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The vital role of private conservation: A different perspective on Earth Day
Amidst the jubilation over government-led environmental initiatives on yet another Earth Day yesterday, it’s crucial to highlight a perspective too often overlooked: private conservation, rather…
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This week in ridiculous regulations: Trademark fees and threatened sloths
A cargo ship struck and collapsed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. The psychologist and economist Daniel Kahneman died at age 90.
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One way for government to improve air quality: Remove obstacles to prescribed fires
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) final rule on particulate matter prematurely makes the primary annual standard for fine particulate matter (PM2.5) much…
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The Pill as Pollutant
In 2002, thanks to soccer star David Beckham, the world was introduced to the “metrosexual.” Two years later, and with less mainstream-media…
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What Should Forests Fear: Global Warming or Global Warming Policies?
Activists who fear catastrophic effects from global warming have long predicted that deforestation would be one of the many impacts. As the Senate Foreign Relations…
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The Really Inconvenient Truths
From the Inside Flap Al Gore is bad for the planet… Talk about really inconvenient truths–that's one of the many you'll find in Iain Murray's…
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Biofuels, Natural Gas Prices and Farm Subsidies
Dramatically rising food prices are linked to the expanded use of biofuels. Natural gas prices in the U.S. rise 93% in eight months. Political wrangling…
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Judicial Salaries, Food Riots and the Olympic Torch
New York state judge Judith Kaye sues to have the salaries of state judges increased by 20%. The head of the International Monetary Fund warns…
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Ecuador Mining News’ Investor Survey: A Mixed Bag
The EMN Investor Concerns Survey, an initiative of this publication, reveals that half of respondents want to keep their mining stocks in firms operating in…
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Lawmakers, undo some of 2007 reforms
A year has passed since Gov. Charlie Crist and a nearly unanimous Legislature hailed the arrival of a new era for Florida’s property insurance…
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House Hearing Should Look at the Facts on Polar Bears
<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Washington, D.C., January 17, 2008—The House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming will hear…
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An Industry Worth Its Weight in Gold
Originally published in Spanish in the Sunday, December 16, 2007 edition of El Comercio newspaper, Quito, Ecuador. Translated by Ecuador Mining News…
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Senate Passes Farm Bill
Washington, D.C., December 14, 2007—Yesterday the Senate passed the 2007 farm bill, the first major revision of agricultural policy in five years. "The $286…
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CEI Planet: November – December 2007
Full Document Available in PDF The Tiger at a…
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Living up to green ‘standards’
In his HGTV show “Living with Ed,” actor and environmentalist Ed Begley Jr. shows his viewers how to live green. Begley certainly more…
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CEI Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. ENVIRONMENT A United Nations report warns of increasing acid levels in the world’s oceans realted to global warming. CEI…
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CEI Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. CONGRESS President Bush threatens to veto the 2007 Farm Bill. CEI Expert Available to Comment: Adjunct…
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CEI Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. CONGRESS Members of the Senate meet this afternoon to consider the 2007 Farm Bill. CEI Expert…
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Senate Poised to Surrender U.S. Powers
Contact: Christine Hall, 202.331.2258 Washington, D.C., October 30, 2007—The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is poised to vote Wednesday morning on an…
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Farm Bill Saddles Taxpayers with Billions in Subsidies
Washington, D.C., November 2, 2007—As Congress is poised to approve a new farm bill that further burdens consumers, taxpayers, and the poor while paying…
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CEI Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. CONGRESS The chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee expresses doubts about the 2007 Farm Bill. CEI…
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Sea Treaty Would Crush US Entrepreneurs
The Law of the Sea Treaty, or LOST, is the most important treaty you've never heard of. It would turn over all of the…
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House Committees Focus on Global Warming
Washington, D.C., November 1, 2007—Today the U.S. House of Representatives addresses global warming from two different angles, with hearings in both the Budget Committee…
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CEI Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. INTERNATIONAL The Senate Foreign Relations Committee votes to approve the controversial United Nations-sponsored Law of the Sea Treaty…
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CEI Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. INTERNATIONAL The Senate Foreign Relations Committee considers the controversial United Nations-sponsored Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST). …
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Ecoterrorism Kills
With reports that some of the fires in California may have been started by arsonists, some people have speculated that all the fires were…
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House Committee Focuses on Renewable Energy
Washington, D.C., October 30, 2007—This afternoon a subcommittee of the House International Relations Committee will hear testimony on "renewable energy and the global environment."…
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Wildfire Crises Exacerbated by Government Forest, Insurance Policies
Washington, D.C., Oct. 26, 2007—In the aftermath of devastating fires ravaging parts of Southern California and causing an estimated $500 million in damage, it’s…
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California Fire Smokescreen
Are climate alarmists using the Southern California wildfires to fan the flames of global warming? Are environmentalists and government bureaucrats using global warming…
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U.N. Birthday Highlights Threat to U.S. Sovereignty by New Treaty
Washington, D.C., October 23, 2007—With United Nations Day celebrations coming up on October 24, Senate Democrats are leading an effort to pass the Law…
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CEI Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. SAFETY Firefighters battle wildfires throughout southern California. CEI Expert Available to Comment: Senior Fellow Robert…
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CEI Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. HEALTH Democrats in Congress vow to keep pushing the children’s health insurance bill known as “SCHIP,” even…
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Opposition Letter to Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST) – DRAFT
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is currently considering ratification of the United Nations treaty on the Law of the Sea. This treaty has dangerous…
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Fred Smith To Testify On Law Of The Sea
Contact: Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 Washington, D.C., October 3, 2007—Tomorrow Competitive Enterprise Institute President Fred L. Smith, Jr. will testify before the Senate…
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Bush Ponders Disastrous Global Sea Treaty
Contact: <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Christine Hall, 202.331.2258 Washington, D.C., Sept. 25, 2007— The controversial Law of the Sea…
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A Village’s Travail
Full Document Available in PDF Rosia Montana, a poor mining town in the Transylvanian…
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The Green Regulatory State
Full Document Available in PDF Over the years, the environmental lobby has advanced a considerable…
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Barriers to more effective US disaster insurance
Sir, You are right about the need for much greater purchase of disaster insurance but, perhaps, say verylittle about how difficult it might be…
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Free trade agreements win-win for U.S.
Support for free trade long has transcended party politics in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />America. But that era officially ended with…
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House Set to Debate Boondoggle Farm Bill
Washington, D.C., July 25, 2007—The U.S. House will begin debate on the 2007 Farm Bill tomorrow. H.R. 2419 is a $250 billion special-interest package that…
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CEI Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. FINANCE Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke testifies before Congress on the alleged abuse of “subprime” loans. …
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Public Interest Groups Oppose Sugar Subsidies
Washington, D.C., July 17, 2007—As members of the House Agriculture Committee consider the 2007 farm bill, several public interest groups are urging committee members to…
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New Study Charts the Growth of Environmental Law
Washington, D.C., July 17, 2007—According to a new study from the Competitive Enterprise Institute, the conventional idea that progressive environmental causes suffer under conservative…
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Letter to Members of the House Agriculture Committee Regarding the 2007 Farm Bill
To: Members of the House Agriculture Committee We, as representatives of consumer, taxpayer, public policy, and humanitarian groups, are writing to express…
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Congress Poised to Prop Up Sugar Regime
Washington, D.C., July 16, 2007—Americans have been paying for sugar at two to three times the world price over the past 25 years, thanks…
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Hanging Onto the Trash
One would think we were dealing with a major national security issue considering how worked up New York politicians get about garbage. But that's…
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Corn-Based Ethanol
A boom in ethanol production is taking place today for variety of reasons. Undoubtedly, the most significant factor is government support and subsidies for biofuel…
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Cooler Heads Digest
1. A note from Fred Smith, CEI founder and president2. The Week in Global Warming News3. CEI’s Insider Information4. Issue…
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The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. ENERGY The Senate Finance Committee holds a hearing on energy policy titled “ Coal:…
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The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. HEALTH First Lady Laura Bush delivers remarks in the White House Rose Garden for Malaria Awareness Day .
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The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> 1. HEALTH A federal advisory…
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The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Farm experts warn of increasing price volatility as U.S. farmers plant more corn to meet the demand for ethanol. CEI Expert…
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The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. GLOBAL WARMING The UK’s Channel 4 prepares to air The Great Global…
