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February 2005
Auto Manufacturers' Association Joins Suit Challenging California Greenhouse Gas Law
The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers (AAM) announced on December 7 that it has joined a lawsuit filed by Central California auto dealers challenging ... (read more)
The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers (AAM) announced on December 7 that it has joined a lawsuit filed by Central California auto dealers challenging ... (read more)
Biotech Corn Reduces Serious Birth Defects, Study Shows
In the early 1990s, Hispanic women in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas gave birth to babies with neural tube defects (NTDs)--including spina bifida, hydrocephalus, ... (read more)
In the early 1990s, Hispanic women in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas gave birth to babies with neural tube defects (NTDs)--including spina bifida, hydrocephalus, ... (read more)
Crichton on Global Warming
How much of the science in State of Fear is accurate, and how much is fiction? Here is a summary of the scientific claims about global warming that appear ... (read more)
How much of the science in State of Fear is accurate, and how much is fiction? Here is a summary of the scientific claims about global warming that appear ... (read more)
Crichton Strikes Devastating Blow to Alarmists
Michael Crichton, author of best-selling books and blockbuster movies such as The Andromeda Strain and Jurassic Park, has published a new best-selling book. That ... (read more)
Michael Crichton, author of best-selling books and blockbuster movies such as The Andromeda Strain and Jurassic Park, has published a new best-selling book. That ... (read more)
ECN Contributing Editor Joins Washington Law Firm
Gary Baise, an Environment & Climate News contributing editor and leading environmental attorney, has joined the law firm of Kilpatrick Stockton LLP. Baise ... (read more)
Gary Baise, an Environment & Climate News contributing editor and leading environmental attorney, has joined the law firm of Kilpatrick Stockton LLP. Baise ... (read more)
Environmental Activists Exploit Catastrophic Tsunami
Two days after the December 25 tsunami that killed more than 100,000 people in Southeast Asia, the executive director of Greenpeace UK told the British ... (read more)
Two days after the December 25 tsunami that killed more than 100,000 people in Southeast Asia, the executive director of Greenpeace UK told the British ... (read more)
Environmentalists Rally Against West Virginia, New York Wind Farms
Citizen-environmentalists are mobilizing to oppose a $100 million wind farm at the summit of Jack Mountain in Pendleton County, West Virginia, as well as ... (read more)
Citizen-environmentalists are mobilizing to oppose a $100 million wind farm at the summit of Jack Mountain in Pendleton County, West Virginia, as well as ... (read more)
February 2005 Environment & Climate News (PDF)
"[Michael] Crichton has made the often-arcane debate over global warming entertaining and accessible to a huge segment of the American public," notes Heartland ... (read more)
"[Michael] Crichton has made the often-arcane debate over global warming entertaining and accessible to a huge segment of the American public," notes Heartland ... (read more)
Making the Case for Nuclear Power
A Brighter Tomorrow: Fulfilling the Promise of Nuclear Energy by Senator Pete V. Domenici with Blythe J. Lyons and Julian J. Steyn; foreword by former Senator ... (read more)
A Brighter Tomorrow: Fulfilling the Promise of Nuclear Energy by Senator Pete V. Domenici with Blythe J. Lyons and Julian J. Steyn; foreword by former Senator ... (read more)
Maryland May Sell Unneeded State Property
Unlike his predecessor, who had made land acquisition a high priority for his administration, Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich (R) wants state executive agencies ... (read more)
Unlike his predecessor, who had made land acquisition a high priority for his administration, Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich (R) wants state executive agencies ... (read more)
New Jersey Seeking to Cap CO2 Emissions
New Jersey state officials are proceeding with plans to classify carbon dioxide (CO2) as a pollutant, thereby allowing state regulators to cap CO2 emissions ... (read more)
New Jersey state officials are proceeding with plans to classify carbon dioxide (CO2) as a pollutant, thereby allowing state regulators to cap CO2 emissions ... (read more)
No End to Energy Stalemate
In December 2004, the National Commission on Energy Policy (NCEP) released a report titled "Ending the Energy Stalemate: A Bipartisan Strategy to Meet America's ... (read more)
In December 2004, the National Commission on Energy Policy (NCEP) released a report titled "Ending the Energy Stalemate: A Bipartisan Strategy to Meet America's ... (read more)
Oregon Voters Move to Protect Landowners' Rights
In November, 60 percent of Oregon voters approved Measure 37, protecting private property owners against the effects of land-use regulations imposed by ... (read more)
In November, 60 percent of Oregon voters approved Measure 37, protecting private property owners against the effects of land-use regulations imposed by ... (read more)
Smart Growth: Surrendering the American Dream
We are facing in the United States today a very clear and present danger to our prosperity, and in particular to the prosperity of low-income groups in ... (read more)
We are facing in the United States today a very clear and present danger to our prosperity, and in particular to the prosperity of low-income groups in ... (read more)
States Take Widely Varying Stands on Wind Power
Internal conflict among environmental advocates regarding the future of wind power is causing a split among state elected officials as well. In a move ... (read more)
Internal conflict among environmental advocates regarding the future of wind power is causing a split among state elected officials as well. In a move ... (read more)
U.S. Stands Firm at Climate Change Talks
At the tenth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, during ... (read more)
At the tenth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, during ... (read more)
Wind Farms May Threaten Crop Production
A new simulation has found serious and previously unrecognized environmental threats from massive wind farms in the American Great Plains. A recent study ... (read more)
A new simulation has found serious and previously unrecognized environmental threats from massive wind farms in the American Great Plains. A recent study ... (read more)