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Environment & Climate News
July 2002
‘Yes’ on Yucca
Manufacturing accounts for roughly one-third of America’s demand for electricity. As a small manufacturer who employs 200 men and women near St. Louis, ... (read more)
Manufacturing accounts for roughly one-third of America’s demand for electricity. As a small manufacturer who employs 200 men and women near St. Louis, ... (read more)
An antidote to chemophobia
Understand the truth about chemicals, and you’ll come away optimistic about food, nature, technology, and the future, says Dr. Alan Sweeney in his new book, ... (read more)
Understand the truth about chemicals, and you’ll come away optimistic about food, nature, technology, and the future, says Dr. Alan Sweeney in his new book, ... (read more)
Bush rejects EPA warming report
The Environmental Protection Agency released in June a report on global climate change that contradicts public statements on the subject made by President ... (read more)
The Environmental Protection Agency released in June a report on global climate change that contradicts public statements on the subject made by President ... (read more)
California could get its own CAFE
The federal government’s proposed ethanol mandate may be bad for California ... but a bill passed by both the California Assembly and Senate, but not yet ... (read more)
The federal government’s proposed ethanol mandate may be bad for California ... but a bill passed by both the California Assembly and Senate, but not yet ... (read more)
Canadian indecision may doom Kyoto Protocol
Canada’s drawn-out deliberation over whether to ratify the Kyoto Protocol is threatening to upset a carefully crafted, global environmentalist agenda. The ... (read more)
Canada’s drawn-out deliberation over whether to ratify the Kyoto Protocol is threatening to upset a carefully crafted, global environmentalist agenda. The ... (read more)
Cost of asbestos junk science continues to mount
The collapse of the World Trade Center twin towers brought the issue of asbestos back into the spotlight, both for the harm it may have prevented and the ... (read more)
The collapse of the World Trade Center twin towers brought the issue of asbestos back into the spotlight, both for the harm it may have prevented and the ... (read more)
Energy answer is not 'blowing in the wind'
One of the most highly touted forms of renewable power is wind-generated energy. Like solar power, it is inexhaustible (so long as the wind blows), does ... (read more)
One of the most highly touted forms of renewable power is wind-generated energy. Like solar power, it is inexhaustible (so long as the wind blows), does ... (read more)
Ethanol mandate sparks Democrats’ opposition
Will Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-California) intercede with Sacramento politicians to protect the California marketplace for pickup trucks, minivans, and ... (read more)
Will Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-California) intercede with Sacramento politicians to protect the California marketplace for pickup trucks, minivans, and ... (read more)
Farm Bureau responds to 'corn con'
In May, the Wall Street Journal ran an editorial alleging that producing ethanol requires more energy than is released when the fuel is burned, suggesting ... (read more)
In May, the Wall Street Journal ran an editorial alleging that producing ethanol requires more energy than is released when the fuel is burned, suggesting ... (read more)
Farm Bureau: Why we support the ethanol mandate
The use of ethanol as an additive to gasoline has proven to be successful in reducing the amount of pollution emitted by gasoline engines. Additionally, ... (read more)
The use of ethanol as an additive to gasoline has proven to be successful in reducing the amount of pollution emitted by gasoline engines. Additionally, ... (read more)
Hollywood hypocrites
When people think of Hollywood and politics, they are likely to envision Robert Redford, Barbra Streisand, or any of a host of politically active stars ... (read more)
When people think of Hollywood and politics, they are likely to envision Robert Redford, Barbra Streisand, or any of a host of politically active stars ... (read more)
Illinois Supreme Court defends property rights in landmark case
In a victory for private property rights, the Illinois Supreme Court has ruled that taking one owner’s private property and giving it to another for private ... (read more)
In a victory for private property rights, the Illinois Supreme Court has ruled that taking one owner’s private property and giving it to another for private ... (read more)
Indian land claims teach valuable lessons
Publisher's note: Environment & Climate News often addresses the important role played by secure rights to private property in protecting the environment. ... (read more)
Publisher's note: Environment & Climate News often addresses the important role played by secure rights to private property in protecting the environment. ... (read more)
Is EPA ready for the truth about dioxin?
In late May, the Environmental Protection Agency issued its annual Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) report on the amount of toxic chemicals released into the ... (read more)
In late May, the Environmental Protection Agency issued its annual Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) report on the amount of toxic chemicals released into the ... (read more)
Island nation may sue U.S. over global warming
Tuvalu is threatening to sue the United States and Australia over their refusal to back the Kyoto Protocol, which sets targets aimed at cutting greenhouse ... (read more)
Tuvalu is threatening to sue the United States and Australia over their refusal to back the Kyoto Protocol, which sets targets aimed at cutting greenhouse ... (read more)
July 2002 Environment & Climate News (pdf)
According to a report in the July 2002 issue of Environment & Climate News, Hollywood hypocrites are at war with an environmentalist group seeking to make ... (read more)
According to a report in the July 2002 issue of Environment & Climate News, Hollywood hypocrites are at war with an environmentalist group seeking to make ... (read more)
Liberal academic shoots down Precautionary Principle
The Precautionary Principle—a popular theory holding that speculative, unproven environmental risks are entitled to primacy in any environmental debate ... (read more)
The Precautionary Principle—a popular theory holding that speculative, unproven environmental risks are entitled to primacy in any environmental debate ... (read more)
Pesticide bans put children at risk from roaches, rodents
In the first phase of a carefully scripted campaign to ban the use of pesticides in the United States, environmental activist groups have taken aim at a ... (read more)
In the first phase of a carefully scripted campaign to ban the use of pesticides in the United States, environmental activist groups have taken aim at a ... (read more)
Questions raised about Sting fundraiser
As the Battle of Malibu was being waged on the West Coast, some of the biggest stars of the entertainment industry headed East and played out another episode ... (read more)
As the Battle of Malibu was being waged on the West Coast, some of the biggest stars of the entertainment industry headed East and played out another episode ... (read more)
Supreme Court rules against property owners
The United States Supreme Court in April brought to a close 14 years of litigation by Lake Tahoe Basin property owners. In doing so, the Court opened the ... (read more)
The United States Supreme Court in April brought to a close 14 years of litigation by Lake Tahoe Basin property owners. In doing so, the Court opened the ... (read more)
The car of the future
In “Hybrid Cars: Less Fuel but More Costs” (Business Week, April 15, 2002), Paul Raeburn bursts the bubble of those relying on the future of electricity ... (read more)
In “Hybrid Cars: Less Fuel but More Costs” (Business Week, April 15, 2002), Paul Raeburn bursts the bubble of those relying on the future of electricity ... (read more)
The prairie dogs that weren’t there
There is no evidence that Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) employees who charged Lin Drake of Cedar City, Utah with violating the Endangered Species Act ... (read more)
There is no evidence that Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) employees who charged Lin Drake of Cedar City, Utah with violating the Endangered Species Act ... (read more)