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August 2006
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The August 2006 issue of Environment & Climate News features news on wetlands management: the U.S. Supreme Court issued a very split decision in two combined ... (read more)
The August 2006 issue of Environment & Climate News features news on wetlands management: the U.S. Supreme Court issued a very split decision in two combined ... (read more)
Black Clouds and Silver Linings
This article is the fourth 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 fourth in a continuing series excerpted from the book Smoke or Steam: A Guide to Environmental, Regulatory and Food Safety Concerns, ... (read more)
California Judge Rejects Mercury Warning Labels for Tuna
In a major setback for environmental activists and California regulators, a superior court judge in San Francisco has ruled the state's Proposition 65 cannot ... (read more)
In a major setback for environmental activists and California regulators, a superior court judge in San Francisco has ruled the state's Proposition 65 cannot ... (read more)
Chrysler, GM Rolling Out Flex-Fuel Vehicle Fleet
Eliminating the tariff on ethanol would not only benefit consumers seeking cost-competitive ethanol to fuel their automobiles, it also would eliminate an ... (read more)
Eliminating the tariff on ethanol would not only benefit consumers seeking cost-competitive ethanol to fuel their automobiles, it also would eliminate an ... (read more)
CO2 Cap Would Hurt Calif. Economy
Californians will be burdened with higher energy costs, millions of dollars in lost business production, and widespread job losses under carbon dioxide ... (read more)
Californians will be burdened with higher energy costs, millions of dollars in lost business production, and widespread job losses under carbon dioxide ... (read more)
Commentary: Market Forces Are the Only Cure for High Oil Prices
Little has changed in the 75 years since Spanish philosopher José Ortega y Gasset wrote, "In disturbances caused by scarcity of food, the mob goes in search ... (read more)
Little has changed in the 75 years since Spanish philosopher José Ortega y Gasset wrote, "In disturbances caused by scarcity of food, the mob goes in search ... (read more)
Congress, White House Address Takings Abuses
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the "Private Property Rights Protection Act of 2005" with a substantial bipartisan majority in November 2005. The ... (read more)
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the "Private Property Rights Protection Act of 2005" with a substantial bipartisan majority in November 2005. The ... (read more)
Cuba, China Drilling for Oil 50 Miles from Florida Shores
Legislation to relax restrictions on offshore oil and gas recovery passed the U.S. House of Representatives Resources Committee on June 21 by a vote of ... (read more)
Legislation to relax restrictions on offshore oil and gas recovery passed the U.S. House of Representatives Resources Committee on June 21 by a vote of ... (read more)
E-Waste Management Presents Challenges, Opportunities
At the end of the fast-paced road of electronic innovation lies a mountain of electronic waste, or "E-waste." Electrical equipment waste is growing three ... (read more)
At the end of the fast-paced road of electronic innovation lies a mountain of electronic waste, or "E-waste." Electrical equipment waste is growing three ... (read more)
Eco-Misanthropes Want Better Living Through Mass Death
Most ecologists want to make life easy for butterflies and waterfalls. Who can argue with that? Some environmental extremists, however, think what the Earth ... (read more)
Most ecologists want to make life easy for butterflies and waterfalls. Who can argue with that? Some environmental extremists, however, think what the Earth ... (read more)
Fla. Manatees No Longer Endangered
In a move embodying the success of recent protection efforts and new state standards regarding species in decline, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ... (read more)
In a move embodying the success of recent protection efforts and new state standards regarding species in decline, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ... (read more)
Florida Seeks Authority over State Wetlands
Buoyed by water quality that has dramatically improved under the Jeb Bush administration and an efficient wetlands permitting process, Florida officials ... (read more)
Buoyed by water quality that has dramatically improved under the Jeb Bush administration and an efficient wetlands permitting process, Florida officials ... (read more)
Gore Movie Is Gorgeous Propaganda, Misrepresentation
A friend invited me to attend a screening of "An Inconvenient Truth," Al Gore's new film about global warming, when it first arrived in Chicago a few weeks ... (read more)
A friend invited me to attend a screening of "An Inconvenient Truth," Al Gore's new film about global warming, when it first arrived in Chicago a few weeks ... (read more)
Heavy Diet of Falsehoods About Food
Chew on This: Everything You Don't Want to Know about Fast Food by Eric Schlosser and Charles Wilson Houghton Mifflin, May 2006 270 pages, $16.00 cloth, ... (read more)
Chew on This: Everything You Don't Want to Know about Fast Food by Eric Schlosser and Charles Wilson Houghton Mifflin, May 2006 270 pages, $16.00 cloth, ... (read more)
Jeb Bush Urges End to Ethanol Tariff
The federal government should abolish its tariff on imported ethanol to make possible an affordable alternative to foreign oil, urged Florida Gov. Jeb Bush ... (read more)
The federal government should abolish its tariff on imported ethanol to make possible an affordable alternative to foreign oil, urged Florida Gov. Jeb Bush ... (read more)
Kentucky Seeks State Control of Wetlands Program
A June 5 meeting of a Kentucky Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet task force indicated the state is well on its way to assuming control of the ... (read more)
A June 5 meeting of a Kentucky Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet task force indicated the state is well on its way to assuming control of the ... (read more)
Mich. House Considers Asbestos Bill
On May 23, the recently organized Michigan House of Representatives Committee on Tort Reform, by a vote of five to one, reported favorably to the whole ... (read more)
On May 23, the recently organized Michigan House of Representatives Committee on Tort Reform, by a vote of five to one, reported favorably to the whole ... (read more)
Open Letter Urges Action
J. Peyton Knight, director of environmental and regulatory affairs for the National Center for Public Policy Research, and Myron Ebell, director of energy ... (read more)
J. Peyton Knight, director of environmental and regulatory affairs for the National Center for Public Policy Research, and Myron Ebell, director of energy ... (read more)
Physicist Proposes New Solution for Global Warming
In the summer blockbuster of 1998, Armageddon, Bruce Willis led a crew of courageous malcontents on a space expedition to destroy an asteroid on a collision ... (read more)
In the summer blockbuster of 1998, Armageddon, Bruce Willis led a crew of courageous malcontents on a space expedition to destroy an asteroid on a collision ... (read more)
Richard Lindzen: No Global Warming
According to Al Gore's new film "An Inconvenient Truth," we're in for "a planetary emergency": melting ice sheets, huge increases in sea levels, more and ... (read more)
According to Al Gore's new film "An Inconvenient Truth," we're in for "a planetary emergency": melting ice sheets, huge increases in sea levels, more and ... (read more)
States Take Action to Rein in Eminent Domain Abuses
Driven by a substantial outcry from homeowners and small businesses, the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's June 2005 decision in Kelo v. ... (read more)
Driven by a substantial outcry from homeowners and small businesses, the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's June 2005 decision in Kelo v. ... (read more)
Supreme Court 'Muddies' Wetlands Law
On June 19 a divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers must show a significant nexus between a wetland and a navigable body of water ... (read more)
On June 19 a divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers must show a significant nexus between a wetland and a navigable body of water ... (read more)
Texas Will Host First New U.S. Nuclear Plants Since 1970s
Not a single nuclear power plant has been commissioned in the United States since 1978, but that is about to change as General Electric and Hitachi have ... (read more)
Not a single nuclear power plant has been commissioned in the United States since 1978, but that is about to change as General Electric and Hitachi have ... (read more)