Washington, D.C., August 19, 2008—A new book scrutinizes crucial environmental policy areas in need of change, from global warming to free-market environmentalism, biotechnology, chemical risk, and more.

“The U.S. needs environmental policies that recognizes the value of harnessing the institutions of the marketplace,” remarked Environmental Source editor, Angela Logomasini, PhD., Director of Risk and Environmental Policy for the Competitive Enterprise Institute.

The book, The Environmental Source, is an essential reference book on environmental policy for political candidates, news media and editorialists, elected officials and their staff, students, professors and anyone with an interest in environmental issues. The book’s contributors provide useful insights, such as:

• Fred L. Smith, Jr. calls on policymakers to rethink their environmental paradigm [1]and consider ways to use market institutions to advance environmental protection.
• Gregory Conko tackles food policy, answering questions about biotechnology [2] and the impact of mercury [3]in the human diet.
• Iain Murray answers critical questions related to the hottest environmental issue today: global warming [4].
• Angela Logomasini gets the facts on cancer trends [5]and the impact of chemicals on human health.

With a user-friendly format and easy-to-read style, The Environmental Source, 2nd Edition provides sourced facts and figures, additional references, and contact information to experts on key environmental issues. CEI is releasing both a hard copy and an online version that will be updated and expanded on an ongoing basis.

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CEI is a non-profit, non-partisan public policy group dedicated to the principles of free enterprise and limited government. For more information about CEI, please visit our website at cei.org [8] and blog at openmarket.org [9].