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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. -
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. -
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 -
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 -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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 -
CAFE Standards Issue Resurfaces on Capitol Hill
Opinion -In a bid to preempt regulatory action on the part of the U.S. -
Panel Finds Environmental Education Lacking in Science
Opinion -A report issued April 2 by a panel of scientists, economists, and educators concludes that many environmental education materials used in the nation's schools do not give students enough science and economics to enable them to understand the complex -
Farm State Senators Caution Gore on Proposed Climate Treaty
Opinion -A bipartisan group of farm state senators has written Vice President Al Gore saying they are "increasingly concerned with the lack of adequate attention given to agricultural concerns" in the administration's plans to sign a climate change treaty later -
Choice Students Score Better
Opinion -A new performance analysis of Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s school voucher program has found that low-income minority students do better with choice. -
Back to the Health Care Future
Opinion -President Clinton has opened the health care reform crypt with his recent announcement of a "National Commission on Health Care Quality." Make no mistake about this. -
Environment News You Probably Missed
Opinion -Coverage of environment issues on television and in newspapers during the past several months has been dominated by partisan politics. The Republicans propose reforms they say would make environmental protection less expensive and more effective. -
The Future of Chlorine
Opinion -Numerous reports in the media have ascribed possible detrimental health effects to chlorine, dioxin and other chlorinated chemicals, often subjecting the public to exaggerated and misleading information. -
How to Eliminate Billions of Dollars of Pure Waste
Opinion -With the introduction into Congress of Rep. Dick Armey's (R-Texas) much-touted flat tax plan, many good arguments will be made about how alternatives to the income tax will promote saving, investment, and economic growth. -
Educator Booker T. Washington: Learning, Teaching that Success Comes from Hard Work
Opinion -His is a truly American story. In 1881, Booker T. Washington founded the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in Alabama. From there he would rise to become the most powerful black man in America. But Washington’s roots were humble. -
Lessons Must Be Learned from Voucher Bill Defeat
Opinion -"Too much of what ultimately matters in a child s education is decided on the basis of political muscle by groups whose primary interest is not necessarily the child. -
Disestablish the Green Cathedrals
Opinion -Could the recent Republican landslide lead to major reform of environmental policy? Will we see a dismantling of bureaucratically controlled ecological central planning in favor of local initiative and private environmental stewardship? -
Bad Economics Kills 68 on Flight 4184
Opinion -On October 31, 1994, in a muddy northern Indiana soybean field, American Eagle Flight 4184 from Indianapolis to Chicago went down, killing all 68 passengers. -
Disposing of the Medical Waste Problem
Opinion -No terrorist could have devised a better plan to jeopardize biomedical research and deny modern medical treatments to Americans who desperately need them.
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