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Rejecting the World
Opinion -The New York Times April 18, 2003 by Paul Krugman The Bush administration did the right thing on diesel emissions this week, curbing an important source of air pollution. -
Joint Letter to Chairman Hyde on Climate Resolution
Opinion -May 5, 2003 The Honorable Mr. Henry Hyde Chairman, Committee on International Relations U. S. House of Representatives Washington, D. C. -
Congress Revises Bush Energy Plan
Opinion -Furious debate and closed-door maneuvering are shaping the fate of President Bush’s energy plan. The President suffered a setback as the Senate narrowly rejected legislation to allow oil recovery in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). -
ALEC Offers Guidebook on State Greenhouse Gas Regulation
Opinion -With the failure of the Kyoto Protocol at the federal level, several states are advancing so-called “son-of-Kyoto” legislation at the state level to eliminate affordable hydrocarbon-based fuels--such as coal, petroleum, and natural gas--from -
Global Warming: Thinking Globally and Acting Locally Doesn’t Work
Opinion -“Think globally, act locally” has long been a credo of the environmental movement. It is often a helpful principle to guide effective advocacy efforts and make personal lifestyle choices. -
First Step to What?
Opinion -It was a treaty even Bill Clinton was afraid to submit to the Senate for approval. Clinton's own Department of Energy figured it would lower GDP by $397 billion and double the cost of energy. WEFA Inc. -
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). -
States Act on Climate Change
Opinion -State legislatures are back in session, and many will debate proposals to reduce carbon dioxide and other so-called greenhouse gas emissions at the state level. -
No. 95 – Heartland Policy Study Looks at Feasibility of Bush’s Proposed Hydrogen Fueled Vehicles
Opinion -Quick Links Policy Study (pdf) This study examines the sustainability of cars and trucks in the first decades of the twenty-first century. -
Conference Highlights Voluntary Actions on Climate Change
Opinion -A major international conference held November 20-21 in Houston, Texas brought together an impressive array of scientists, federal officials, non-government action groups, and industry leaders to share ideas and report on progress in climate change -
Report on DOE Workshop on the Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Reporting System (HTML)
Opinion -Report of James L. Johnston on the proceedings of the Department of Energy’s Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Reporting System 1605(b) workshop held December 5-6, 2002 Chicago, Illinois Background On February 14, 2002 President George W. -
Joint Letter on the Energy Policy Act of 2002
Opinion -September 24, 2002 The Honorable Billy Tauzin Chairman Conference Committee on the Energy Policy Act of 2002 2125 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Dear Chairman Tauzin: We strongly support your efforts, as Chairman of the Conference -
‘Pavley’s Ploy’ may carjack motorist choice
Opinion -How bad is the California auto emissions bill? ... Let me count the ways. -
California acts to limit CO2 emissions
Opinion -Governor Gray Davis on July 22 signed a controversial bill empowering the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to set mandatory carbon dioxide (CO2) reductions for California automobiles. -
California could get its own CAFE
Opinion -The federal government’s proposed ethanol mandate may be bad for California ... but a bill passed by both the California Assembly and Senate, but not yet signed into law by Governor Gray Davis, is worse. -
Editorial: Bush gives Enron the last laugh
Opinion -The irony is thick. Just months after the firm imploded and during a week that saw its senior executives slapped around by Congress, Enron’s fondest dreams have been granted by President George W. Bush.For years, Enron lobbied hard for U.S. -
Bush’s greenhouse gas program creates an unsettled future
Opinion -I suppose that business-as-usual has at least a chance to meet President Bush’s CO2 target for 2012: an 18 percent reduction in energy intensity, to 151 tons of carbon equivalent per million 2001 dollars of GDP. -
Skeptical Environmentalist Savaged, Vindicated
Opinion -Scientific American has sicced the big dogs on Danish statistician Bjørn Lomborg for having the audacity to publish a highly referenced book, The Skeptical Environmentalist, which argues global warming and many other environmental "threats" are -
Bush Stand on Global Warming Gives Enron the Last Laugh
Opinion -The irony is thick. Just months after the firm imploded and during a week that saw its senior executives slapped around by Congress, Enron's fondest dreams have been made reality by President George W. Bush. For years, Enron lobbied hard for U.S. -
Economist warns against false market of CO2 controls
Opinion -Attempting to make CO2 controls more palatable to the American public and advocates of the country's free-market economy, some policy wonks are suggesting a "market-oriented" approach to eliminating so-called greenhouse gas emissions. -
News from the month that was . . .
Opinion -The sixth annual Conference of the Parties (COP) to the climate treaty, involving all 180 national delegations, met in Bonn and activated the Kyoto Protocol (KP), designed to limit emissions of greenhouse gases. -
Roundtable identifies market-oriented global warming strategies
Opinion -The Business Roundtable, an association of chief executive officers committed to improving public policy, has issued a report identifying 38 specific opportunities to improve regulatory, tax, and trade policies to encourage a market-friendly approach -
There’s too little power in wind
Opinion -Federal and state government officials, "wind farm" developers, and renewable energy advocacy groups have for years touted windmills as an environmentally benign and economically acceptable way to produce electricity. -
Climate change policy could create the mother of all cartels
Opinion -In the years ahead, President George W. Bush faces an army more menacing than Saddam Hussein's, which threatened to sweep down on all the oil fields in Arabia.