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<b>Tnstitute Files Petition To Prevent Distribution Of Flawed White House Clima
te Report</b>

<br><em>Document Relies on Discredited Science, Violates Prior Legal Agreement<
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2002The Competitive Enterprise Institute today filed a <A href="/gencon/027,03
040.cfm">petition</A> with the Bush Administration to prevent the distribution
of a fatally flawed report on global warming.<SPAN style="inso-spacerun: yes">&n
bsp; </SPAN>The petition to prevent distribution is in response to the Bush Adin
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