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Environment & Climate News
September 2007
Bald Eagle No Longer Endangered
On June 28, the national government removed the bald eagle from the endangered species list. It is great news that bald eagle populations in the contiguous ... (read more)
On June 28, the national government removed the bald eagle from the endangered species list. It is great news that bald eagle populations in the contiguous ... (read more)
Biotech Crops Good for the Environment
A new study reported in the July 8 issue of Science magazine shows crops genetically modified to resist insects and other pests are having a beneficial ... (read more)
A new study reported in the July 8 issue of Science magazine shows crops genetically modified to resist insects and other pests are having a beneficial ... (read more)
CAFE Battle Rages on Capitol Hill
Fuel economy standards are being vigorously debated in Congress. Competing corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards threaten to reduce consumer choice ... (read more)
Fuel economy standards are being vigorously debated in Congress. Competing corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards threaten to reduce consumer choice ... (read more)
California Assemblyman Taking Nuclear Power to the People
Frustrated by obstructionism in the California Assembly, Assemblyman Chuck DeVore (R-Irvine) is taking the issue of nuclear power directly to the people. ... (read more)
Frustrated by obstructionism in the California Assembly, Assemblyman Chuck DeVore (R-Irvine) is taking the issue of nuclear power directly to the people. ... (read more)
Chicago Mayor Is Scolded for Global Warming Hypocrisy
Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) was slammed on Capitol Hill June 20 for being all talk and no action regarding greenhouse gas emissions. Daley told ... (read more)
Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) was slammed on Capitol Hill June 20 for being all talk and no action regarding greenhouse gas emissions. Daley told ... (read more)
Congress Considers Carbon Trading
Carbon dioxide (CO2) trading is being championed by nearly a dozen proposals floating around Congress during the summer recess, but the failure of Europe's ... (read more)
Carbon dioxide (CO2) trading is being championed by nearly a dozen proposals floating around Congress during the summer recess, but the failure of Europe's ... (read more)
Environmental Activist Funding, Agendas Exposed
The Green Wave: Environmentalism and Its Consequences Bonner Cohen Capital Research Center, 2006 240 pages, $14.95, ISBN 1892934116 Available online ... (read more)
The Green Wave: Environmentalism and Its Consequences Bonner Cohen Capital Research Center, 2006 240 pages, $14.95, ISBN 1892934116 Available online ... (read more)
Environmental Activists Are Enemies of the Poor
"People here have no jobs," Mark Fenn admitted, after taking documentary producers on a tour of his $35,000 catamaran and the site of his new coastal home. ... (read more)
"People here have no jobs," Mark Fenn admitted, after taking documentary producers on a tour of his $35,000 catamaran and the site of his new coastal home. ... (read more)
EPA's Treatment of Data, Models Is Worrisome
In late June 2007, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) responded to a three-year-old data quality correction request filed by the U.S. Chamber of ... (read more)
In late June 2007, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) responded to a three-year-old data quality correction request filed by the U.S. Chamber of ... (read more)
Forests Are Expanding Worldwide, Aided by High-Yield Farming Practices
An international research team reports in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that 22 of the 50 most forested countries in the world have ... (read more)
An international research team reports in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that 22 of the 50 most forested countries in the world have ... (read more)
Green Activists Hurt the World's Poor: An Interview with Paul Driessen
Paul Driessen is a warrior on the front lines of the battle against Third World poverty and disease. As a senior policy advisor for the Congress of Racial ... (read more)
Paul Driessen is a warrior on the front lines of the battle against Third World poverty and disease. As a senior policy advisor for the Congress of Racial ... (read more)
Greenland Was Much Warmer in Recent Past
A new study of Greenland's ice sheet shows the Earth's temperature a few hundred thousand years ago was approximately 15 degrees Celsius warmer than it ... (read more)
A new study of Greenland's ice sheet shows the Earth's temperature a few hundred thousand years ago was approximately 15 degrees Celsius warmer than it ... (read more)
History Shows Carbon Caps a Failed Policy
This is the second in a three-part series exploring how industry, and society at large, should respond to predicted climate change. Climate change is ... (read more)
This is the second in a three-part series exploring how industry, and society at large, should respond to predicted climate change. Climate change is ... (read more)
House Bill Aims to Circumvent Supreme Court on Clean Water Act
Legislation designed to extend the national government's power over isolated local bodies of water is being pushed by environmental activist groups in the ... (read more)
Legislation designed to extend the national government's power over isolated local bodies of water is being pushed by environmental activist groups in the ... (read more)
Human Freedom, Not Climate, Is at Risk
We are living in strange times. One exceptionally warm winter is enough--irrespective of the fact that in the course of the twentieth century the global ... (read more)
We are living in strange times. One exceptionally warm winter is enough--irrespective of the fact that in the course of the twentieth century the global ... (read more)
IPCC Records Show Thousands of Review Comments Ignored
In a historic move, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released the expert review comments and responses to its latest assessment ... (read more)
In a historic move, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released the expert review comments and responses to its latest assessment ... (read more)
Ozone Plan Ignores Foreign Sources
On June 20 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed to tighten the nation's air quality standards for ground-level ozone, revising them for ... (read more)
On June 20 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed to tighten the nation's air quality standards for ground-level ozone, revising them for ... (read more)
Regulations Cause Unintended Consequences
This article is the fourteenth in a continuing series excerpted from the book Smoke or Steam? A Guide to Environmental, Regulatory, and Food Safety Concerns, ... (read more)
This article is the fourteenth in a continuing series excerpted from the book Smoke or Steam? A Guide to Environmental, Regulatory, and Food Safety Concerns, ... (read more)
September 2007 Environment & Climate News (PDF)
The September 2007 issue of Environment & Climate News exposes the how environmental activists are more dangerous than helpful to the poor. On page 1: ... (read more)
The September 2007 issue of Environment & Climate News exposes the how environmental activists are more dangerous than helpful to the poor. On page 1: ... (read more)
Solar Power Presents Many Hurdles to Consumers
This article is the first in a series outlining the technological and economic obstacles to the widespread use of solar power. It all sounds so simple. ... (read more)
This article is the first in a series outlining the technological and economic obstacles to the widespread use of solar power. It all sounds so simple. ... (read more)
Timber Companies Exonerated, Barred Owls Blamed for Spotted Owl Decline
Environmentalists are quick to lecture the rest of us about the ways of nature. Don't clean the dead trees off the forest floor; they're natural. Cattle ... (read more)
Environmentalists are quick to lecture the rest of us about the ways of nature. Don't clean the dead trees off the forest floor; they're natural. Cattle ... (read more)