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Administration Continues to Hide McCarthy Communications
WASHINGTON, D.C., Mar. 16, 2013 –Since January, the Environmental Protection Agency has provided about 6,000 emails to the Competitive Enterprise Institute as part of…
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CEI at CPAC: “A Rainbow on the Right”
Last night at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CEI hosted an event titled: “A Rainbow on the Right: Growing the Coalition, Bringing Tolerance Out of…
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Free-Market, Hunger Groups Ask EPA to Revisit Ethanol Decision
WASHINGTON, MAR. 13, 2013 – The Competitive Enterprise Institute and ActionAid USA, an anti-hunger group, have petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency to reconsider…
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Sunshine Week? Administration Brags About FOIA; CEI Experience Tells Different Story
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CEI Analyst on Court Overturning Soda Ban in NYC: “Sweet!”
WASHINGTON, Mar. 11, 2013 — A state judge in New York has struck down the ban enacted by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on…
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CEI at CPAC
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McCarthy “Wholly Unqualified” To Serve As EPA Administrator, CEI Says
WASHINGTON, Mar. 4, 2013 — Gina McCarthy has decades of experience as an environmental bureaucrat, but a number of factors make her wholly unqualified to serve…
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REINS Act Introduced in Senate
Washington, D.C., February 28, 2013 — This week, Sen. Rand Paul introduced the Senate version of the Regulations from the Executive in Need of…
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CEI Expert Calls Italian Election Results “Troubling”
WASHINGTON, D.C., February 25, 2013 — The results of the Italian general elections are in, but the country’s political future is still unclear. NPR…
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CEI Blasts Virginia House of Delegates Transportation Vote
WASHINGTON, D.C., February 22, 2013 – With overwhelming support from establishment Virginia Republicans, a modified version of Gov. Bob McDonnell’s monstrously irresponsible transportation plan…
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Diverse Coalition Opposes E-Verify Mandate
WASHINGTON, D.C., February 21, 2013 – This Thursday, an ideologically-diverse coalition of forty-five organizations led by the Competitive Enterprise Institute, National Small Business Association,…
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Internet Sales Tax Bill Is “Raw Deal for Taxpayers”
WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 14, 2013 — Legislation introduced today to allow state tax collectors to reach across borders and tax out-of-state businesses would constitute…
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CEI Presents a Live Blog of the 2013 State of the Union
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Land Use Policies of Interior Nominee Are a Concern
WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 7, 2013 – Yesterday, President Obama nominated Sally Jewell, CEO of REI, the outdoor and camping gear retailer, to be Secretary…
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CEI Named a Finalist for Weyrich Awards
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Resignation of Energy Secretary Steven Chu Is “Most Welcome”
WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 1, 2013 — Secretary of Energy Dr. Steven Chu announced Friday he will resign his post, effective at the end of this month.
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CEI: NLRB Ruling Could Have Wide-Ranging Effects
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CEI’s Horner Applauds House Committee’s Demand for EPA Records
WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 24, 2013 – Christopher Horner, senior fellow in the Center for Energy and the Environment at the Competitive Enterprise Institute,…
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Obama’s Financial Nominees Send Mixed Signals
WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 24, 2013—Today, President Obama nominated two ex-prosecutors for key financial posts. But John Berlau, senior fellow for finance and access to…
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REINS Act Introduced in House
Washington, D.C., January 24, 2013—This week, Rep. Todd Young (IN-9) introduced the Regulations from the Executive In Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act with 121…
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Gov. McDonnell’s Transportation Tax Plan a Bad Deal for Virginians
WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 9, 2013 — Yesterday, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell released his transportation funding plan. His proposal would eliminate the gasoline tax, making…
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Eurocrats Delay “Basel III” Albatross on U.S. Banks
WASHINGTON, D.C., January 8, 2013 – Over the weekend, a committee of international regulators and central bankers decided to slightly revise and delay the…
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Web Users Dodge Bullet as FTC Closes Google Probe
WASHINGTON, D.C., January 3, 2013 — Today, the Federal Trade Commission announced a settlement with Google, marking the end of a two-year antitrust probe…
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EPA IG to Investigate Agency Email Practices
WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 17, 2012 – Chris Horner, senior fellow on energy and the environment at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, author of the…
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New Report: ‘Big Beer’ Embraces Free Market, Attacked by Liberal Group
WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 11, 2012 — Big corporate beer interests seek to cut out the government-mandated middle man and let all breweries sell directly to…
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Institute Welcomes Court Ruling on Commercial Free Speech
WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 4, 2012 – The Competitive Enterprise Institute applauded the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals decision yesterday, concluding that the…
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New Study: Rachel Carson Was Wrong
WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 30, 2012 – This year marks the 50th anniversary of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, the book credited with launching the modern environmentalist…
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STEM Jobs Act a Step Backward on Immigration Reform, Warns Free Market Group
WASHINGTON D.C., Nov. 29, 2012 – This Friday, the House of Representatives will vote on the STEM Jobs Act (H.R. 6429). The bill would…
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Decades-Old ECPA Needs Update, CEI Urges
Washington, D.C., November 29, 2012 — This morning, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee will vote on an amendment to the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy…
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Three Scholars to Appear at Conference of State Legislators
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EPA Denies RFS Waiver Petitions
WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 16, 2012 — EPA administrator Lisa Jackson denied petitions from seven governors today to waive the biofuel blending requirements established by the federal…
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CEI Releases New I, Pencil Film
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CEI Sues To Force Release of Carbon Tax Emails
WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 13, 2012 – On Tuesday, the Competitive Enterprise Institute filed suit to force the Treasury Department to release more than 7,300…
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Open Letter to President Obama
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Lawson Bader Named President of CEI; Fred Smith To Stay In The Fight
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Climate Scientist Sues CEI
WASHINGTON, D.C., October 26, 2012 — Penn State Professor Michael Mann, creator of the infamous hockey stick reconstruction of climate data, is suing CEI for…
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PBS Frontline: “Climate of Doubt”
Washington, D.C., Oct. 22, 2012 — CEI’s Myron Ebell, one of America’s best-known climate science skeptics, will be on TV Tuesday night (Oct. 23)…
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EPA Contest Asks How Big Government Helps You, CEI Answers in New Video
How does Big Government help you? The Environmental Protection Agency wants to know. Today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute has the answer.
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Keep Humanity in Earth Day
Washington, D.C., April 21, 2010—This year, the Competitive Enterprise Institute urges those celebrating Earth Day to remember that human beings are part of the natural…