Category: Free Enterprise Project

Cap-and-Trade-Backing CEOs Should Learn from the Housing Bubble that the Pursuit of Liberal Policy Goals is Not a Sound Business Strategy, by Tom Borelli, Ph.D.

National Policy Analysis #585 /
With President Obama and his allies in Congress pushing for a cap-and-trade regulatory policy to reduce greenhouse gases, the future of American energy is at a crossroads — and the creation of an economic “Green Bubble” may be in the ...
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Bill O’Reilly Covers National Center Free Enterprise Project’s Call on Obama to Dismiss Jeffrey Immelt

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The National Center for Public Policy Research's Free Enterprise Project has called on President Obama to dismiss General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt from his Economic Recovery Advisory Board following findings from the Security and Exchange Commission that "GE bent the ...
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President Obama Must Dismiss GE CEO Jeff Immelt from the Economic Recovery Advisory Board

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Washington, DC - Today, the Free Enterprise Project calls on President Obama to dismiss General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt from the president's Economic Recovery Advisory Board because of the findings revealed in a settlement between the Securities and Exchange Commission ...
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Rolling Stone: Cap and Trade is a Carbon Tax Structured So Private Interests Collect the Revenues

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Tom Borelli of our Free Enterprise Project has repeatedly warned Americans that passage of cap-and-trade will lead to the creation of a new economic bubble (see here, here or here). Now Rolling Stone magazine is getting into the act, and ...
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Citing Conflicts of Interest, Free Enterprise Project Calls on GE CEO Jeff Immelt and La Opinion CEO Monica C. Lozano to Resign from President Obama’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board

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Tom Borelli of the National Center's Free Enterprise Project is scheduled to appear on the Fox News Channel's online "Strategy Room" program on Thursday, June 25 between 9:00 AM and 10:00 AM eastern. Tom is planning to talk about the ...
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ABC World News Sponsors to Be Monitored in Light of White House “Town Hall” Meeting on Health Care, Group Says

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Washington, DC - The Free Enterprise Project of the National Center for Public Policy Research is today calling on General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt and Monica C. Lozano, Publisher & CEO of La Opinion, to resign from President Obama's Economic ...
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Caterpillar CEO Commits to Pro-Cap-and-Trade Lobbying Course While Admitting Risk to USA and His Own Corporation; Says Stockholders Who Object Can Just Sell Their Stock

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Washington, DC - Caterpillar CEO James Owens admitted Wednesday at his company's annual stockholder meeting that the carbon caps his company supports could hurt the U.S., U.S. heavy industry and Caterpillar itself. Owens made the admission in response to questioning ...
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A Call for Transparency in Lobbying: Caterpillar Management Challenged on Support for Climate Legislation at Stockholder Meeting

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Washington, DC - Tom Borelli, director of the Free Enterprise Project of the National Center for Public Policy Research, is confronting Caterpillar Inc. management at the corporation's shareholder's meeting in Chicago Wednesday, asking the corporation to increase the transparency of ...
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GE’s Jeffrey Immelt Fights Back

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General Electric boss Jeffrey Immelt faced a tough crowd at GE's annual stockholder's meeting in April, and it's just now becoming clear how much he minded. At the meeting, Project 21 Fellow Deneen Borelli asked if media reports that Immelt ...
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Cap and Trade Bill Economic Suicide for Taxpayers and Businesses, says National Center for Public Policy Research

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Washington, DC - Get ready to be taxed even more, America! Memorial Day is the target date set by Democrats Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Ed Markey (D-MA) for passage of a cap-and-trade bill that promises economic hardship for all. The ...
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