Opinion
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Radicals Suffer Election Losses in Congress
Opinion -Environmental groups that have been crowing over Republican losses in the recent national elections may end up eating crow once the 106th Congress begins voting on environmental legislation. The reason: Despite the loss of five Republicans in the U. -
‘Enviro-capitalists,’ Public Profit from Wilderness Conservation
Opinion -The idea of having to pay to use wilderness areas for recreational purposes smacks of heresy in certain circles, but it is a growing trend, debunking the long-held belief that profits are inconsistent with a healthy environment. -
Global Warming Treaty Called ‘Major Threat’ to Small Family Farms U.S.
Opinion -The global warming treaty negotiated by the Clinton-Gore administration in Kyoto, Japan, would decrease farm income by 24 to 48 percent and cause the demise of hundreds of thousands of family farms, according to a new study from The Heartland Institute. -
Kyoto Protocol: Hazardous to Your Health?
Opinion -The Kyoto Protocol--designed to protect humans and the environment from the effects of global warming--could cause as many as 183,000 deaths in the United States alone because of increased highway fatalities, worsened indoor air pollution, and -
Montreal Ozone Depletion Protocol No Model for Global Warming
Opinion -The national hysteria being whipped up by the media and special interest groups in response to global warming is beginning to look very much like the emotional crusade launched a decade ago to halt depletion of the Earth’s ozone layer. -
Study: U.S. Has Enough Wilderness
Opinion -Though roughly one-third of the land area of the United States could be defined as “wilderness,” ardent environmentalists clamor for additions to the National Wilderness Preservation System (NWPS), the federal government’s wilderness set-aside program. -
Politics Slows Development of Climate-friendly Technologies
Opinion -For many U.S. industries, uncertainty over how to address the global climate change issue is one of the largest business risks they face. -
Kyoto Protocol Would Bring U.S. Economic Growth to a Standstill
Opinion -Given the uncertainties surrounding the effects of carbon dioxide emissions on global warming, the Kyoto Protocol is seen by many as an excessive insurance policy whose premium will be paid for in large part by developed nations like the United States. -
Brookings Institution Report: Time for Second-generation Strategies
Opinion -Nearly 30 years have passed since the first Earth Day was held and the Environmental Protection Agency established. There is no question that great strides have since been made in cleaning up the nation’s air and water. -
Will North American Carbon Sinks ‘Sink’ Kyoto Treaty?
Opinion -Although the United States and Canada produce a substantial amount of industrial carbon dioxide emissions, a new study contends that the North American continent is a net carbon sink whose vegetation may be absorbing the entire annual emissions of the -
Eco-arson Fails: Vail Resort Vows to Rebuild
Opinion -The torching of a Vail, Colorado, ski area by radical environmentalists opposed to expansion of the facility may have produced a political backdraft that could damage existing support for the group’s position. -
Heartland Offers Guide to Global Warming
Opinion -Much of what is reported about global warming in newspapers is just plain wrong--wrong science, wrong data, wrong implications--but few experts are available to rebut the newspaper articles, concludes a new publication from The Heartland Institute. -
CO2: Villain or Friend? An Exclusive Interview with Keith E. Idso
Opinion -Dr. Keith E. Idso earned his Ph.D. in botany from Arizona State University in 1997. Prior to that, he received his M.S. degree in agronomy and plant genetics and his B.S. degree in agriculture, both from the University of Arizona. -
25 Years after OPEC’s Embargo
Opinion -A quarter-century ago, rumblings of an energy shortage threatened economic, environmental, and energy apocalypse. But the threat never materialized. -
01/1999 News Briefs
Opinion -Montana Lobbying Ban Rejected by Federal Judge A Montana statute banning lobbying by for-profit companies was struck down by a federal court judge who deemed it a violation of companies’ First Amendment right of free speech. U.S. -
Death in a Bread Box
Opinion -Editor’s note: The following environmental alert came via e-mail to The Heartland Institute from a concerned correspondent, who, as happens so often on the Internet, received it from someone who received it from who-knows-who. -
Media Ignore Sound Science in Global Warming Coverage
Opinion -On October 16, the Washington Post reported that an iceberg the size of the state of Delaware (92 miles long and 30 miles wide) had broken free from Antarctica, an event attributed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as "a possible -
Resolve to be Healthy in ’99
Opinion -The American Council on Science and Health is dedicated to helping individuals distinguish between real and hypothetical health risks. -
Enough! We Have All the Wilderness We Need
Opinion -As the twentieth century draws to a close, many Americans would be pleasantly surprised to know that about two-thirds as much forest (731 million acres) exists now as in the year 1600. Some 13. -
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Milwaukee Vouchers
Opinion -School choice advocates were handed their biggest victory to date on November 9 when the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a challenge to the Wisconsin Supreme Court's June ruling in support of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program. -
Announcement Delayed Until After Election
Opinion -The U.S. Supreme Court's refusal to hear a challenge to the Milwaukee voucher program gave a boost to the Republican Party, which has made school choice a central part of GOP education policies. -
Choice Advocates Assemble at Friedman Conference
Opinion -Nobel laureate Milton Friedman urged legislators, corporate executives, and community leaders attending the first conference to be hosted by the Milton & Rose D. -
The Only Solution Is Competition: An Exclusive Interview with Milton Friedman
Opinion -It is one of the happy coincidences of history that Dr. -
Two Lucky People and the Friedman Foundation
Opinion -Two Lucky People is Milton and Rose Friedman’s lively account of their lives, the people they knew, the work they shared, their involvement with world leaders, and their contribution to many of this century’s most important public policy issues.