Topic:
Environment & Energy
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Funding phantom forts
Opinion -The Northwest Territory of the Great Lakes National Heritage Area Act of 1999, introduced in Congress last year by Rep. -
Outperforming EPA
Opinion -Contrary to popular opinion, America's focus on solving environment problems originated at the state and local level, not in Washington. -
Recommended Books on Free-Market Environmentalism
Opinion -Top Picks Six books, two of them brand new and three dating back as far as 1993, deliver a complete overview of environment issues from a sound science, market-based perspective. -
Making more monuments
Opinion -President Clinton is in the midst of a major push to name national monuments during his final year in office. -
Boys Camp jeopardized by new monument
Opinion -“Our right to have a voice and take part in the decision making process is being completely circumvented,” despaired Rocky Leitzell, executive director of the R.M. -
Brownfields can turn companies green
Opinion -Scores of articles, conferences, environmentalists, politicians, and pundits have proclaimed that redevelopment of environmentally impaired property validates the notion that environmental enhancement and economic progress are compatible. -
The Lesson of Los Alamos
Opinion -The fires sweeping across Los Alamos, New Mexico are tragic and prophetic. Hundreds of firefighters, bulldozers, and airplanes are battling the blaze. -
No Mandatory Food Labeling . . . Yet
Opinion -New regulations issued by the Clinton-Gore administration would require biotechnology companies to notify the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) four months in advance of marketing a new genetically modified food. -
Corporate America responds to biotech
Opinion -McDonald’s Corporation recently notified its largest potato processor, Idaho’s J.R. Simplot Co., that the fast-food company would no longer accept genetically modified potatoes for its french fries. -
Details, details: Who gets to do what in a wilderness area?
Opinion -Should BLM lands be inventoried? -
Congress approves billions to buy land
Opinion -As thousands of acres of federally owned land in New Mexico burned out of control, Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) and 314 of his colleagues in Congress passed legislation aimed at putting even more private land in the hands of the federal government. -
Donny, we hardly knew ye
Opinion -As a child growing up in a big Irish family, I attended many a wake. Without fail, someone would comment of the dearly departed--call him Danny--“Danny, we hardly knew ye. -
Dear Carl
Opinion -To: Carl Pope Executive Director Sierra Club Dear Carl: Sorry to bother you. -
Toxic Release Inventory Data Issued
Opinion -EPA released its 1998 Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) data May 11, 2000. -
Governors, Congress Support Biotech Industry
Opinion -In June, Environment & Climate News reported a new $50 million effort launched by the biotechnology industry to educate the public about the advantages and safety of bioengineered products. -
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. -
Forest Service releases impact statement for roadless ban
Opinion -The U.S. Forest Service released on May 9 its proposed Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) regarding the Clinton-Gore administration’s plan to ban road construction on up to 60 million acres of National Forests. -
Let us use some common sense here
Opinion -Summary: In this speech by the Hon. Cliff Stearns (R-Florida, 6th District) addressing the House of Representatives states that we should preserve freedom and not follow the dictates of the Earth First! -
New voice on the environmental left
Opinion -A potentially powerful news organization has been launched to spread the message of the left-wing environmental movement. Verde Media has been established, according to founder and chairman, Peek Garlington III, to be “. . . -
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 -
The anti-trade greens . . . and how they got that way
Opinion -“What are they doing here?” “What the heck do they want? “Where did they all come from?” “How did they get so well-financed and organized? -
Excerpts from the NAS Report
Opinion -The following passages are quoted, without footnotes, from the executive summary to the National Academy of Sciences April 5 report, Genetically Modified Pest-Protected Plants: Science and Regulation. -
Boston biotech meeting attracts supporters, protestors
Opinion -Bio2000, a week-long conference for the international biotechnology industry, ended March 31 after setting attendance records for both conferees and protestors. Nearly 8,000 industry representatives attended the Boston convention. -
Coalition of biotech companies launches educational campaign
Opinion -The biotechnology industry has begun a three-year, $50 million program to educate consumers about the safety and benefits of bioengineered foods.