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Credit for Early Implementation: Kyoto Through the Front Door
Last year, in an attempt to safeguard the Senate’s constitutional prerogatives in treaty-making, Congress barred the Environmental Protection Agency and the Council on…
Newsletter
Vol. III, No. 2
Politics Greens Criticize Early Emissions Bill A bill introduced by Sens. John Chafee (R-RI), Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) and Connie…
Op-Eds
The Free Enterprise of Trash Management (Letter to the Editor)
In the article “Tons More of N.Y. Trash Headed for Va. Landfills” [front page, Jan. 12], Virginia State Sen. William T. Bolling (R-Hanover) says: “There’s…
News Release
Safety Effects Of Fuel Efficiency Law Shift Public Opinion: Survey Shows
Washington, D.C. January 20, 1999 – A nationwide survey on environmental concerns released this week shows that most Americans oppose automobile fuel efficiency standards…
Citation
Predatory Pricing Miscues
Op-Eds
Beware of the Kyoto Compromise: Kemp and Smith Op-Ed in NY Times
In November the Clinton Administration signed a treaty, negotiated in Kyoto, Japan, that purports to temper “global warming” by imposing a schedule of emissions reductions…
Op-Eds
Beware of the Kyoto Compromise: Kemp and Smith Op-Ed in NY Times
Published in the New York Times Published in the New York Times January 13, 1999 In November…
Newsletter
Vol. III, No. 1
Politics Debate Over Early Credits Heats Up Support is steadily building for proposed legislation that, if passed could seriously…
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Electricity Reform in Colorado
Full Document Available in PDF Consumers in Colorado pay prices for electricity that are among the lowest in the country. Therefore, indeed they…
Citation
Former Federal Health Expert Weighs In On Moderate Alcohol Consumption
Sierra Club
Billboards on the Garden Wall
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National Environmental Survey
Op-Eds
The Dangers Of Precaution
Full Article Available in PDF Format Executive Summary Has Europe, long the home of so much scientific and technological…
Newsletter
Vol. II, No. 26
Politics GAO Report on Voluntary Emission Crediting A new attempt to implement the Kyoto Protocol without Senate ratification is underway. A…
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The Exxon-Mobil Merger: The Lessons of History
The proposed Exxon-Mobil merger, the largest merger ever undertaken, has set nervous tongues wagging. Much of the concern stems from the perceived lessons of…
Orange County Register
Life and Death, Medicine and Law
Op-Eds
Free Trade and Idealism
In October, the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 passed through the U.S. Congress with little opposition. The new law enables unilateral export embargoes to be…
Newsletter
Vol. II, No. 25
Politics Early Credit for Emissions Reductions The latest attempt to implement the Kyoto Protocol without Senate ratification is a scheme to use the threat of…
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Wal-Mart: Santa or Satan?
View Full Document as PDF As Christmas shoppers flock to Wal-Mart, filling its parking lots to overflowing, should they feel they’ve…
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National Environmental Survey
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Is the Kyoto Protocol Dead?
View Full Document as PDF Is the Kyoto Protocol, the global warming treaty negotiated in December 1997, any closer to being…
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Beneficial Effects of Consumption of Low Levels of Alcohol
Products
Smart Growth Stupidity
For years, redevelopment has been pushing Austin’s low-income Latinos eastwards. A couple decades ago, the culprit was a highway: IH35, a road that runs…
Products
What A Congress
As1998 draws to a close, it’s appropriate to look back at the most significant deregulatory successes that have been achieved during the year. Where should…
Products
Predation’s Problems (Continued)
The case against predatory pricing is much stronger than argued by Donald Boudreaux in "The Problem with Predation" (CEI UpDate, September 1998). Boudreaux relies primarily…
Products
Could Kyoto Kill?
Whether or not the United States should ratify an international treaty to limit greenhouse gases is the most prominent question in today’s environmental policy debate.
Products
Airline Deregulation – The Next Step
In the 20th anniversary year of airline deregulation, air travel is again at the forefront of public policy. Policymakers have been besieged with a variety…
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Airline Deregulation: The Unfinished Revolution
Full Document Available in PDF In the 20th anniversary year of airline…
Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey
Wealthier is Healthier
Op-Eds
How to Get Real Social Security: Tom Miller Article in Reader’s Digest
“Am I ever going to see that money again Published in Reader’s Digest December 1998 “Am I ever going to see…
Newsletter
Vol. II, No. 24
Politics Combining Montreal with Kyoto Many issues were discussed at the climate change talks in Buenos Aires this month, but one of the most disturbing…
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Comments Before the Federal Communications Commission
Op-Eds
Only The Forest Service Can Prevent Forests
Remember,” Smokey Bear likes to remind careless campers, “only you can prevent forest fires.” Only you – and the U.S. Forest Service, which has been…
News Release
Another Smoking Gun: Institute Opposes New Tobacco Settlement
Washington, D.C. November 17, 1998—The Competitive Enterprise Institute today announced its opposition to the latest tobacco settlement, calling it an affront to both individual…
Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey
Kyoto, A Real dodo of a treaty
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Vol. II, No. 23
Politics A Report from Our Team in Buenos Aires Only 2,000 people reportedly participated in the event’s first week, a far cry from the…
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FDA Modernization After One Year: Drug Approval is Still Too Slow
The Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997—signed into law one year ago this Wednesday—is under attack. Spurred by the withdrawal of…
Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey
Funding the Lobby of Global Warming
Of all the shocking budget deal capitulations the Republican Congress made to the White House, none is more inexplicable than the decision to provide almost $200…
Op-Eds
DOJ Gets No Credit For Visa Complaint: Case Will Stifle Bank Card Innovation
The specter of the U.S. Department of Justice as "social engineer" — seeking to shape markets into a narrow and static mold of…
Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey
A New Heavy at Food and Drug?
Heartland
News from the Heartland
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Global Warming: Evidence From The Satellite Record
Full Briefing available in PDF format. Preface The scientific case for an international climate treaty rests largely on predictions generated…
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Climate Change: Insights from Oceanography
Full Document Available in PDF The global warming establishment asserts that the science underlying…
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The Oregon Water Trust
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Vol. II, No. 22
Politics EPA Lacks Authority to Regulate CO2 Following the completion of the Kyoto Protocol, Carol Browner, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), testified before…
Citation
2+2=6
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Emission Credits: The Supply & Demand Gap
Full Briefing available in PDF format. Preface Last year, some 160 nations negotiated an agreement in Kyoto, Japan, that would require the…
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Encryption Policy for the 21st Century: A Future without Government-Prescribed Key Recovery
Full Document Available in PDF Encryption technology…
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Vol. II, No. 21
Politics Little Progress Expected in Buenos Aires The fourth Conference of the Parties (COP-4) will meet in Buenos Aires, Argentina on November 2-13 to further…
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Temperature Data Still Riddled With Errors.
With the evidence for man-made global warming becoming more tenuous each year, green activists like Vice President Al Gore have been reduced to…