Author: The National Center

Bush Administration and House Democrats Oppose Bill to Restrict Federal Land Acquisition

BACKGROUND: H.R. 3962, the "Good Neighbor Act" was the subject of a U.S. House Forests and Forest Health subcommittee hearing held April 10, 2002. Under the bill's provisions, if more than 50 percent of a county's land is owned by ...
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Anti-Sprawl Policies Undermine Programs to Help Minorities and the Poor

The Relief Report /
Contents: Competing Government Policies Both Promote and Deny Homeownership Opportunities for MinoritiesNatural Resources Defense Council 'Cries Wolf' Over Consultation on Bush Energy Plan  Anti-Sprawl Policies Undermine Government Policies Promoting Homeownership Opportunities for Minorities and the PoorIt's three steps forward, but ...
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Lincoln Chafee Advances Bill to Usurp Local Control of Land Use Planning and Zoning, by Tom Randall

Ten Second Response /
BACKGROUND: S.975, euphemistically titled the "Community Character Act," was introduced last May and is now scheduled to come before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Thursday, April 11, 2002. The bill, introduced by Senator Lincoln Chafee (R-RI), with Senators ...
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Gasoline Shortages Begin – Prices Approach 2001 Levels

Press Release /
Record high gasoline prices? Severe shortages? According to Tom Randall, director of The National Center for Public Policy Research's John P. McGovern MD Center for Environmental and Regulatory Affairs, all the elements are in place for another energy crisis. The ...
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Natural Resources Defense Council ‘Cries Wolf’ Over Consultation on Bush Energy Plan, by Christopher Burger

Ten Second Response /
BACKGROUND: Supposedly worried that environmental groups were not consulted when the Bush administration developed its energy plan, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) filed a lawsuit to force the Department of Energy (DOE) to release documents revealing the names of ...
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LCV Environmental Scorecard Ratings Shortchange Urban Blacks, by Mike Green

New Visions Commentary /
While pretending to be nonpartisan, the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) recently published a "report card" grading politicians on their environmental voting records. Internet ads hyping the rankings tease "Did your senator vote to trash the environment?" We are supposed ...
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How the Media Distorts the News, by R.D. Davis

New Visions Commentary /
When I heard about veteran CBS reporter Bernard Goldberg's new book, Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the News, I knew I had to read it. It's not that I had to be convinced. I noticed the ...
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Rumor Control: Your Vote is Safe, But Your Bank Account is At Risk, by Edmund Peterson

New Visions Commentary /
Have you heard black Americans might lose the right to vote in 2007? It's nonsense, but it's caused a lot of us anxiety. While we're not about to lose the right to cast a ballot, we - and all Americans ...
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Death of a Dream for a Boy and a Community, by Kimberley Wilson

New Visions Commentary /
A dream died on March 13th. Derrick Lemell Breedlove robbed a liquor store and was fatally shot by a frightened clerk. Police found Breedlove's dead body on the floor of Modern Discount Liquors with a pellet gun in one hand ...
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On Environmental Issues, Conservative Groups and Labor Unions are Natural Born Allies, by Tom Randall

National Policy Analysis #400 /
"We'll remember in November... we'll remember in November... we'll remember in November," the words rang out, time after time from the speakers - nearly a dozen of them - at one of the most unlikely rallies in the history of ...
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