Category: Environment and Enterprise Institute

House-Passed “Price Gouging” Bill No Relief to Consumers, by Deneen Borelli

New Visions Commentary /
House-Passed "Price Gouging" Bill No Relief to Consumers by Deneen Borelli (bio) As the summer driving season begins, consumer complaints and media hype over high gasoline prices have compelled political opportunists in the U.S. House of Representatives to pass the ...
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CAFE Kills, and Then Some: Six Reasons to Be Skeptical of Fuel Economy Standards, by Amy Ridenour and Peyton Knight

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BACKGROUND: In 1975, Congress enacted Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) regulations to reduce gasoline consumption. Current CAFE standards require an average of 27.2 miles per gallon (mpg) for cars and 21.6 mpg for light trucks. As part of its debate ...
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Global Warming Alarmism and Religion – Together at Last?

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From Peyton Knight: This is a summary report from last Thursday's Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing titled, "An Examination of the Views of Religious Organizations Regarding Global Warming." In her opening statement, committee chairman Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) ...
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No to New Fuel Economy Standards: Consumer Choice, Not Congress, Should Drive Detroit’s Decisionmaking, by Eric Peters

National Policy Analysis #556 /
If the government decides to pass a law requiring that McDonalds sell only low-fat chicken breast wraps and diet soda, the result would be more business for Wendy's and Burger King -- and empty stores for McDonalds.  So it is ...
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CAFE Standard Increases: Here’s Why Not

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Diana Furchtgott-Roth of the Hudson Institute has written a superlative op-ed on the new Corporate Average Fuel Economy, or CAFE, standards, that were approved by the Senate Commerce Committee in May. Among the CAFE facts Furchtgott-Roth shares with her readers: ...
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More Journey Through Hallowed Ground Conflicts of Interest

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From Peyton Knight: A local Virginia newspaper, the Loudoun Times-Mirror, recently wrote a rather one-sided "news" piece promoting Rep. Frank Wolf's Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area. Biased reporting is nothing unusual, however, there is more to this story ...
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Newt Gingrich on the Environment

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The Washington Post makes what it calls a Newt Gingrich-John Kerry "debate on the environment" sound like a clash of ideological opposites, but Newt Gingrich aspired to be a handmaiden of the environmentalists while Gingrich was Speaker of the House ...
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Chilling Intolerance for Free Speech on Global Warming, by Dana Joel Gattuso

National Policy Analysis #553 /
"When we've finally gotten serious about global warming, when the impacts are really hitting us and we're in a full worldwide scramble to minimize the damage, we should have war crimes trials for these bastards - some sort of climate ...
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New Phrase: “Fuel Poverty”

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In Britain, very likely the country doing more than any other to fight what its government believes is a threat from human caused global warming, the phrase "fuel poverty" is gaining currency (no pun intended). One of the side effects ...
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Sir Humphrey Appleby’s Climate Change Pact

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With the Europeans and carbon reduction, it's always the planning; never the doing. The European governments have adopted an even more stringent global warming agreement than the Kyoto Treaty, even as the EU fails to meet its Kyoto targets. It's ...
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