale was once given by the U.S. army to…
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Flush With Anger: Should Washington Regulate Toilets?
One of Congress’ dumbest ideas was having federal bureaucrats redesign household appliances. Under the 1992 Energy Policy Act, several plumbing fixtures must now meet…
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How Green Was Common Law?
On December 17, the Center for Private Conservation hosted a roundtable on the Common Law Approach to Pollution Prevention to assess the extent…
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The Other Roosevelt Legacy
America’s current political dilemma the dominant progressive belief that government is a force for unlimited good — has many roots, but special honor goes…
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Derivatives Regulation: Problems and Prospects
Derivatives regulation in the United States is a jumble of legal fields, including banking, securities, commodities, and bankruptcy law. And any time multiple areas…
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Told Ya’ So: The Trojan Pony’s Revenge
On March 16, the General Accounting Office reported that people who exercised their rights under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996…
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Michigan’s Insurance Industry: New Directions
Full Document Available in PDF With the coming of the administration of Republican…
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Vol. II, No. 7
Politics Electricity Deregulation On March 25 the Clinton Administration announced its Comprehensive Electricity Competition Plan. The plan, according to the Administration will save consumers $20…
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No Implementation Without Ratification
WASHINGTON, DC, March 30, 1998 — “Every high school civics student knows that two-thirds of the Senate must approve a treaty before it becomes…
Comment
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, House Committee on Science, Hearings on the Fiscal Year 1999 Budget
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Testimony before the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, House Committee on Science, Hearings on the Fiscal Year 1999 Budget
Good afternoon, my name is Fred Smith. As President of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, I welcome your invitation to discuss today federal science policy,…
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Clinton Electricity “Deregulation” Re-Regulates Industry
Washington, DC, March 25, 1998 — “If the Clinton administration’s ‘Comprehensive Electricity Competition Plan’ is to deregulate electricity, government oversight of the power industry…
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Institute President Attacks “Greenhouse Pork”
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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Study Attacks Loophole For Municipalities
Washington, DC, March 20, 1998 — Exempting municipalities from Superfund liability will hinder real environmental reform according to a new study released by the…
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Vol. II, No. 6
Politics Backdoor Implementation Some Senators fear that Undersecretary of State Stuart Eizenstat misled them when he told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that “We have…
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Common and Private Property Rights
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Don’t Sign The Kyoto Protocol: Climate Treaty Is Dangerous to U.S., World
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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Large Vehicles Are The Solution, Not The Problem
Copyright 1998 Dow Jones Industrial, Inc. If you listen to journalists, you'd think sport-utility vehicles were more dangerous…
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Vol. II, No. 5
Politics The Administration’s Negotiating Strategy On March 4, 1998, Undersecretary of State Stuart Eizenstat reassured the House Commerce Subcommittee that the U.S. was committed to…
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Sugg Denounces Disinformation On ESA Reform
Washington, DC, March 4, 1998 — Today a prominent environmental expert denounced Republican Senators Dirk Kempthorne (ID) and John Chafee (RI) for waging a…
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Micro-managing Bill Gates
Full article available in pdf Republicans are known for praising markets and condemning overregulation of business. But oddly, they often conspicuously endorse…