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Lake Michigan Salmon Fishing Best in Decades
Opinion -Lake Michigan creel surveys confirm what charter boat captains and sport anglers reported last summer: Trout and salmon fishing on the big pond was the best in nearly 20 years. -
Federal Appeals Court Won’t Delay New Source Review
Opinion -Nine Democratic state attorneys general have failed in their efforts to delay implementation of reforms to the Environmental Protection Agency’s New Source Review (NSR) program. On March 6, a two-judge panel of the U.S. -
Washington Governor Aims at ‘Sustainable’ Future
Opinion -Washington Governor Gary Locke on February 6 called for government-directed “sustainable” development and praised a report on sustainability strategies issued by the Sustainable Washington Advisory Panel. -
Heartland Calls for Reform Legislation on Asbestos Litigation
Opinion -According to written testimony submitted to the Judiciary Committee of the United States Senate, Congress must pass legislation to alleviate the growing crisis in asbestos litigation. -
On NSR, Bush Should Ignore Knee-Jerk Opposition from Left
Opinion -As was demonstrated by the November election, there aren’t many issues that give Democrats an edge over Republicans. So the Democrats are trying to make the most of the few they do have, including the environment. -
Cap and Trade: The Moral Equivalent of Bamboozle
Opinion -At the start of the 108th Congress, Senators John McCain (R-Arizona) and Joe Lieberman (D-Connecticut) held a hearing on climate change in preparation for legislation they have since introduced. -
Animal Rights Group Admits Funding Domestic Terrorist Group
Opinion -WASHINGTON, DC September 19, 2002 -- “We did it. We did it. We gave $1,500 to the ELF,” said the president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), Lisa Lange, on Tuesday, September 17, 2002. -
Dems Attack NSR Reform
Opinion -The Bush administration’s recently announced plans to reform the New Source Review provisions of the Clean Air Act are under assault by activist environmental groups and several northeastern state attorneys general. -
A Picture Book for Socialist Warriors
Opinion -Fatal Harvest: The Tragedy of Industrial Agriculture by Andrew Kimbrell, editor Island Press, July 2002 396 pages cloth So in conclusion, the intent of this coffee table picture book containing fraudulent essays by socialist pseudo-scientists is to -
GreenWatch Keeps an Eye on Environmentalist Funding
Opinion -Would you like to learn more about an environmental activist group? Who funds them, and for how much? What is their annual income? How transparent is their funding? For the answers to these questions and more, try GreenWatch, at http://www.greenwatch. -
Environmental Regulations Impede Pentagon Readiness
Opinion -With the United States in the second year of its war on terrorism, the nation’s ability to prepare troops for the deadly business of combat is being undermined by environmental restrictions being applied to military bases around the country. -
Saving What Is Left of Jicarilla
Opinion -According to a recent assay report, $20 million in fine gold lies beneath the ground on a few acres at Jicarilla, New Mexico. -
Congress Offers Hope of Asbestos Litigation Reform
Opinion -Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee are hoping to agree on key elements of an asbestos reform bill for a vote today (June 26). -
Reform of New Source Review Raises Concerns
Opinion -The fog has not yet cleared from the Bush administration’s decision to change the rules that govern the Clear Air Act. -
No. 101 – State Greenhouse Gas Programs: An Economic and Scientific Analysis: 37 State-Specific Tables
Publication -Policy Studies -State greenhouse gas programs aimed at reducing emissions to 7 percent less than 1990 levels could cost the average state government $3.2 billion in direct expenses and lost revenues, or 28.6 percent of an average state government’s entire 2001 revenues. -
No. 101 – State Greenhouse Gas Programs: An Economic and Scientific Analysis (summary html)
Publication -Policy Studies -This is a summary of Joseph L. Bast, James M. Taylor, J.D., and Jay Lehr, Ph.D., “State Greenhouse Gas Programs: An Economic and Scientific Analysis,” Heartland Policy Study #101 (Chicago, IL: The Heartland Institute, February 2003). -
No. 101 – State Greenhouse Gas Programs: An Economic and Scientific Analysis (summary pdf)
Publication -Policy Studies -State greenhouse gas programs aimed at reducing emissions to 7 percent less than 1990 levels could cost the average state government $3.2 billion in direct expenses and lost revenues, or 28.6 percent of an average state government’s entire 2001 revenues. -
No. 101 – State Greenhouse Gas Programs: An Economic and Scientific Analysis (ppt)
Publication -Policy Studies -Download PowerPoint presentation The real goal of environmental activists calling for greenhouse gas programs is to reduce emission to at least 7 percent below 1990 levels, the Kyoto Protocol goal. -
No. 101 – State Greenhouse Gas Programs: An Economic and Scientific Analysis – Summary (ppt)
Publication -Policy Studies -Download PowerPoint presentation Economic activity migrates from countries and states that impose emission controls to those that do not, since the latter now have lower energy costs and/or fewer regulatory burdens. -
No. 101 – State Greenhouse Gas Programs: An Economic and Scientific Analysis (ppt)
Publication -Policy Studies -Download PowerPoint presentation The real goal of environmental activists calling for greenhouse gas programs is to reduce emission to at least 7 percent below 1990 levels, the Kyoto Protocol goal. -
No. 101 – State Greenhouse Gas Programs: An Economic and Scientific Analysis – Summary (ppt)
Publication -Policy Studies -Download PowerPoint presentation Economic activity migrates from countries and states that impose emission controls to those that do not, since the latter now have lower energy costs and/or fewer regulatory burdens. -
Pennsylvania Offers Blueprint for Environmental Protection
Opinion -Can state governments protect the environment without relying on command-and-control regulation? Do public-private ventures and voluntary programs really work? -
Bush Pushes Healthy Forests after Congressional Inaction
Opinion -With Congress failing to act on his Healthy Forests Initiative, President George W. Bush on December 11 announced a proposal to streamline fire-prevention initiatives in the nation’s forests. -
Appeals Court Upholds Clinton ‘Roadless Rule’
Opinion -On December 12, 2002, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the most liberal and frequently overruled appellate court in the country, put more than 58 million acres, or nearly half of America’s national forests, effectively off-limits to U.S.