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The Next Alleged Environmental Threat: Coal Falling off Trains
Proponents of climate change are repurposing older statutes into climate policy tools, even though they were never intended for that purpose. The environmentalists’ goal is…
![Fly the (Greenhouse) Friendly Skies, If You Can Still Afford to under the House COVID-19 Bill](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Airplane-cargo-hold-GettyImages-1141641167-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Fly the (Greenhouse) Friendly Skies, If You Can Still Afford to under the House COVID-19 Bill
Airports haven’t been this empty since after 9/11, so it is not surprising that airlines would be recipients of tens of billions of assistance in…
![Minting Trillion-Dollar Platinum Coins Won’t Help Fight the Economic Downturn](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Zimbawe-trillion-dollar-bill-GettyImages-170184568_0-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Minting Trillion-Dollar Platinum Coins Won’t Help Fight the Economic Downturn
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) introduced legislation aimed at tackling the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. Tlaib’s bill would give every single person in America…
![Need for More Wireless Spectrum Will Persist beyond COVID-19 Crisis with Introduction of 5G Technology](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Wireless-router-and-phone-GettyImages-1146021763_0-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Need for More Wireless Spectrum Will Persist beyond COVID-19 Crisis with Introduction of 5G Technology
Last week, T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T and US Cellular all asked the FCC for temporary access to additional spectrum to accommodate the recent increased demand for…
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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations
Governments are responding to the coronavirus with a getting rid of harmful regulations on restaurants, schools, and stores. Most of these rules were never needed…
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Don’t Save Restaurants by Shafting Consumers
Restaurants are among the hardest—if not the hardest—hit of industries impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Like other industries, restaurants are lobbying Congress and state legislatures…