Opinion
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Corps of Engineers faces whistleblower charges
Opinion -“[There is] substantial likelihood that officials in the Corps [of Engineers] have engaged in violations of law, rule or regulation and a gross waste of funds” said the federal government’s Special Counsel, Elaine Kaplan, after -
CO2 as proxy
Opinion -When Tim Wirth was a U.S. Senator from Colorado in the late 1980s, he identified with the environmental vision of apocalyptic global warming. -
Sustainable silliness
Opinion -Controversy over the sustainability of modern civilization has been with us since long before our current modern civilization, and it has grown steadily during the Clinton-Gore administration’s reign. -
Roadless areas near you
Opinion -Nearly every state in the nation has areas that would be made off-limits for road construction or maintenance if the Clinton-Gore administration's "roadless areas" proposal is put into affect. Connecticut--whose Rep. -
Spending the Surplus
Opinion -The Clinton-Gore administration has proposed $42.5 billion in spending on environmental projects as part of the FY2001 budget—an increase of 11 percent over last year, and a 35 percent increase from when they took office in 1993. -
Ignored elves terrorize U.S.
Opinion -The burning of biotechnology offices in Michigan State University’s historic Agriculture Hall on New Year’s Eve; fire set to a home in a new development near Bloomington, Indiana on January 23; and “havoc” wreaked at a University -
I’m sick and tired of polls and I’m not going to take it any more!
Opinion -It used to be said that figures lie and liars figure. No more. Today they become pollsters . . . and the manipulators for whom they work. -
Roads and roadless
Opinion -The drive to keep the American public out of public lands is picking up speed as the Clinton-Gore administration seeks ways to close off even more than the 60 million-plus acres already classified as roadless (see accompanying chart). -
EPA Web site shut down
Opinion -Late on the night of Wednesday, February 16, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency shut down its public Web site. -
McCain Takes On Teacher Unions
Opinion -In a major education speech in Spartanburg, South Carolina on February 10, Republican presidential candidate John McCain renewed his call for a massive national voucher experiment, and then delivered a stinging attack against the teacher unions and -
President Clinton declares three new monuments
Opinion -In what western lawmakers called “a war on the West,” the Clinton-Gore Administration bypassed Congress and unilaterally declared three new national monuments and added acreage to a fourth, restricting public use on over a million acres of -
Does the GOP still stand for freedom?
Opinion -Are those who forget history doomed to repeat it? In the case of Texas Governor George W. Bush, the answer would appear to be yes. -
Charter Schools Ahead of Curve on School Size
Opinion -U.S. Education Secretary Richard Riley plugged for small schools in his recent back-to-school message. “We need to find ways to create small, supportive learning environments that give students a sense of connection to each other,” Riley said. -
Views on Vouchers
Opinion -It’s not a matter of public vs. private schools, it’s a matter of better schools. -
Illinois senators take aim at Utah’s private lands
Opinion -Senator Richard Durbin (D-Illinois) has reintroduced his Red Rock Canyon National Wilderness Act, S. 861, which would effectively prohibit human activity in ten areas of Utah, restricting nearly 9 million acres. -
Clinton signs bill continuing CAFE freeze
Opinion -The popular sport utility vehicle (SUV) was at the center of a high-stakes legislative battle that recently ended in a victory for carmakers, autoworkers, and consumers . . . and a defeat for environmentalists. -
Clean Water Action Plan: a First Step Toward Land Use Control?
Opinion -To mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Clean Water Act's passage, the Clinton-Gore administration released its Clean Water Action Plan (CWAP), aimed at bringing together under a single umbrella a wide range of federal environment initiatives. -
Yes, Virginia, We Do Have a Bias
Opinion -Here at Environment News, we slant all our stories heavily toward the truth. Why admit that now? I recently received a call from a young woman who said she was a legislative assistant for a state legislator. -
Commentary: Clemency for Terrorists Endangers Nation’s Businesses, Researchers
Opinion -When President Clinton offered clemency to 16 Puerto Rican nationalists who waged a campaign of terror-bombing in the 1970s and 1980s, he dramatically increased the danger posed to American businesses and researchers by the most organized terrorist -
Dixy Lee Ray Symposium: CO2 Levels: Too Much of a Good Thing?
Opinion -As the world's economies continue to rely on fossil fuels, carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in the atmosphere continue to rise. Is that good news or bad? And if it's bad, what is the "something" we should do about it? -
Kyoto Wars
Opinion -The Clinton-Gore administration appears to have launched a full-scale effort to entice its corporate allies to lobby on behalf of the Kyoto Protocol on global warming. -
Develop a First-rate Communications Strategy: An Exclusive Interview with David Ridenour
Opinion -A contributing editor to Environment News, David A. Ridenour has served as vice president of The National Center for Public Policy Research for the past 13 years. -
Rigorous Accountability v. Guaranteed Outcomes
Opinion -WASHINGTON__Contradictions abound in the federal city. But one of the strangest in education annals popped up last spring, and it's had education policy circles buzzing all summer. -
Land Sovereignty up to Senate
Opinion -The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the American Land Sovereignty Act, which keeps control of American land in the hands of legislators elected by the people.