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Back-tracking, Arm-twisting Pervade Bonn Global Warming Meeting
Opinion -Sounding like the Sonny and Cher hit recording of the 1960s, the Kyoto Protocol beat goes on. But it's not sounding as good as it did when it was first released in 1997. -
Better Engines
Opinion -Emissions testing and oxygenated gasoline, key components of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) program to reduce auto emissions, have recently been shown to have little value in reducing automobile pollution. -
Ecoterrorism Surges
Opinion -“We are going to find your house and burn it down. We are going to kill your family,” Andy Hairston, general manager of Highland Enterprises, Inc. -
Endocrine Disrupter Scare Resurfaces
Opinion -By summer’s end, the American people could learn once and for all whether the ongoing debate over "declining" human sperm counts has merit, or is simply another environmental false alarm sounded by activists and the media before all the evidence was in. -
Panel Provides Clean Bill of Health for Vinyl Toys and Medical Devices
Opinion -Public concern has been raised recently regarding the possible health hazards of di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) and diisononyl phthalate (DINP), two chemicals used as plasticizers in flexible vinyl products. -
Parental Freedom in the States and Nation
Opinion -School Choice: A Moral Imperative Earlier this year, a forum on school choice was held in the State House chambers in Montpelier, Vermont, sponsored by the John Dewey Project on Progressive Education. -
Parents Hail Cleveland Voucher Program
Opinion -Low-income parents in Cleveland who use publicly funded vouchers to send their children to private schools are more satisfied with key aspects of their child's educational environment--such as academic quality, school safety, and discipline--than are -
Private Conservation Spotlight: Viansa Winery Wetlands
Opinion -Sam Sebastiani, third-generation heir to one of California's most noted and historic wine families, Sebastiani Vineyards, decided in the late 1980s to create a new, small, family-run winery and food marketplace that would promote the wines and foods of -
Senate Resolution: Illinois Fights Emission Test
Opinion -Under pressure from community officials, automotive experts, and motorists, the Illinois Senate adopted the following resolution, S.R. -
The Problem with Pigs
Opinion -Hog production has been targeted by anti-agriculture environmental groups as a profound threat to the environment. -
Will the Kyoto Protocol Wreck U.S. Agriculture?
Opinion -The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s long-awaited “Economic Analysis of U.S. Agriculture and the Kyoto Protocol” has attracted harsh criticism from economists and industry analysts who contend the study’s methodology is badly flawed. -
No. 91 Extending Affordable Health Insurance to the Uninsurable
Publication -Policy Studies -Approximately 2.5 million people in the U.S.--about 1 percent of the population--suffer from pre-existing medical conditions making it likely their future medical expenses will be extremely high. -
No. 91 Extending Affordable Health Insurance to the Uninsurable
Publication -Policy Studies -Approximately 2.5 million people in the U.S.--about 1 percent of the population--suffer from pre-existing medical conditions making it likely their future medical expenses will be extremely high. -
Ending the Myth of Overpopulation
Opinion -July 11 is "World Population Day," according to the United Nations, which means we'll all have to endure news stories about how "the world population explosion is by no means over" and how more government spending on population control is "absolutely -
Report: Private Ownership Needed to Ensure Long-term Fishery Health
Opinion -After a report that the cod population off the coast of New England is at its lowest in 30 years, local and federal officials responded in typical fashion: further fishing restrictions and suggestions that federal money will restore the fishery. -
White House Honors Scientist, Ignores His Research
Opinion -Months after it bestowed the prestigious National Medal of Science on Dr. Bruce Ames, the Clinton administration continues to ignore his pathbreaking work on the relationship between chemicals and cancer. -
Resolution Opposing S. 25 and H.R. 701
Opinion -S99-12 RESOLUTION OPPOSING S. 25 AND H.R. -
Federal Court Overturns EPA Air Quality Standards
Opinion -The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has struck down one of the most controversial Environmental Protection Agency regulations in many years. -
Trace Chemicals Not Always Harmful
Opinion -We frequently read media reports about medical tests detecting trace levels of environmental chemicals--DDT, PCBs, lead or other toxins--in human blood, tissue, or even breast milk. -
The Great Land Rush
Opinion -The early days of the 106th Congress have witnessed an unexpected reaction to the Clinton/Gore administration’s on-going efforts to place more private land under federal control: a virtual land rush by Congressional Republicans and Democrats alike to -
More ‘Secret Science’ at EPA
Opinion -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is once again using “secret science” to push for more regulation. -
MTBE, Ethanol Don’t Reduce Auto Pollution
Opinion -After nearly a decade of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) mandates to use the oxygenates MTBE (methyl tertiary-butyl ether) and ethanol in reformulated gasoline, a committee of the National Research Council (NRC) has determined the additives do -
Bill Would Fund Parks, Hockey Rinks to Rescue Oceans
Opinion -Only politicians would try sell the idea that the best way to reduce environmental threats to the oceans is to spend more money on ice hockey rinks, parks, and other recreational facilities in cities. -
Will Great Lakes Be Designated ‘Oceans’ in Federal Funding Scheme?
Opinion -One wonders if Representative John Dingell (D-Michigan) had revenge in mind when he sponsored the Conservation and Reinvestment Act of 1999 (CARA).
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