Year: 2002

Lawyers vs. Amusement Parks: Summer May Never be the Same

National Policy Analysis #421 /
For Tim Melago of West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, the really good life is a rapid succession of ups and downs. Tim, a 1996 University of Pittsburgh graduate, may well be America's foremost roller coaster enthusiast. He's ridden 440 of them, lives ...
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Project 21 Release: Juneteenth a Time for Black Celebration; Holiday Commemorates End of Slavery, Beginning of Full Self-Determination – June 2002

Press Release /
Holiday Commemorates End of Slavery, Beginning of Full Self-Determination "Juneteenth," the oldest known celebration marking the end of slavery in America, is observed on June 19. Members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 ask for people everywhere to set ...
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Wildfires Linked To Environmental Extremists As Disingenuous Denials Fly, by Tom Randall

Ten Second Response /
BACKGROUND: The Clinton Administration's compliance with environmentalist diktats on forest management has been a major contributor to the monster wildfires roaring across the U.S. Despite this, Carl Pope, executive director of the Sierra Club, issued a denial of responsibility for ...
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Vouchers Offer Hope to Black Families; Supreme Court Decision to Permit Choice in Areas with Failing Schools

Press Release /
The U.S. Supreme Court's June 27 decision upholding the constitutionality of school vouchers is hailed by the African-American leadership network Project 21 as a major leap forward in providing inner-city minority children with access to a quality education. "The Supreme ...
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Yucca Mountain: Could Nuclear Energy Be Killed By Senators “Playing Nice”? by Tom Randall

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BACKGROUND: Opening the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository must be voted on by the Senate by July 25, 2002 or it may be killed forever, and with it, the future of nuclear energy in the United States. When Nevada's Governor ...
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Wildfires Exceed Record Year of 2000 by 50 Percent, Continue to Grow in Overfueled Forests, by Tom Randall

Ten Second Response /
BACKGROUND: As of June 20, wildfires in the U.S. had devastated 1,857,500 acres, almost entirely on federal land. This is more than double the ten year average for wildfire destruction by this date and 50 percent greater than the "modern ...
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Bush Administration, Senate Finance Committee Formally Approve Placing Tax Subsidy to Environmental Groups in Tax Code to Promote Land Grabs by Environmentalists and the Government, by Gretchen Randall

BACKGROUND: Yesterday the U.S. Senate Finance Committee approved out of committee the U.S. Care Act of 2002, a bill initially designed to promote donations to charitable organizations through tax incentives. However, Senator Max Baucus (D-MT), Chairman of the Senate Finance ...
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Political Money Monitor: June 19, 2002

Political Money Monitor /
 Contents * New Campaign Regulations Find Liberal Opposition * Next Regulatory Step Already Proposed * Oklahoma Right to Work Law Validated by Federal Court * Legislative Challenge to Colorado Paycheck Protection Order Turned Back * Union-Supported Campaign Regulation Initiative Overturned ...
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Forty-Five Members of Congress Urge President to Resist Efforts to Implement Clinton-Era Roadless Rule, by Tom Randall

BACKGROUND: U.S. House Western Caucus Member John Thune (R-SD), Caucus Chairman Richard Pombo and Scott McInnis, chairman of the Forests and Forest Health Subcommittee were joined, on June 5, 2002, by 42 other Representatives in signing a letter to President ...
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EPA Ruling Backfires, Spurs Sales of Diesel Trucks, by Gretchen Randall

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BACKGROUND: The Wall Street Journal (1) reported recently that long-haul truck sales have skyrocketed primarily as trucking firms buy new rigs before new anti-pollution rules for diesel engines take effect October 1, 2002. The added cost of the new less ...
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