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Environment & Climate News
February 2003
Appeals Court Upholds Clinton 'Roadless Rule'
On December 12, 2002, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the most liberal and frequently overruled appellate court in the country, put more than 58 million ... (read more)
On December 12, 2002, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the most liberal and frequently overruled appellate court in the country, put more than 58 million ... (read more)
Backyard Trash-burning a Major Source of Dioxin
A new publication by the Chlorine Chemistry Council, Backyard Trash Burning: The Wrong Answer, warns of the increasingly significant contribution of uncontrolled ... (read more)
A new publication by the Chlorine Chemistry Council, Backyard Trash Burning: The Wrong Answer, warns of the increasingly significant contribution of uncontrolled ... (read more)
Bush Pushes Healthy Forests after Congressional Inaction
With Congress failing to act on his Healthy Forests Initiative, President George W. Bush on December 11 announced a proposal to streamline fire-prevention ... (read more)
With Congress failing to act on his Healthy Forests Initiative, President George W. Bush on December 11 announced a proposal to streamline fire-prevention ... (read more)
Court Blocks Oil Recovery, Indian Whaling
Also in December 2002, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco made two other controversial rulings affecting environmental laws. Offshore ... (read more)
Also in December 2002, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco made two other controversial rulings affecting environmental laws. Offshore ... (read more)
Don’t Abandon One-way Streets!
The latest fad among urban planners is to convert one-way streets to two-way streets. The goal, they say, is to slow down traffic and make streets more ... (read more)
The latest fad among urban planners is to convert one-way streets to two-way streets. The goal, they say, is to slow down traffic and make streets more ... (read more)
EPA Cracks down on Army Corps Toxic Sludge
The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed to force the Army Corps of Engineers to all but eliminate its long-standing practice of dumping toxic ... (read more)
The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed to force the Army Corps of Engineers to all but eliminate its long-standing practice of dumping toxic ... (read more)
Europeans Debate Nuclear Power
The European Union’s July 2002 statement on Energy and Sustainable Development promised the EU would give technical assistance on safety to developing ... (read more)
The European Union’s July 2002 statement on Energy and Sustainable Development promised the EU would give technical assistance on safety to developing ... (read more)
February 2003 Environment & Climate News (pdf)
The February 2003 issue of Environment & Climate News addresses a wide range of topics of interest to free-market environmentalists of every ilk. For example: Proponents ... (read more)
The February 2003 issue of Environment & Climate News addresses a wide range of topics of interest to free-market environmentalists of every ilk. For example: Proponents ... (read more)
New Thinking on Environmental Policy
Environmental policymaking in the United States is dominated by a mistaken focus on big-culprit, big-ticket, and big-government solutions. While disputes ... (read more)
Environmental policymaking in the United States is dominated by a mistaken focus on big-culprit, big-ticket, and big-government solutions. While disputes ... (read more)
New York Times Calls for Return of DDT
By virtually all accounts, the New York Times is one of the most liberal mainstream newspapers in the United States. That is why a house editorial in ... (read more)
By virtually all accounts, the New York Times is one of the most liberal mainstream newspapers in the United States. That is why a house editorial in ... (read more)
No Apologies Needed for Driving an SUV
Americans like the environment. But the November 2002 elections demonstrated they don’t particularly like the advocacy groups that claim to speak for ... (read more)
Americans like the environment. But the November 2002 elections demonstrated they don’t particularly like the advocacy groups that claim to speak for ... (read more)
Pennsylvania Offers Blueprint for Environmental Protection
Can state governments protect the environment without relying on command-and-control regulation? Do public-private ventures and voluntary programs really ... (read more)
Can state governments protect the environment without relying on command-and-control regulation? Do public-private ventures and voluntary programs really ... (read more)
Public Lands Grazing Faces Uncertain Future
Welfare Ranching: The Subsidized Destruction of the American West by George Wuerthner and Mollie Matteson (eds.) Foundation for Deep Ecology, August ... (read more)
Welfare Ranching: The Subsidized Destruction of the American West by George Wuerthner and Mollie Matteson (eds.) Foundation for Deep Ecology, August ... (read more)
Reports of More Icebergs Are Misleading
Contrary to opinions held by some researchers, a new analysis of more than 20 years of historical data has found no evidence that the increasing number ... (read more)
Contrary to opinions held by some researchers, a new analysis of more than 20 years of historical data has found no evidence that the increasing number ... (read more)
States Act on Climate Change
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 ... (read more)
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 ... (read more)
Utah Fails to Block Goshute Nuclear Storage Facility
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on December 18 rejected the State of Utah’s appeal to prevent the Goshute Indian Tribe from storing spent nuclear fuel ... (read more)
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on December 18 rejected the State of Utah’s appeal to prevent the Goshute Indian Tribe from storing spent nuclear fuel ... (read more)
What Is the Kyoto Protocol?
The Kyoto Protocol on global warming is an amendment to the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), more popularly known ... (read more)
The Kyoto Protocol on global warming is an amendment to the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), more popularly known ... (read more)
Wood-burning Fireplaces May Be Banned in California
For more than a million California residents, December 24, 2002 may have been the last Christmas Eve during which they could cozy up to a fire and share ... (read more)
For more than a million California residents, December 24, 2002 may have been the last Christmas Eve during which they could cozy up to a fire and share ... (read more)
