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The Wood Duck
Full Document Available in PDF The wood duck has long occupied a special place in…
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CEI Blasts NHTSA’S Handling Of Air Bags And CAFE At Congressional Hearing
WASHINGTON, DC May 22, 1997 -Testifying at a House reauthorization hearing on NHTSA, CEI today charged that the agency was on the verge of…
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Wasting Energy on Appliances
Uncle Sam is designing your next refrigerator, whether you like it or not. The humble refrigerator, an all-American invention that had become — without government…
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CEI Announces June Antitrust Conference
WASHINGTON, DC May 12, 1997– The Competitive Enterprise Institute is proud to invite you to attend RETHINKING ANTITRUST REGULATION: Reform, Repeal, or Retreat?…
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Lords of the Flies
When President Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act in 1973, he inadvertently codified Aldo Leopold’s stylish but stupid aphorism, “To keep every cog and…
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Officious Intermeddlers
With its April 4 decision to block Staples' planned merger with Office Depot, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) provided fresh evidence that antitrust is economically…
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Washington Waterworld
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Are the CFTC’s Days Numbered?
In the final movement of Gustav Mahler's Sixth Symphony, his hero is hit by what the Viennese composer calls "three hammer-blows of fate" that ultimately…
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Chemical Weapons Convention Sell-out
Not since "read-my-lips" George Bush raised taxes and destroyed his presidency has a Republican leader so soiled the GOP's claim to be a party of…
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Calmer Weather: The Spin on Greenhouse Hurricanes
Full Document Available in PDF Somehow, the public has been convinced…
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The Yellowstone Affair: Environmental Protection, International Treaties, And National Sovereignty
Full Document Available in PDF Environmental regulation has…
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The Yellowstone Affair: Environmental Protection, International Treaties, and National Sovereignty
Full study available in pdf format Environmental regulation has gone international in recent decades. There has been a proliferation of treaties, conventions, and protocols aimed…
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Wetland Study Author to Testify on Hill
WASHINGTON, DC April 29, 1997 —Denouncing the Army Corps of Engineer's Section 404 wetlands restoration program as “costly, ineffective, and unnecessary” Environmental Policy Analyst…
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Institute Cheers Court Decision, Cautiously: Free Speech Protected, but FDA Regulation of Tobacco Unwarranted
WASHINGTON, DC April 25, 1997 — The Competitive Enterprise Institute gave one cheer for today's federal court ruling that overturned FDA's attempt to restrict…
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Earth Day Tragedy: Flawed Environmental Treaty Dumps on Third World
WASHINGTON, DC April 22, 1997 —The Basel Convention, a United Nations treaty which regulates world trade, is due to ban all trade in “wastes”…
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America is Swamped: Study Documents Net Increase In Wetlands
WASHINGTON, DC April 17, 1997 —America is gaining wetlands, according to a new study by the Competitive Enterprise Institute. The study found that over…
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Comments at FTC Hearing on Consumer Privacy
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States Lead Way with Environmental Audits: New Study Finds EPA Opposition Unwarranted
WASHINGTON, DC April 14, 1997— Environmental audit laws demonstrate state leadership in environmental policy innovation, according to a new study. The state laws provide…
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Institute Calls for USDA to Truly Reinvent Itself in Wake of Strawberry Fiasco
WASHINGTON, DC April 2, 1997– As thousands of public school students prepare to get hepatitis vaccines due to contaminated school lunch strawberry desserts distributed…
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Species-Friendly Tax Cuts
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EPA’s Hazy Air Rules
In the first major environmental effort of the Clinton Administration's second term, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed new rules tightening the nation's standards for two…
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Immorality of the Airbag Mandate
While the air bag issue occupies the full-time attention of dozens of technocrats, its ethical aspects have largely been ignored. At CEI's request, Bowling Green…
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NAIC Insures Privileged Access
Thousands of insurance executives and regulators converged on Orlando, Fla., in March to attend the spring meeting of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners…
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Swamped: How America Achieved No Net Loss
Full Document Available in PDF Environmental policy makers routinely decry the…
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National Poll on Air Bags Shows Need for Change
WASHINGTON, DC March 28, 1997 — By a ratio of nearly 3 to 1, the public favors giving people the choice of purchasing a…
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Red Tape Will Hinder Trade: Study Questions Environmental and Economic Benefits of ISO14000
WASHINGTON, DC March 22, 1997—Imposing mandatory uniform environmental standards on industrial firms will result in both environmental and economic harm according to a study…
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Institute Clears the Air on EPA Regulations
WASHINGTON, DC, March 12, 1997 The Environmental Protection Agency's proposals to tighten air quality regulations are likely to do more harm than good, according…
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CEI Joins Large Congressional Coalition to End United Nations Entitlement
Announcing its support of a growing coalition to rethink United Nations treaties, conferences and global taxation proposals in general and the U.S. “debt” to the…
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The Ark That Wouldn’t Float
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Green Grantmaking in D.C.
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Better Late Than Never
The Food and Drug Administration has long been criticized for delaying the approval of new medical drugs and devices. Under outgoing Commissioner David Kessler, the…
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New Choices in Auto Insurance
The high cost of auto insurance is a serious concern for many people across the country. Annual premiums can run into thousands of dollars.
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Tyranno-Soros
It always makes me queasy when a successful capitalist uses his wealth and talent to sell anti-capitalism. Not because such behavior is a form of…
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Environmental Audits: State Carrots Versus Federal Sticks In Environmental Enforcement
Full Document Available in PDF Environmental regulation has…
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Sudden Impact: The Collision Between The Air Bag Mandate And Ethics
Full Document Available in PDF Air bags…
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Institute Offers Grazing Reform to Chew On
Establishing, tradable grazing rights will go a long way to resolving the differences between ranchers and environmentalists, according to a new study released by the…
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New CEI Study: Promising Treatments Delayed by FDA
Charging that outgoing FDA Commissioner David Kessler has left a legacy of increased bureaucracy and deadly overcaution, the Competitive Enterprise Institute will release a new…
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Economic “Consensus” Bandwagon on Warming Derailed
Urging caution in the face of calls for drastic action over the issue of global warming, the Competitive Enterprise Institute responded to today's press conference…
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New FDA Bill Offers Hope for the Desperate
The Access to Medical Treatment Act (H.R. 746 ), a bipartisan bill being introduced in the House today, marks a step forward in both medicine…
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Drivers Caught in the Full-Cost Trap
Over the past several years, the push to limit Americans' use of their automobiles has gained a great deal of momentum. Advocacy groups and government…
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Pension Reform Not So Simple
For years, pension analysts have warned of the unintended consequences of federal pension regulation. In 1996, even President Clinton acknowledged that the growth of regulation…
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Defenders of Wildlies
Have you ever been told you were wrong when you knew you were right? Sure, it happens all the time. You say the…
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Anti-Environmental Enforcement
Expanding enforcement of environmental “crimes” is at the top of Carol Browner's agenda for 1997. Browner, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, wants to…
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CEI Joins Rep. Kasich and Broad Coalition to “End Corporate Welfare as We Know It”
Denouncing the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) as “a silly distortion of global financial markets whose worst human consequences are in the third world,” Competitive…
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Air Bag Hearings Turn Deaf Ear to Consumer Choice
Two free market-advocacy groups charged that today's Senate hearing on air bags was a meaningless replay that failed to consider real alternatives to the current…
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More Kid Stuff
Advocates of politically controlled universal health care coverage have retooled their offensive game plan. Uninsured children will serve as blocking backs for an end run…
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Cars and Civil Rights
1996 was the Centennial of the Car; it should have been called the Censorial of the Car. From magazine cover stories to interminable PBS…
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ISO 14000: Envrionmental Regulation By Any Other Name?
Full Document Available in PDF Until recently, most environmental regulations…
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The Costs of Kyoto
In 1997, the Competitive Enterprise Institute set out to answer just that question. CEI sponsored a conference on the implications of an international treaty…
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Govt. Deliberately Watered Down Air Bag Warnings in 1993
Arguing that the public should ask some serious questions before being subjected to a “new and improved” air bag mandate, the Competitive Enterprise Institute will…