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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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Laboratories of Bureaucracy
Introduction The United States faces significant challenges in modernizing its infrastructure and meeting evolving energy needs. One of the obstacles is the complex and time-consuming…
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CEI Joins Center for Private Conservation, Heritage Foundation to Celebrate ‘Private Conservation Day’
Video of the event is available online. Contact: Judy Kent 202-331-2266 On April 14, 2003, the nation’s top land management…
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Pediatric drug testing may be unhealthy
Even by Capitol Hill’s standards, last Tuesday’s press conference was an exceptionally self-congratulatory event. The occasion was the unveiling of the Pediatric Research Equity…
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Pediatric Drug Testing Bill Could Prove Unhealthy
Washington, D.C., March 17, 2003—A controversial pediatric drug-testing bill will be unveiled at a Senate news conference tomorrow, but according to a…
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Pediatric Drug Testing Bill Could Endanger Lives
Washington, D.C., February 26, 2003—A controversial pediatric drug-testing bill will soon be introduced in the Senate, but according to a public interest…
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New Federal Rule on Alcohol Ads and Public Health
<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Washington, D.C., February 28, 2003—Today the U.S. Treasury’s Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (formerly…
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Coalition Calls On CPSC To Extend Comment On Pressure Treated Wood
Washington, D.C., February 25, 2003—The Competitive Enterprise Institute and seven other groups are requesting that the Consumer Products Safety Commission delay its…