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Environmental extremists destroying National Forests
Opinion -The year 2000 will be remembered in forestry circles as the year of the Big Burn. At no time in our previous record-keeping has the total acreage burned in our National Forests approached the levels of last year. -
Ten tips to help our planet . . . revisited
Opinion -On the final page of the calendar that Environmental Defense (formerly known as the Environmental Defense Fund) sends to millions of potential contributors, you’ll find a list of ten things you can do to protect the environment. -
Heritage Foundation offers timely advice to political candidates
Opinion -The Washington, DC-based Heritage Foundation has recently released its Issues 2000 — The Candidate’s Briefing Book, a massive tome offering careful analysis of more than a dozen key public policy issues facing candidates in the November election. -
Private conservation: An environmental success story
Opinion -Expressing his support for an Interior Department proposal to create three new National Monuments and expand a fourth monument in the West, President Clinton late last year proclaimed, "giving these lands National Monument status would ensure they will -
Environmental Education: Ripe for Reform
Opinion -It’s time to separate education and advocacy. We don’t mean discouraging environmentalists or business representatives from speaking in the classroom. -
Spending the Surplus
Opinion -The Clinton-Gore administration has proposed $42.5 billion in spending on environmental projects as part of the FY2001 budget—an increase of 11 percent over last year, and a 35 percent increase from when they took office in 1993. -
Judicial update
Opinion -Citizens’ right to sue upheld On January 12, 2000 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that citizens do have the right to sue alleged polluters under the Clean Water Act. In a 7-2 decision in Friends of the Earth vs. -
The unappreciated optimist
Opinion -Ronald Bailey is an environmental journalist with a commitment to sound science. He is science correspondent for Reason magazine and the author of several books, including: Eco-Scam: The False Prophets of Ecological Apocalypse (St. -
Congressmen appeal to Supreme Court on AHRI
Opinion -Four western Congressmen have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to determine whether members of Congress can sue the Clinton-Gore Administration for violating the Constitution. The petition to review was filed on December 2. -
Does the GOP still stand for freedom?
Opinion -Are those who forget history doomed to repeat it? In the case of Texas Governor George W. Bush, the answer would appear to be yes. -
High Court to rule on ‘citizen suits’
Opinion -The U.S. Supreme Court will rule this session on whether “citizen suits” filed under the Clean Water Act (CWA) and other environmental laws are constitutional. -
Lexington, IPI put spotlight on rampant regulatory abuse
Opinion -Hiding data, ignoring sound science, "solving" problems that don't exist--these are just some of the things federal agencies do to help perpetuate their grip on the levers of regulatory power, according to a report just released by the Lexington -
11/1999 Legislative Update
Opinion -This bill, requiring Congressional approval for United Nations land designations on U.S. soil, has 14 Senate cosponsors for its run as S-510. -
Better America Bonds
Opinion -Vice President Al Gore, whose efforts to rid the country of urban sprawl and greenhouse gases have already made him the designated “environmentalist” candidate for the Y2K Presidential nomination, could soon have at his disposal $9. -
Federal District Court Brings Northwest Timber Sales to a Standstill
Opinion -Federal District Court Judge William Dwyer in Seattle granted a temporary injunction against 25 timber sales, after having previously halted nine projects involving 22 sales in early August. -
USDA Forest Service Works with Local Groups
Opinion -The U.S. Forest Service recently took a major step to protect spotted owl habitat and preserve old-growth forests, while at the same time providing for selective logging and clearing underbrush that causes wildfires. -
The Battle for Freedom Starts with Our Land: an Exclusive Interview with Helen Chenoweth
Opinion -The Honorable Helen Chenoweth is a third-term Congressman representing Idaho’s First Congressional District. -
How Private Conservation Saved the Peregrine Falcon
Opinion -On August 20 and 21, The Peregrine Fund, a private conservation organization, hosted a gala event in Boise, Idaho, to celebrate the recovery and restoration of the once-endangered Peregrine Falcon throughout its range in North America. -
10/1999 Legislative Update
Opinion -American Heritage Rivers Initiative In early July, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals turned down a lawsuit filed by Representative Helen Chenoweth (R-Idaho) and four other House members against President Clinton’s AHRI, ruling the members do not have -
Develop a First-rate Communications Strategy: An Exclusive Interview with David Ridenour
Opinion -A contributing editor to Environment News, David A. Ridenour has served as vice president of The National Center for Public Policy Research for the past 13 years. -
Federal Agency Turns off Farmers’ Water
Opinion -Farmers in the Methow Valley in northern Washington, who earlier this year saw their traditional irrigation sources shut down by the federal government, claim they are being coerced into giving up some of their water rights in order to protect -
08/1999 Legislative Update
Opinion -American Land Sovereignty Protection Act This bill, requiring Congressional approval for United Nations land designations on U.S. soil, passed the House by voice vote May 17. It was introduced as S. -
Reining in the Regulatory State: an Exclusive Interview with Angela Antonelli
Opinion -A contributing editor to Environment News, Angela Antonelli served as an analyst and Assistant Branch Chief in the White House Office of Management and Budget's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) from 1989 to 1993. -
ESA Sends Two Retirees to the Poorhouse
Opinion -For seven years, Viola Allen, an ailing 72-year-old widow, has been desperately trying to sell her eight-acre property in Lynnwood, Washington so she can finally have enough money to move out of her rapidly deteriorating home.
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