Publications
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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. -
New Source Review: An Evaluation of EPA’s Reform Recommendations
Publication -Policy Studies -The Heartland Institute produced this study in response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s June 13, 2002 recommendations for New Source Review reform and the very negative evaluations being reported in the news from anti-market environmental groups. -
No. 99 – New Source Review: An Evaluation of EPA’s Reform Recommendations
Publication -Policy Studies -Policy Study (pdf) -- On June 13, 2002, the Environmental Protection Agency released New Source Review: Report to the President, describing the need to reform that part of the Clean Air Act regulating emissions from new or substantially modified -
No. 88 Whither Wilderness? How Much Is Enough?
Publication -Policy Studies -Quick LinksPolicy Study (pdf)Increasing wilderness area "set-asides" is seen by many to be the best way to ensure the future well-being of both the land and humanity. -
No. 86 Should EPA Cost-Benefit Analyses Be Conducted by Independent Experts? The GLI as a Case Study
Publication -Policy Studies -Quick Links Policy Study (pdf) In 1995, the Environmental Protection Agency issued its Great Lakes Initiative, increasing the stringency of pollution controls across the Great Lakes basin. -
No. 70 The Misuse of Science in Environmental Management
Publication -Policy Studies -1. Misuse of science is a widely recognized problem. The misuse of science is not a new problem, nor has it escaped the attention of others. -
No. 70 The Misuse of Science in Environmental Management
Publication -Policy Studies -1. Misuse of science is a widely recognized problem. The misuse of science is not a new problem, nor has it escaped the attention of others. -
No. 70 The Misuse of Science in Environmental Management
Publication -Policy Studies -1. Misuse of science is a widely recognized problem. The misuse of science is not a new problem, nor has it escaped the attention of others. -
Hard Choices: Environmentalists and the Forests
Publication -Policy Studies -More than twenty years ago, I was one of a dozen or so activists who founded Greenpeace in the basement of the Unitarian Church in Vancouver.
