Opinion
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Heritage Rivers Initiative Draws Hail of Protests
Opinion -A Clinton administration initiative said to be aimed at revitalizing the nation's river communities has run into stiff opposition from property rights advocates who fear that beneath the sheepskin is the wolf of a federal land grab. -
Massachusetts Considers Toxics Legislation
Opinion -Massachusetts state legislators are considering a bill that would require the state’s Department of Public Health to create and make available to the public a Toxic Effects Warning List. -
OMB Seeks Public Comment on Report on Cost of Regulations
Opinion -Alarmed by the rising cost of new federal regulations, Congress included a provision in the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act of 1996 requiring the White House Office of Management & Budget (OMB) to prepare by September 30, 1997 an accounting -
Popular Parks Can and Should Pay Their Way, Study Says
Opinion -It is no secret that many of America's beloved national parks are in an appalling state of disrepair, served by deteriorating roads and crumbling facilities. -
Are Roaches Top Cause of Asthma?
Opinion -Announcing his support for EPA's new standards for particulate matter (PM) and ground-level ozone, President Clinton boasted that the regulations would benefit children. -
Scientist: EPA’s New Air Quality Standards May be Harmful to Health
Opinion -With EPA ready to implement its stringent new air quality standards, a leading scientist has warned that the agency's regulation for particulate matter (PM) is not only premature, but may even be harmful to public health because the scientific -
Air Pollution and SIDS
Opinion -A new study issued by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention concludes that air pollution causes SIDS and other post-neonatal mortality. -
08/1997 News Briefs
Opinion -American Land Sovereignty Act (HR-901) Congressman Don Young's (R-Alaska) bill to protect American public and private lands from jurisdictional encroachments by United Nations programs (such as Biosphere Reserves and World Heritage Sites) came out of -
Scientific Basis of Global Warming Scare Crumbling, Experts Say
Opinion -With less than four months remaining before the nations of the world are scheduled to sign a landmark climate change protocol in Kyoto, Japan, the supposed "consensus" among scientists about the nature and seriousness of the problem is steadily eroding. -
No Connection Between Global Warming and North Dakota Floods
Opinion -"While we cannot say with certainty that the flooding that is now occurring along the Red River signals the beginning of climate change, it is entirely consistent with the predicted effects. -
New Hampshire Shows Way to Self-Sufficiency of Parks
Opinion -In yet another example of how Washington can learn from energetic, cost-conscious state governments, New Hampshire's state park system--24 natural areas, 12 historic sites, and 36 diverse recreation areas--is enjoying its seventh year of -
Myths of Global Warming Cited as Kyoto Nears
Opinion -As the administration moves forward with plans to sign a treaty in December imposing legally binding, internationally enforceable limits on the production of greenhouse gases, questions continue to be raised as to whether such a far-reaching step is -
Markets Better than Mandates at Determining Recycling Levels
Opinion -The popular debate over whether "trash is treasure" or "recycling is garbage" misses the point, according to a new study by the Reason Public Policy Institute. -
Battle Over Air Quality Standards Enters New Arena
Opinion -On June 25, President Clinton announced his endorsement of EPA's controversial plans to tighten standards for particulate matter (PM) and ground-level ozone, moving the national debate over air quality regulation to a new arena: Congress and the -
Global Climate Change Negotiations: A Lead Weight on Our Nation’s Future Economic Growth
Opinion -On July 15, 1997, Senator Chuck Hagel (R-Nebraska) addressed the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Conference on Global Climate Issues, held in Washington, D.C. What follows is an abbreviated version of his remarks. -
A Canadian’s View of Global Warming
Opinion -Much of Canada is suffering the most miserable spring in years. Temperatures remain below normal. With a month to go till the summer solstice (or maximum sunshine per day), the Victoria Day holiday weekend high was a balmy five degrees. -
Why Al Salvi Is Wrong About Guns
Opinion -Last October, The Heartland Institute presented its Heartland Liberty Prize to Al Salvi for his outstanding efforts to promote individual liberty. We were impressed by the young U.S. -
Food Supply Up, Prices Fall
Opinion -Bumper crops in the United States, Canada, and even Latin America have sent 1997 world agricultural price levels back to where they were in 1995. -
Environmental Regulations Can Be Made User Friendly
Opinion -Local land use and environmental regulations can be made much more user-friendly without sacrificing community objectives. Here are a few ways suggested by John L. Gann Jr. -
Ethanol Tax Incentives Produce Little Environmental Benefit, GAO Reports
Opinion -A new report by the U.S. General Accounting Office finds that billions of dollars in subsidies and tax exemptions for alcohol fuels have failed either to reduce U.S. reliance on foreign sources of oil or to benefit the environment. -
Alaska Health Dept. Challenges Jacobson PCB Findings
Opinion -The February 27, 1997 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine prints a letter from the Alaska Division of Public Health that casts new doubt on a study often cited by activists for tighter regulation of water quality. John P. Middaugh M.D. -
Falling Cancer Rates Are Evidence that Synthetic Chemicals Pose No Threat to Public Health
Opinion -Dr. Bruce Ames and Dr. Lois Swirsky Gold, scientists with the National Institute of Environmental Health Science Center at the University of California, Berkeley, came before the U.S. -
Associated Press Article Links Chemicals to Early Puberty
Opinion -The Associated Press recently reported on a study alleging that American girls reach puberty earlier than commonly believed, with nearly half of black girls and 15 percent of white girls beginning to develop sexually by age 8. -
The Dangerous Greening of American Foreign Policy
Opinion -Dr. Henry Miller was trained as a physician and molecular biologist.