There is also the constant conflating of climate policy with climate science in order to make subjective and ideological policy choices seem as if the science dictates those choices. But science informs policy, it does not provide objective answers to policy questions. However, those who disagree with the climate policy choices favored by extremists are labeled with offensive terms like deniers.
The Competitive Enterprise Institute rejects climate policies that assume Americans and humans all over the world must sacrifice their quality of living, be guilted into radical life changes, and give up on improving their standard of living in the name of fighting climate change. Even if the United States no longer existed, there would be little to no meaningful impact on global temperatures. Therefore, the myriad of extreme policies are all costs and no gain.
Using the force of government to impose policies that severely hurt humans today, especially the poor, without any meaningful benefits is not just foolish but indefensible. And when such policies are advanced, the proponents of those policies should always be expected to explain how their policy choices would meaningfully affect global temperatures. When they are unable to provide answers, which will be the case, their policy choices should be quickly dismissed.
The best way to deal with any genuine climate concerns is to remove government obstacles that hinder innovation, reduce wealth, and undermine prosperity and opportunity. Economic liberty benefits Americans generally, and at the same time, it is also the world’s best climate policy. After all, the wealthiest and most prosperous nations are far more likely to develop solutions to such problems than other nations.
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Backdoor to Kyoto: Paul Georgia Op-Ed in Washington Times
Published in the Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT) Published in the Washington Times October 13, 2000 The Clinton-Gore administration's failure to…
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All the Hype that Can Be Put to Type: Sean Paige Op-Ed in Washinton Times
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Vol. IV, No. 20
Administration Sued Over National Assessment Four members of the Cooler Heads Coalition, three members of Congress, and one individual filed suit in federal court…
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Vol. IV, No.19
Europe’s Anti-Fuel Tax Protests Truck and taxi drivers across Europe and Great Britain have…
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Vol. IV, No. 18
Expectations Lowered for Lyon and the Hague In preparation for the Sixth Conference of…
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All the News That’s Fit to Make Up: The New York Times Eats Its Words on Global Warming
Finally someone has brought the climate change debate back down to earth Global Warming Fibbing Inspires David Letterman Mockery …
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From the Pumps to the Polls
WILL THIS SUMMER’S HIGH GAS PRICES HELP SHAPE THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS will this summer’s High Gas Prices help shape the November…
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Cooler Heads Coalition Files Lawsuit Against USCGRP’s “National Assessment” on Global Climate Change
Full Document Available in PDF Format Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. App. Section 10, the Federal Advisory Committee Act (“FACA”), and toward…
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Vol. IV, No. 16
U.S. Proposes Carbon Sinks for Kyoto The U.S. filed a proposal on August 1 to the…
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Vol. IV, No. 17
The Candidates and the Platforms The Kyoto Protocol and global warming are not, or…
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Aren’t High Gas Prices Part of What Gore Believes In?–Kemp in IBD
Published in Investor's Business Daily Published in Investor’s Business Daily July 26, 2000 Surging oil prices, combined with new Environmental Protection…
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Vol. IV, No. 15
The NACC’s Compliance Problems Continuing White House stonewalling on the National Assessment on Climate…
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Vol. IV, No. 14
Politics White House Rebuffs Congressmen on National Assessment The stench of the National Assessment has reached Congress. Representatives James Sensenbrenner, chairman of the…
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Apocalypse Soon: Climate Assessment is Based on Fear
“Many statements in the Overview Document have a rather extreme/alarmist tone and do not appear to fairly reflect the scientific literature, the historical record, or…
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Vol. IV, No. 13
Gore Plans to Implement Kyoto Protocol If Elected President…
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Kemp on Clinton and Global Warming
June 15, 2000 – With gas prices surging, and EPA responsible for up to 40 cents of the record-high price in the Midwest…
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Vol. IV, No. 12
National Assessment: Scientific Fraud, Media Hype, and Legal Problems The U.S. National Assessment on the Climate…
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Global Warming Study Filled With Junk Science, Political Biases
Washington, DC, June 12, 2000 – The so-called National Assessment on Climate Change (NACC) formally released today by a federal government panel is a…
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Ecology, Liberty & Property
Ecology, Liberty & Property: A Free Market Environmental Reader Publication Date: Spring 2000Price: $16.95ISBN #1-889865-02-8 Are free markets and environmental protection compatible? Is…
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Introduction to ‘Ecology, Liberty, and Property’
The book "Ecology, Liberty, and Property: A Free Market Environmental Reader," edited by Jonathan H. Adler, was published by the Competitive Enterprise Institute in 2000.
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Climate Change Panel Produces Unlawful Report
Washington, DC, June 1, 2000 – A meeting today of the U.S. Global Change Research Program should raise concerns among global warming and legal experts,…
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Vol. IV, No. 11
House Rejects CAFE Increases The annual fight over whether U.S. auto companies should be forced…
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Institute Blasts Global Warming Misinformation
Washington, D.C., May 25, 2000 – The claims that global warming would harm agricultural productivity are contradicted by a wealth of scientific and…
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Global Warming Briefing: What’s Wrong with UN Climate Science?
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Vol. IV, No. 10
Politics EPA Blasts the National Assessment The National Assessment of the Potential Consequences of Climate Change is under attack from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,…
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Mosquitos and Misinformation Surround Malaria Scare
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Vol. IV, No. 9
Politics New Jersey/Seattle Guinea Pigs? No, this story is not about how global warming is harming guinea pigs in New Jersey and Seattle.
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Ozone Depletion and Global Warming Linked—Again
The latest government press conference on the ozone layer, held on April 5th, announced that this protective shield had been eroded over the Arctic…
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Kemp: Clean Up the Planet with Sound Science: The Earth Day Crowd Has It All Wrong
Is mankind the greatest threat to the earth, as Vice President Gore and Greenpeace would have us believe, or the best hope for stewardship?…
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Earth Day 2000—A Time For Celebrating Successes
Washington, DC, April 21, 2000 – There will be a lot to celebrate tomorrow when millions of people around the world gather on the 30th…
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Vol. IV, No. 8
Politics Assessing the National Assessment The U.S. Global Climate Research Program is about to release its National Assessment of the Potential Consequences of…
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Julian Simon and the Triumph of Energy Sustainability
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U.S. PIRG Report Distorts Science of Global Warming
Washington, D.C., April 6, 2000 – The Competitive Enterprise Institute today accused the U.S. Public Interest Research Group of misleading the American public about…
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Vol. IV, No. 7
Politics Senate Bills Get a Hearing The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on March 30 held a hearing on two Republican bills…
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The Dangers of Playing Politics With Science
Al Gore’s “Tragic Indifference to the Human Consequences” Last August Vice President Al Gore told a captive audience of science students at…
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CEI/Cooler Heads Sue EPA: Agency Stonewalling on Constitutional End-Run
The Cooler Heads Coalition and the Competitive Enterprise Institute filed suit against the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the US District Court…
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Vol. IV, No. 6
Politics Norway’s Government Falls on Anti-Kyoto Vote After a vote of no confidence on March 8, Norwegian Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik announced the…
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CEI/Chamber of Commerce Environmental Summit 2000 slated for April 7
The gloves come off April 7. That’s when Ron Bailey, adjunct scholar at CEI and the editor of Earth Report 2000, squares off…
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Debate: Should The Kyoto Protocol Be Ratified?
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The Sun Also Warms: Harvard Scientist to Address Capitol Hill on Friday
*** MEDIA ADVISORY*** The Cooler Heads Coalition Invites you to A Global Warming…
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Al Gore Gets His Way
“Higher taxes on fossil fuels…is one of the logical first steps in changing our policies in a manner consistent with a more responsible approach…
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CEI Invites Norway to Join Cooler Heads Coalition
Washington, DC, March 10, 2000 – “The Norwegian Parliament’s decision yesterday to proceed with natural gas-fired power plants is a major setback for the…
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Vol. IV, No. 5
Politics Carbon Tax in England Great Britain’s Prime Minister Tony Blair has said that his country will reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent…
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New Article Blasts Environmental Myths
Washington, DC, March 6, 2000 – Environmental journalist Ronald Bailey proved Al Gore and his radical Green friends wrong today with his new article…
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Sea Levels Have Been Rising Since End of Last Ice Age
Washington, D.C., February 29, 2000 – “The Pew Center on Global Climate Change continued their mythmaking campaign today with the release of their latest…
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Global Warming Scare Tactics in Maine
Washington DC, February 28, 2000 – The Competitive Enterprise Institute today accused Physicians for Social Responsibility of releasing a misleading and politically motivated report…
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Vol. IV, No. 4
Politics More Backdoor Implementation The Clinton-Gore Administration has publicly stated on several occasions that it has no intention of implementing the Kyoto Protocol…
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Vol. IV, No. 3
Politics Clinton Releases Global Warming Budget The Clinton-Gore Administration’s FY2001 budget is laden with global warming pork and flouts the Knollenberg provision that prohibits implementation…
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Kyoto Lite: Credits for Early Action to Reduce CO2
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