Year: 2000

Juneteenth Holiday a Reason for Black Celebration: Education and Achievement Lauded and Encouraged by Project 21 Members

Press Release /
As "Juneteenth," the oldest celebration of the end of slavery in America, is observed nationally on June 19, members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 ask African-Americans everywhere to take time to celebrate the progress they have made and ...
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Needed: Environmental Justice for Minorities, by John Carlisle

Project 21 Commentary /
A New Visions Commentary paper published June 2000 by The National Center for Public Policy Research, 501 Capitol Ct., N.E., Washington, DC 20002, 202/543-4110, Fax 202-543-5975, E-Mail [email protected], Web https://nationalcenter.org. Reprints permitted provided source is credited. "Be it required that ...
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Biotechnology: Putting an End to World Hunger, by Michael Centrone

National Policy Analysis #289 /
Agricultural biotechnology, a dynamic new science that uses genetic engineering to enhance the output and value of many agricultural products, may hold the key to helping stop world hunger. But if the environmental movement has its way, further development of ...
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Organically-Grown Food Not Necessarily Better For You, by John Carlisle

National Policy Analysis #290 /
The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) proposed rule to allow producers of organic food to place a USDA organic seal on their products should be rejected because it misleads consumers into believing that organic food is safer and better ...
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Saving Your Own Life Shouldn’t Be A Crime, by Bobby Unser

National Policy Analysis #291 /
Imagine you are visiting one of our national forests when, without warning, you are caught in a blizzard. All visibility is gone. You have no idea which direction is east and which is west, which is north and which is ...
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No Room for Science at the Union of Concerned Scientists, by John Carlisle

National Policy Analysis #292 /
The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), an advocacy group of scientists based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, purports to recommend public policy solutions addressing a myriad of issues ranging from global warming to arms control on the basis of sound science. But ...
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Split Up the Postal Service, Not Microsoft

National Policy Analysis #293 /
Microsoft is the victim of a double standard. A federal court recently ordered the company to be split into two smaller companies. But there is a real monopoly that no one seems to want to do anything about. There's been ...
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United Nations Gaining Control Over American Historical Landmarks, by John Carlisle

As Americans celebrate the 224th anniversary of our nation's independence and pause to remember the sacrifices made by our ancestors so that we may enjoy freedom today, perhaps no site evokes more poignant memories than Independence Hall in Philadelphia. Independence ...
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Congressional Special Interest Politics Threatens Property Rights, by John Carlisle

National Policy Analysis #295 /
In politics, bad laws are often passed because they are paraded as good causes. This especially holds true for the Conservation and Reinvestment Act (CARA), legislation pending in the U.S. Senate that its supporters purport would aid the environment but ...
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New Government Report Warning of Global Warming Repeats Old Misinformation, by John K. Carlisle

National Policy Analysis #299 /
Here we go again. Now that summer is here and temperatures are rising, environmental scaremongers are, predictably, raising the rhetoric that man-made global warming is dangerously heating the planet and we must make economically-drastic cuts in greenhouse gas emissions to ...
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