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UN on biofuels — implications and tradeoffs
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Gas Prices a-Go-Go No More
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You, too, can be a Concerned Scientist for $35
Today, Human Events reprints Iain’s, Myron’s, and my article on the Union of Concerned Scientists (which was first published in Capital Research…
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Gas Prices a-Go-Go
Tomorrow is the exhaustively-named House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming’s hearing on high gas prices. According to Chairman Ed Markey, it…
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Isn’t Poverty Even Filthier?
A massive ad campaign has been mounted in recent weeks within the Beltway to demonize coal. The ads show some rather unlikely models posing as…
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Hate Crimes Hypocrisy
The ACLU has just jettisoned principle and sacrificed civil liberties on the altar of political correctness in supporting the federal hate-crimes bill. Historically, the ACLU…
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Charlie Crist: Populist
Florida continues its populist jihad against private insurance companies. On top of last year’s legislation letting the state-owned Citizens Property Insurance Corp. compete outright for…
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Cable News Grudge Match: Sam vs. Phil on CNBC
In case you missed him earlier today, here’s our very own Sam Kazman debating Phil Clapp of the National Environmental Trust on federal…
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The Real Risk is to Our Freedom
News stories about the “toxic” chemicals seem to appear daily in the press. These stories say our health is at risk, but the real risk…
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Libertarian Smack Down
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Sarko and the French Cultural Myth
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Instead of praying, buy fluorescent
In my web browsing last evening, I came across a booklet published by the Church of England last month. It’s called “How Many Lightbulbs…
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The Department of Energy Liberates Us from Clean Clothes
CEI doesn’t always see eye-to-eye with the editors of Consumer Reports (to put it mildly), but they do have a great feature in the…
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Even a Caveman…
A Canadian news site notes that activists have recently formed a new “lobby” group called “Prevent Cancer Now.” They want to alert the world…
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“Dr. Hockey Stick” Michael Mann sticks his neck out
A colleague directs my attention to a remarkable example of someone needlessly sticking their neck out, specifically “Dr. Hockey Stick” Michael Mann, whose fall I…
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Will Sarko deliver?
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Re: Sam’s the Man
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Sam’s the Man
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The Honor of Being ‘Lamberted’
I have recently been informed that a couple weeks ago I had the distinct honor of being 'Lamberted.' That is, I was the object of…
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MSYahoo Would Be Good for the Market
The New York Post is speculating on the possibility of Microsoft aquiring Yahoo! This deal would deflate the notion that Google is a…
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Another Victim of the Nanny State
In the spirit of Friday afternoon, allow me to direct your attention to the sad demise of Sudan’s only married goat. Her name was…
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Amensty International Helps Fight to Free Kareem
Amensty International posted this summation of the injustice that has landed Karim Amer in prison for the next four years. Karim’s ‘crime’ has been…
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Hate Crimes and Federalism
Congress is considering proposals to create a broad hate-crimes law covering crimes based on sexual orientation, gender, and disability, as well as race. Hate-crimes laws…
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The CAFE Debate: Safety v. Mileage
With today’s Senate hearing on fuel economy, it’s a good time to turn again to CEI’s work on the Department of Transportation’s corporate average…
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Of Chocolate and Ice Cream
A number of blogs and mainstream media outlets are going wild over proposed FDA regulations that would redefine chocolate. Right now, to be called…
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The Digg Revolution?
Websters are calling the ‘revolt’ at Digg an online Boston Tea Party. This is offensive to anyone who knows the history of the Boston…
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AdSense Nonsense
Charges that Google is constructing a vast network of partners in order to monopolize the net betray that fact that most regulators and ‘tech journalists’…
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Consumer “Protection” Racket
D.C. Administrative Law Judge Roy Pearson is suing a Korean drycleaner couple for $65 million for losing his pants and posting signs that say…
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Chris Horner on Glenn Beck’s Global Warming Special
In case you missed him last night:…
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A Knight to Slay the Green Dragon
Our friend Peyton Knight had an (intentionally) hilarious op-ed piece in yesterday’s Examiner, highlighting the (unintentionally) hilarious display of eco-hypocrisy in Vanity Fair‘s…
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Glenn Beck Takes on Global Warming Alarmism
Here’s the transcript from last night’s CNN/Glenn Beck special on global warming, which included our very own Chris Horner. Beck sets the tone of…
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Rep. Scott Garrett on Sarbanes-Oxley Reform
Rep. Scott Garrett (R-NJ) delivers remarks to the Center for Entrepreneurship’s recent conference on “Entrepreneurs, the Stock Market and the American Dream.”…
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KFC Lawsuit Thrown Out
A lawsuit against KFC for using trans fats in its fried chicken has been thrown out. In an appropriately sarcastic ruling, federal district…
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Environmentalism a religion? Naaaah!
Penn & Teller will need a new way to do their Gideon Bible card trick (for an explanation, read the book) at the Gaia…
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Business groups support Korea trade pact
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WTO agriculture chair suggests ways to move stalled talks
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Nobel Laureates Say the Darndest Things
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Editing Isn’t Censorship, Even for Digg
Digg.com, the popular crowd-edited news aggregating site, has been the subject of online controversy as of late. Recently, a Digg user posted a story with…
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Myron Debates Carbon Offsets and ‘Green’ Power on CNBC
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NY Gov. Spitzer joins ranks of corn ethanol doubters
CEI is not the habit of praising Elliott Spitzer. Indeed, Spitzer won the number three spot in CEI’s report on the Top Ten Worst…
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Buy out the sugar growers, says the LA Times
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Anyone Want to Buy Some Venezuelan Oil Futures Contracts?
Hugo Chavez, celebrating Communist New Year in style, has stripped the world’s major oil companies of operational control of drilling projects in the Orinoco…
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Marlo to appear on climate change panel
If you’re in DC this evening, CEI’s own Marlo Lewis will be a panelist at a climate change discussion sponsored by the World Affairs…
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Carbon Offsets and Snake Oil
EasyJet, one of Europe’s biggest budget airlines, has taken a look at the carbon offset business and doesn’t like what it found: Toby Nicol,…
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A Blow to Privatization and Interstate Commerce
Once again, Justices Roberts and Alito have split over whether federal law preempts a state regulation. In United Haulers Association v. Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste…
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Incandescent Damsels in Distress
The front page of today's Washington Post breaks the dramatic story I've been waiting to see reported on for some time: U.S. consumers don't care…
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Global Warming Round-up
It’s a while since I’ve done one of these, but here are some global warming-related stories you may have missed. Canada sets own emissions…
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Free Kareem Roundup
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Lewis Black on Eco-celebs
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Enviro kids need counseling?
Richard, your post on angry kids used by enviros reminded me that I showed the Greenpeace ad to a friend who deals with disturbed…