Year: 2002

Endangered Species Act Studies May be Hoaxes Designed to Restrict Human Use of Government Lands, by Gretchen Randall

BACKGROUND: Seven officials from the U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife were found recently to have submitted falsified samples of Canadian lynx hair to labs as part of a study ...

Opening the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Storage Facility is Important to National Security; Action Would Eliminate the Only Serious Vulnerability of Nuclear Plants to Terrorism

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Moving America's nuclear waste to a safe storage facility in Yucca Mountain, Nevada - as was proposed January 10 by Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham - would make an important contribution to national security according to a study, "Terrorism and Nuclear ...

Judge Blocks Logging of Burned Trees in Montana’s Bitterroot National Forest, by Gretchen Randall

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BACKGROUND: On December 18, 2001 a federal judge issued a temporary hold on salvage logging in the Bitterroot National Forest of Montana after a lawsuit was filed on behalf of the American Wildlands and The Wilderness Society. This happened one ...

Judge Blocks Logging of Burned Trees in Montana’s Bitterroot National Forest

BACKGROUND: On December 18, 2001 a federal judge issued a temporary hold on salvage logging in the Bitterroot National Forest of Montana after a lawsuit was filed on behalf of the American Wildlands and The Wilderness Society. This happened one ...

President Bush Urges Senate to Approve Energy Bill to Protect Jobs, by Tom Randall

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BACKGROUND: President Bush, speaking January 22 at a factory in Belle, West Virginia, emphasized the need for quick passage of the energy bill being held up in the Senate by Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD). The President said, "This nation ...

Yucca Mountain: The Right Place for Spent Nuclear Fuel, by Gerald E. Marsh and George Stanford

In proposing to finalize Yucca Mountain in Nevada as the site of the nation's spent nuclear fuel repository, Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham has made the right choice. This would be true on either side of September 11th, but on ...

Civil Rights Commission Should Address the Economic Impact of Environmental Justice Policies

Over the past few years, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights hasn't been known for promoting racial harmony. Chairman Mary Frances Berry is a stalwart liberal who rules the Commission with an iron fist. Critics accuse her of using the ...

Brownfields Revitalization Cuts Urban Blight, Suburban Sprawl, by Syd Gernstein

As concern over "urban sprawl" intensifies, the Bush Administration is coming to the rescue by making it easier to revitalize decaying city infrastructures. This will both lessen the need for cities to expand and create new jobs and new sources ...

A Different Standard for the Powerful Means no Environmental Justice from Washington, by Syd Gernstein

Laws are supposed to make our society orderly and protect the public interest. But red tape can overwhelm and actually cause more harm than good. The process can also be corrupted. Take, for instance, "environmental justice." This policy empowers the ...

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