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Environment & Climate News
May 2004
Activist Groups Sue to Stop Oil Production in National Petroleum Reserve
Seven environmental activist groups have raised the stakes regarding their opposition to Alaskan oil recovery, suing the federal government to stop oil ... (read more)
Seven environmental activist groups have raised the stakes regarding their opposition to Alaskan oil recovery, suing the federal government to stop oil ... (read more)
Asbestos Litigation Choking Courts with False Claimants
Fueled by powerful trial attorneys rewriting the books on tort law, some 730,000 asbestos claims have been filed ... and most are made by healthy, unimpaired ... (read more)
Fueled by powerful trial attorneys rewriting the books on tort law, some 730,000 asbestos claims have been filed ... and most are made by healthy, unimpaired ... (read more)
California County Enacts Nation's First Biotech Ban
Voters in Mendocino County, California, about one hundred miles north of the San Francisco Bay, on March 2 approved the nation's first ban on genetically ... (read more)
Voters in Mendocino County, California, about one hundred miles north of the San Francisco Bay, on March 2 approved the nation's first ban on genetically ... (read more)
Conn. Global Warming Bill Will Pump up Energy Prices
Energy prices and unemployment in Connecticut are expected to spike if the state legislature passes a greenhouse gas control measure supported by Governor ... (read more)
Energy prices and unemployment in Connecticut are expected to spike if the state legislature passes a greenhouse gas control measure supported by Governor ... (read more)
Energy Bill Debate Confirms Trial Lawyer Influence
Among the most divisive issues in the current session of Congress is the energy bill, which failed last November in the face of a Democratic filibuster ... (read more)
Among the most divisive issues in the current session of Congress is the energy bill, which failed last November in the face of a Democratic filibuster ... (read more)
Environmentalists Launch Campaign Against Bush Record
Environmental advocacy groups have commenced their election-year attack on President George W. Bush. In March, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) ... (read more)
Environmental advocacy groups have commenced their election-year attack on President George W. Bush. In March, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) ... (read more)
Global Warming Fears Melting
New data from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and studies appearing in two respected scientific journals raise serious questions ... (read more)
New data from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and studies appearing in two respected scientific journals raise serious questions ... (read more)
Governors Call for Endangered Species Act Reform
On the 30-year anniversary of the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA), the nation's governors came together in a bipartisan effort to urge more state participation ... (read more)
On the 30-year anniversary of the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA), the nation's governors came together in a bipartisan effort to urge more state participation ... (read more)
Group Names Property Rights Champions
The League of Private Property Voters (LPPV) has named 192 U.S. Representatives and 35 U.S. Senators "Champions" for property rights issues. The group ... (read more)
The League of Private Property Voters (LPPV) has named 192 U.S. Representatives and 35 U.S. Senators "Champions" for property rights issues. The group ... (read more)
Health Threat of Mercury Overblown, Scientists Say
Controversy over the health effects of mercury in fish and shellfish and the Bush administration's plan to reduce mercury emissions by utilities dominated ... (read more)
Controversy over the health effects of mercury in fish and shellfish and the Bush administration's plan to reduce mercury emissions by utilities dominated ... (read more)
Iowa Legislators Debate Restrictions on Hog Farm Pollution
The Iowa House of Representatives held public hearings March 8 regarding legislation to regulate air pollutants emanating from hog farms. The proposed legislation ... (read more)
The Iowa House of Representatives held public hearings March 8 regarding legislation to regulate air pollutants emanating from hog farms. The proposed legislation ... (read more)
Kudos to Chicago Tribune for Accurate Reporting
The nation's major media outlets have been rightfully and often criticized for failing to do their homework regarding the science behind alarmist environmental ... (read more)
The nation's major media outlets have been rightfully and often criticized for failing to do their homework regarding the science behind alarmist environmental ... (read more)
Latest Global Warming Claims Are Flawed, Inflated
The release of five gloom-and-doom articles on global warming and climate change, timed just as the Democratic Party was settling on a nominee, was no accident. ... (read more)
The release of five gloom-and-doom articles on global warming and climate change, timed just as the Democratic Party was settling on a nominee, was no accident. ... (read more)
May 2004 Environment & Climate News (PDF)
The May issue of Environment & Climate News features PERC Senior Associate Jane Shaw’s report on how suburban development benefits wildlife. “The claim ... (read more)
The May issue of Environment & Climate News features PERC Senior Associate Jane Shaw’s report on how suburban development benefits wildlife. “The claim ... (read more)
Requiem for the Kyoto Protocol
It may not be a household word, but by now the Kyoto Protocol has become a well-known political slogan. President George W. Bush has called it "fundamentally ... (read more)
It may not be a household word, but by now the Kyoto Protocol has become a well-known political slogan. President George W. Bush has called it "fundamentally ... (read more)
Restricting Nevada Growth Would Cause Economic Drought, Study Concludes
Greater Las Vegas, the nation's fastest growing metropolis, would suffer dire economic consequences if anti-growth activists succeed in restricting future ... (read more)
Greater Las Vegas, the nation's fastest growing metropolis, would suffer dire economic consequences if anti-growth activists succeed in restricting future ... (read more)
Suburban Development Benefits Wildlife
A decade ago, who would have thought New Jersey would host a black bear hunt--the first in 33 years? Or that Virginia, whose population of bald eagles was ... (read more)
A decade ago, who would have thought New Jersey would host a black bear hunt--the first in 33 years? Or that Virginia, whose population of bald eagles was ... (read more)
Washington Governor Signs Costly Global Warming Bill
Washington Governor Gary Locke (D) on March 31 signed House Bill 3141, requiring new power plants planned in the state to offset or mitigate 20 percent ... (read more)
Washington Governor Gary Locke (D) on March 31 signed House Bill 3141, requiring new power plants planned in the state to offset or mitigate 20 percent ... (read more)
