Author: Amy Ridenour

Comment by National Center President Amy Ridenour on Announcement Regarding Listing the Polar Bear Under the Endangered Species Act

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The decision to list the polar bear as “threatened” announced today by Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne was probably the best that could be expected from a government agency operating under a severely-flawed Endangered Species Act, but it is a regrettable ...
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Project 21’s Borelli Chides California Lawmakers for Coerced Giving Proposal

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By David Almasi: People already hate it when the government tells them what they can buy. Now, California lawmakers are mulling over a proposal that would tell people how they can give to charity.In a commentary published in the May ...
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A Novel Approach to Requesting a Pardon for Ramos and Compean

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David Almasi shares an idea for a novel approach to a pardon request to President Bush for Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean: "Mr. President, I am honored and grateful that you have invited me to your ranch on the ...
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Should Earmarks be Spent on Lobbying? Should Lobbyists Represent Congressmen?

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Should earmarks paid for with public funds be spent promoting projects under consideration by Congress? Is it OK for a lobbyist to represent a Congressman at a meeting about one of the Congressman's bills? As far as I know, these ...
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NCPPR’s Almasi Comments on CAFE in National Review

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In the May 5 print edition of National Review, Fred Schwarz described how the catalytic converter was perfected just as automakers faced potentially crippling federal emissions requirements. Liberals cite this as proof that all that is needed to make technological ...
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Project 21’s Nedd Joins Other Religious Leaders at UN Public Health Conference

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Project 21 member Council Nedd II, a bishop in the Episcopal Missionary Church, is returning from Geneva, Switzerland, where he helped lead a non-governmental organization (NGO) delegation to the World Health Organization's (WHO) Working Group on Public Health, Innovation and ...
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Flaws in Clean Water Restoration Act Exposed in Congressional Hearings

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From Mike Hardiman comes this roundup of information about recent Congressional hearings on the Clear Water Restoration Act: Both the United States Senate and House of Representatives recently held hearings on the Oberstar/Feingold Clean Water Restoration Act. These hearings are ...
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NCPPR Senior Fellow Helps Clear the Air on Clean Water

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On the heels of congressional hearings in both the House and Senate, the Washington Examiner published a scathing editorial against the proposed Clean Water Restoration Act (CWRA). The editorial came after National Center Senior Fellow R.J. Smith had a long ...
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Every Day is Arbor Day for Private Conservationists

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From Casey Lartigue, Jr.: Do we want more trees or more moralizing about trees? Today, in Washington, D.C. and other parts of the country, Americans will plant a tree. Coming on the heels of the political brow-beating of earlier this ...
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Project 21’s Bob Parks Finds Hippie Ethic Alive and Well in Eco-Philosophy

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From David Almasi: "If it feels good, do it" was a hippie mantra from 40 years ago. Coincidentally, the same time as Earth Day was created (and first celebrated on April 22, 1970). Just in time for Earth Day 2008, ...
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