Opinion
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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. -
PBS Program Examines Nuclear Power
Opinion -In April, the PBS broadcast an hour-long Frontline report titled “Nuclear Reaction.” Here are some of the points made during the program. The energy from nuclear power is in very concentrated form. -
World Population Growth Slows
Opinion -The population explosion so many professional doomsayers confidently predicted only a few years ago appears to be little more than a fizzle. According to the United States Census Bureau, the world's population grew by only 79.6 million people in 1996. -
Chemical Companies Set Ambitious Emissions Reduction Goals
Opinion -The United States chemical industry has undertaken an ambitious program designed to reduce emissions from large and small facilities alike. -
Congress Fails to Use Review Power to Reform Regs
Opinion -It may not be an 800-pound gorilla, but Congress last year passed legislation, later signed into law by President Clinton, that, if properly used, may turn out to be a 350-pound gorilla--something overzealous regulators will no longer be able to ignore. -
Update on Environmental Legislation and Regulations
Opinion -The following summary of pending legislation and recent regulatory decisions is provided by arrangement with The National Coalition for Public Lands and Natural Resources, a nonprofit 501(c)6 corporation advocating continued multiple use on public lands. -
U.S. Soldiers Preparing for Green Mission in Latin America
Opinion -If the Pentagon and the State Department have their way, American soldiers attached to the U.S. Southern Command (SouthCom) will soon become warriors for the environment. In at least 32 Latin American and Caribbean nations, members of the U.S. -
Quality of Environment Improving Dramatically
Opinion -The quality of the environment in the U.S. and Canada is getting better, not worse, according to a study released in late April by the Pacific Research Institute and Fraser Institute. -
What Is a Wetland?
Opinion -When most people think of the word “wetland,” they imagine something resembling the Everglades. The legal definition, however, is not so simple or clear. For starters, there is no wetland statute nor even a Congressional definition of the term. -
EPA, States Clash Over Voluntary Pollution Audits
Opinion -A new front has opened up in the widening conflict between EPA and a growing number of state environmental agencies throughout the country. -
States, EPA Clash Over Environmental Audit Confidentiality
Opinion -In what promises to be a protracted struggle over who can best enforce the nation's environmental laws and provide for a cleaner environment, EPA and a growing number of state environmental agencies are at loggerheads over state efforts to introduce -
Car Owners In Uproar Over Emissions Testing, ‘Clunker’ Programs
Opinion -An auto emissions law signed by New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman in June 1995 has had state officials, including Gov. -
Coal-fired Utility Emissions Continue to Decline
Opinion -Emissions from U.S. -
January Was Coldest Month Ever
Opinion -Despite the buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere over the last few decades, January 1997 was the coldest January ever measured by the system of highly accurate climate satellites orbiting the earth. -
Chemical Industry to Make Multi-Million Dollar Commitment to Research
Opinion -Reinforcing its commitment to carrying out sound science in the pursuit of environmental quality, the Chemical Manufacturers Association (CMA) has announced that it will devote $16 million over the next two years to further investigate the basic -
Climate Treaty Negotiators Put U.S. in No-Win Situation, Experts Say
Opinion -In pressing for an international treaty imposing legally binding limits on emissions of man-made greenhouse gases, the United States is setting an economic trap for itself, according to Thomas G. -
Internal EPA Document May Foreshadow Tax and Regulatory Actions
Opinion -EPA's controversial proposal to tighten air quality standards for ozone and particulate matter is but the latest manifestation of a comprehensive effort by the Clinton administration and its allies in the environmental community and in a host of -
New York Times Tries to Stoke the Fires of Global Warming
Opinion -For some time, global warming enthusiasts have been at a loss to explain why actual measurements of temperatures around the world have not confirmed the warming trend confidently predicted by climate models. -
Against the Tide
Opinion -After Governor Edgar nominated black conservative Lee H. -
Death of Tax Hike Is a Victory for Kids
Opinion -Too bad Bernie wasn't here to see it. Last week, a plan to increase Illinois' income tax died in the Revenue Committee of the Senate.