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Happy birthday, Smokey Bear! Let’s fight forest fires the right way
Smokey Bear, the famous US Forest Service (USFS) mascot, celebrated his 81st birthday this past Saturday, August 9. Smokey Bear was created in 1944…

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EPA proposes rule to overturn regulatory finding justifying major restrictions on consumer choice: CEI analysis
Today, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the agency’s proposed rule that would overturn the 2009 endangerment finding. For 16 years, this finding has been…

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Congress should support the Grizzly Bear State Management Act
Tomorrow, the House Natural Resources Committee will meet to consider 12 pieces of legislation that have been introduced in the 119th Congress. One of…
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Frankenfood, Pro and Con
David Bowe writes in “Consumers Love Frankenfood” (editorial feature, Feb. 27) predicts that consumers will make their decision about genetically modified food…
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Baptists, Bootleggers and Wind Power
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Have you ever heard of Baptists allying themselves with bootleggers? It actually happened…
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Epidemiology Beyond Its Limits
In 1995, science writer Gary Taubes warned that the science of epidemiology (tracing the source and causes of disease) was reaching a crisis…
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Patent Nonsense on GMOs Should Be Debunked
It may now seem daring to say, but in a decade's time GM foods are likely to be as widely accepted in kitchens…
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Competitive Outsourcing in the National Parks
The National Academies’ Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Internship Program presents a seminar on:Competitive Outsourcing in the National…
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CEI Does Cancún
From September 10 through September 14, the World Trade Organization will hold its fifth Ministerial meeting in Cancún, Mexico. The Competitive Enterprise Institute will be…