Author: The National Center

Bush Administration Report on Climate Change Baffles Supporters, by Gretchen Randall

Ten Second Response /
BACKGROUND: The Bush Administration's EPA released a report, "U.S. Climate Action Report 2002" quietly last week stating that greenhouse gas emissions have "likely affected the global climate system." To many this is a turn-about in policy by the Administration since ...
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Bush Repudiates “Bureaucratic” Report on Global Warming, by Gretchen Randall

Ten Second Response /
BACKGROUND: President Bush has reportedly called the recent EPA report that says human activities cause global warming "nothing more than a product of government bureaucracy." According to a Reuters News Service report by Tom Doggett, the President has no plans ...
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Court Says EPA’s Haze Plan Infringes On States’ Rights, by Gretchen Randall

Ten Second Response /
BACKGROUND: The U.S. District Court of Appeals in Washington D.C. has voted 2-1 that the U.S. EPA overstepped its power in implementing what's called the "Haze Rule." In 1999, the EPA's Haze Rule imposed emissions controls on power plants in ...
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EPA’s Regulatory Turnaround an Example of Compassionate Conservatism in Action, by Syd Gernstein

National Policy Analysis #426 /
Just the thought of new environmental regulations can make people groan. Nobody wants to breathe dirty air or drink toxic water, but government policies to protect the planet can be unnecessarily expensive - especially for those who can least afford ...
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Shakedown: A Shocking Jesse Jackson Biography, by Kimberley Wilson

New Visions Commentary /
I've been cynical about Jesse Jackson for years, but a new biography about him - investigative reporter Kenneth Timmerman's Shakedown - left me totally shocked. Shakedown savages the first and most important Jesse legend: the claim that Dr. Martin Luther ...
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For the Love of Rilya, We Need to Fix the Black Family, by Kimberley Jane Wilson

New Visions Commentary /
Last year, I wrote a column asking "Whatever Happened to Chandra Levy?" It turns out Chandra's been dead in Rock Creek Park - just a few miles from her Washington, DC apartment. This mystery is finally over. In Miami, Florida, ...
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In Support of Demoracy Abroad, by Arica Young

New Visions Commentary /
Hopes among Bush Administration officials for a more democratic Venezuela as a result of the recent coup attempt in that country in mid-April earned the President criticism from the American media. Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan president, survived a coup that ...
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Kyoto Global Warming Treaty Losing Support Around the World While Thriving in U.S. Senate, by Tom Randall

National Policy Analysis #412 /
The U.S. Senate has packed its energy bill with massive new "greenhouse gas" and "global warming provisions," even though the Kyoto Protocol, commonly referred to as the global warming treaty, is all but dead as leaders in nation after nation ...
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Juneteenth a Time for Black Celebration; Holiday Commemorates End of Slavery, Beginning of Full Self-Determination

Press Release /
"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 aside some time on this day to reflect upon ...
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Historic Preservation Saves Buildings But Robs Residents of Goods and Services, by Syd Gernstein

National Policy Analysis #413 /
Homes of black heroes such as Frederick Douglass and Carter G. Woodson, where roofs leak and walls are collapsing, are historic landmarks located in our nation's capital that need protection.1 A still-operating grocery store and a boarded-up hardware store, however, ...
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