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Environment & Climate News
October 2002
'Come stand where I stand!'
Standing atop an Oregon mountain summit, President George W. Bush straddled the divide between the old and the new. On one face of Squires Peak, the ... (read more)
Standing atop an Oregon mountain summit, President George W. Bush straddled the divide between the old and the new. On one face of Squires Peak, the ... (read more)
America leads at Johannesburg summit
One person, two contrasting images. On September 4, the final day of the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development, a packed hall of professional ... (read more)
One person, two contrasting images. On September 4, the final day of the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development, a packed hall of professional ... (read more)
Anti-chlorine activists hope politics will trump science
Attempting to avoid debate on one of the most controversial bills introduced this year, a group of U.S. senators is proposing severe restrictions on chlorine ... (read more)
Attempting to avoid debate on one of the most controversial bills introduced this year, a group of U.S. senators is proposing severe restrictions on chlorine ... (read more)
Business to Congress: Stop stalling on NSR reform
Editor’s note: The following letter was sent on August 20 to every member of the U.S. House of Representatives. The effort was spearheaded by the National ... (read more)
Editor’s note: The following letter was sent on August 20 to every member of the U.S. House of Representatives. The effort was spearheaded by the National ... (read more)
Confiscating the American dream
A report recently issued by the Swedish Research Institute of Trade confirmed America’s continuing unrivaled wealth. The group’s analysts reported the ... (read more)
A report recently issued by the Swedish Research Institute of Trade confirmed America’s continuing unrivaled wealth. The group’s analysts reported the ... (read more)
Critics of U.S. confined to Johannesburg sidelines
With the United States assuming leadership at the World Sustainable Development Summit, the ever-present anti-U.S. crowd was largely relegated to the Johannesburg ... (read more)
With the United States assuming leadership at the World Sustainable Development Summit, the ever-present anti-U.S. crowd was largely relegated to the Johannesburg ... (read more)
Daschle double-dealing scorches Healthy Forests opponents
Opposition to active forest management took an unexpected hit on July 23 from an unlikely source. On that date, fellow lawmakers discovered that Senate ... (read more)
Opposition to active forest management took an unexpected hit on July 23 from an unlikely source. On that date, fellow lawmakers discovered that Senate ... (read more)
Everglades 'restoration' causing major environmental problems
The plan by the Army Corps of Engineers to protect seaside sparrow nesting grounds is but one aspect of an Everglades restoration plan that has been evolving ... (read more)
The plan by the Army Corps of Engineers to protect seaside sparrow nesting grounds is but one aspect of an Everglades restoration plan that has been evolving ... (read more)
Farming Equals Polluting, Court Says
After receiving a battery of briefs seeking its review, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide the important issue of whether the Clean Water Act (CWA) ... (read more)
After receiving a battery of briefs seeking its review, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide the important issue of whether the Clean Water Act (CWA) ... (read more)
From Never-Never Land to Shangri-La: The livability fantasy
Smart-growth activists, especially those representing the movement’s new urbanist component, frequently talk about “livable cities”—implying that, over ... (read more)
Smart-growth activists, especially those representing the movement’s new urbanist component, frequently talk about “livable cities”—implying that, over ... (read more)
Grassroots activists to rally in Florida
The worst fears of land-acquiring bureaucracies and big-government activist groups have become reality: Last year’s Klamath Falls protests were merely the ... (read more)
The worst fears of land-acquiring bureaucracies and big-government activist groups have become reality: Last year’s Klamath Falls protests were merely the ... (read more)
Land-use regulation makes housing less affordable
On August 12, 2002 the Wall Street Journal described a 350-square-foot former public toilet in south London that developers are turning into a “stylish ... (read more)
On August 12, 2002 the Wall Street Journal described a 350-square-foot former public toilet in south London that developers are turning into a “stylish ... (read more)
Logging: An essential part of sustainable forestry
Logging. It was once what Oregon was all about. Now, it’s become almost a curse word in this land of Douglas firs and Ponderosa pines. As I travel the ... (read more)
Logging. It was once what Oregon was all about. Now, it’s become almost a curse word in this land of Douglas firs and Ponderosa pines. As I travel the ... (read more)
Mining rights under legal attack
In 1872, Congress enacted the General Mining Law, allowing miners to enter onto federal land, locate valuable mineral deposits, and develop those minerals. ... (read more)
In 1872, Congress enacted the General Mining Law, allowing miners to enter onto federal land, locate valuable mineral deposits, and develop those minerals. ... (read more)
October 2002 Environment & Climate News (pdf)
The October 2002 issue of Environment & Climate News tackles a wide range of the most important environment policy debates taking place in the U.S. and ... (read more)
The October 2002 issue of Environment & Climate News tackles a wide range of the most important environment policy debates taking place in the U.S. and ... (read more)
Robert Bradley receives Julian Simon Award
Robert L. Bradley Jr., president of the Institute for Energy Research, was presented the Julian L. Simon Memorial Award by the Competitive Enterprise Institute ... (read more)
Robert L. Bradley Jr., president of the Institute for Energy Research, was presented the Julian L. Simon Memorial Award by the Competitive Enterprise Institute ... (read more)
Sustainable development: The book and the ideology
Sustainable Development: Promoting Progress or Perpetuating Poverty? Julian Morris (editor), Profile Books, $15.00 Scarcely a day goes by without a ... (read more)
Sustainable Development: Promoting Progress or Perpetuating Poverty? Julian Morris (editor), Profile Books, $15.00 Scarcely a day goes by without a ... (read more)
Table One: Mid-Level Home Prices and City and Urban Area Growth
Table One:Mid-Level Home Prices and City and Urban Area Growth Percent Growth 1990-2000 Price of Mid-Level Home City Urban Area Palo ... (read more)
Table One:Mid-Level Home Prices and City and Urban Area Growth Percent Growth 1990-2000 Price of Mid-Level Home City Urban Area Palo ... (read more)
Table Two: First Quarter 2002 HOI and 1990-2000 Growth
Table Two: First Quarter 2002 Housing Opportunity Index (HOI) and 1990-2000 Growth Metropolitan Area HOI Growth Elkhart-Goshen, IN MSA 94.9 17.0 Kokomo, ... (read more)
Table Two: First Quarter 2002 Housing Opportunity Index (HOI) and 1990-2000 Growth Metropolitan Area HOI Growth Elkhart-Goshen, IN MSA 94.9 17.0 Kokomo, ... (read more)
West Nile death march heads west
West Nile virus continues its death march across the United States, with 43 people confirmed dead and 954 made seriously ill this year alone. The virus ... (read more)
West Nile virus continues its death march across the United States, with 43 people confirmed dead and 954 made seriously ill this year alone. The virus ... (read more)
West Nile just the beginning
The recent arrival of West Nile virus will not be the last, nor the deadliest, of mosquito-borne diseases to invade the United States and attack American ... (read more)
The recent arrival of West Nile virus will not be the last, nor the deadliest, of mosquito-borne diseases to invade the United States and attack American ... (read more)
When in California, don’t eat the whole wheat bread
Long before New Jersey Democrat Jon Corzine sponsored Senate Bill 1602, the California legislature passed its own bill demonizing chemical science. Proposition ... (read more)
Long before New Jersey Democrat Jon Corzine sponsored Senate Bill 1602, the California legislature passed its own bill demonizing chemical science. Proposition ... (read more)
You’ve been had!
You’ve Been Had!How the Media and EnvironmentalistsTurned America into a Nation of Hypochondriacs Melvin A Benarde, Rutgers University Press, $28 As ... (read more)
You’ve Been Had!How the Media and EnvironmentalistsTurned America into a Nation of Hypochondriacs Melvin A Benarde, Rutgers University Press, $28 As ... (read more)
