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Ralph Nader’s Anti-Microsoft Campaign Hurts Consumers
WASHINGTON, DC, November 12 , 1997 — The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) suspects that Ralph Nader does not speak for all consumers in his…
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Testimony before the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, House Committee on Science, Hearings on the Status of the Global Cl
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Every Air Bag A Wanted Air Bag
Last December, as news spread of the risks posed by air bags to children and other vulnerable groups, President Clinton promised that “car dealers…
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Whose Information Is It Anyway?
Everyone is for privacy, but not everyone agrees what “privacy” means. Privacy as used in popular parlance can become little more than an…
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Air Rules Challenged In Court
The Congressional leadership is unwilling to challenge the Environmental Protection Agency’s new air quality standards. But this does not mean the standards will last. As…
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Privatizing The Inner City
Suburbanites have long benefited from the control over their immediate surrounding environment that they get from the system of land use controls in their areas.
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Australia Cool To Warming
In the later stages of the application process for Australia’s foreign service, candidates are provided with an armful of documents detailing the nation’s foreign policy.
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Risk-Based Homeowners Insurance Under Siege: The Slippery Slope From Redlining Charges To Disparate Impact Claims
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Teaching Environmental Education to Wisconsin Teachers
Full Document Available in PDF Wisconsin is known nationally as a leader…
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Vol. I, No. 10
Politics U.S. Position Revealed On October 22, after months of speculation, the Clinton Administration finally announced its official negotiating position for the upcoming climate change…
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James Gattuso Joins CEI as Vice President
Washington, D. C., December 22nd, 1997 – The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) announced today that James Gattuso has joined the staff as Vice President…
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Clinton Climate Proposal – All Pain, No Gain
WASHINGTON, DC, October 22 , 1997 — President Clinton’s long awaited announcement today that he will officially propose reducing greenhouse gas emissions to…
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Vol. I, No. 9
Politics White House Climate Change Conference On October 6, 1997 the White House hosted a conference at Georgetown to “educate” the American people about the…
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Kyoto Media Advisory: December 9, 1997
Anticipation Builds for Kyoto Finale The mood of the climate conference turned positively euphoric with US lead negotiator Stu Eisenstat’s proposal to create…
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Kyoto Media Advisory: December 6-7, 1997
UN Corruption Exposed in Kyoto P.J.O`Rourke suggests that everybody wants to save the planet; nobody wants to help wash the dishes. UN employees…
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Institute Founder To Testify Before House Subcommittee On Energy And Environment
WASHINGTON, DC, October 6, 1997 — Competitive Enterprise Institute announced today that its president and founder, Fred L. Smith, Jr. will testify before the…
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White House Distorts Greenhouse Facts
WASHINGTON, D.C., October 3, 1997 — Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) announced today that they will run an advertisement in the Sunday Outlook section of the…
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The Human Costs of Global Warming Policy
Nine out of 10 Americans don’t know anything about U.S. global climate policy, according to a poll released in June 1997 by the Small Business…
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Scientists To Cool Global Warming Rhetoric
Monday, September 29 11:00am- 1:00pm 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building RSVP – Nicole Hamilton, 202-331-1010, x 239…
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Vol. I, No. 8
Politics Gore Lore Al Gore recently visited Glacier National Park in Montana to heighten fears about global warming. He warned that global warming is causing…
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Republicans Sacrifice Property Rights On Altar Of Endangered Species Act
WASHINGTON, D.C., September 16, 1997 — Newly introduced GOP legislation to reauthorize the U.S. Endangered Species Act is a disaster for property rights and…
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Testimony Submitted to the Working Group on Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution Plans
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Vol. I, No. 7
Politics “Slouching Towards Kyoto” from Down Under The two most influential lawmakers in Congress on climate change issues traveled half way around the world to…
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Atlantic Salmon and the Miramichi River
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Ready! Fire! Aim!
Bush Administration EPA Administrator William Reilly once quipped that his agency’s standard approach when faced with a policy decision could best be characterized as…
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Creating a Regulatory Report Card: Toward Maximum Disclosure in the Regulatory State
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The M&T Staten Ranch, Walnut Grove, California
Full Document Available in PDF One of the foremost meccas for…
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Vol. I, No. 6
Politics UN Conference in Bonn The United Nations recently ended a negotiating session in Bonn, Germany to lay the groundwork for the upcoming conference in…
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CEI Statement Opposing “Stranded Cost” Recovery
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Vol. I, No. 5
Politics Clinton’s Public “Education” Campaign On July 24 President Clinton began his promised campaign to alert the American people to the dangers of climate change…
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Abusing Discrimination
In America at century’s end, the surest way to obtain special treatment for a social group is to assert that its members suffer…
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Playing Politics With ATMs
If you’ve ever said to yourself, "There ought to be a law," then you have a friend in the U.S. Senate, and his name…
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Another Take On Takings
Imagine a federal law that prohibits people from “taking” something. No, it’s not the U.S. Constitution’s forgotten Takings Clause, which states, “nor shall…
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Save Elephants–Buy Ivory
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No Quarter for Kyoto
Most policy disputes are first and foremost rhetorical battles for the moral high ground. Is affirmative action unfair racial preference or justice to minorities?…
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Seizing the High Ground: Cautionary Notes on the Rhetoric of Climate Change Policy
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Superfund XVII: The Pathology of Environmental Policy
Full Document Available in PDF Superfund was created in 1980 when…
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Vol. I, No. 4
Politics Senate Resolution Passes 95-0 The Byrd-Hagel Resolution (SRes 98) passed on July 25 by a margin of 95-0 (BNA Daily Environment Report, July 28,…
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Additional Comments at FTC Hearing on Consumer Privacy
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Comments of the Competitive Enterprise Institute on Promotion of FDA-Regulated Medical Products on the Internet: Docket #96N-030
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Antitrust Enforcement Punishes Consumers, Protects Business
Two new publications from the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Antitrust Reform Project unmask antitrust law as a bad deal for consumers. Though purported to regulate…
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Global Warming Conference A Smashing Success
WASHINGTON, DC, JULY 15. Over 160 People gathered at the National Press Club today to learn more about the cost and impact of the…
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Global Warming Conference: Welcoming Remarks
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Global Warming Conference: Keynote Address
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Global Warming Conference: The State of Climate Change Science
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Global Warming Conference: Luncheon Remarks
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Global Warming Conference: Political Economy of Climate Change
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Global Warming Conference: Political Economy of Climate Change
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Global Warming Conference: Political Economy of Climate Change
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