Category: Environment and Enterprise Institute

Behavior of World’s Glaciers Fails to Prove Global Warming Theory, by John Carlisle

National Policy Analysis #235 /
Global warming theory proponents have resorted to the politics of fear to drive their point home. They argue that man-made greenhouse gases are already causing the world's glaciers to melt, causing sea levels to rise and threatening humanity with a ...
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Rural Sprawl Outpaces Urban Sprawl

On January 11, 1999, Vice President Al Gore unveiled the Administration's $10 billion program to stop urban sprawl by preserving open space and curbing suburbs. But urban sprawl isn't the problem the Vice President claims it is, with land set ...
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Global Warming Not Responsible for 1998’s Unusual Weather

National Policy Analysis #228 /
The U.S. may have experienced more than its fair share of unusual weather this past year, but this has nothing to do with global warming. Global warming theory advocates were quick to seize on last summer's heat waves and the ...
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Environmentalists Suffer Election Setback

National Policy Analysis #222 /
Environmental groups that have been crowing over Republican losses in the recent national elections may end up eating crow once the 106th Congress begins voting on environmental legislation. The reason? Despite the loss of five Republicans in the U.S. House ...
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Environmentalists Erroneously Cite Government Pork-Barrel Spending as Evidence of Global Warming

National Policy Analysis #221 /
Environmentalists continue to use every means of measuring the temperature of the planet except a thermometer. A case in point is the recent claim that the rising number of presidential disaster declarations - often used as a means of dishing ...
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Hypocrisy in Buenos Aires: Millions of Gallons of Fuel to Be Burned By Those Seeking Curbs on Fuel Use

National Policy Analysis #217 /
Next month, the American people will witness an extraordinary act of hypocrisy: Millions of gallons of fuel will be burned as a direct result of an international conference convened to curb fossil fuel use. On November 2, the fourth meeting ...
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Buenos Aires Conference On Global Warming: Much Ado About Nothing, by John Carlisle

National Policy Analysis #218 /
This November, the Clinton Administration will attend a conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina. There, it will offer recommendations on measures the United States and more than 100 nations can adopt to cut man-made greenhouse gases, which, the Administration alleges, are ...
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Politics Tainted Green: EPA Uses Enforcement as Partisan Political Weapon

National Policy Analysis #213 /
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) seems to be more concerned about partisan politics these days than protecting the environment. A case in point is its recent prosecution of Virginia-based Smithfield Foods, Inc., the major employer in a small town best ...
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The Sierra Club and the Trial Lawyers: Two Peas in a Pod

National Policy Analysis #214 /
The Sierra Club and trial lawyers have a great deal more in common than many people realize. Both have a huge financial stake in seeing to it that legal reform fails. As a result, both also have the same political ...
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Greenpeace Promotes Environmentally-Harmful Legislation

Press Release /
Contents * President and Veep Are Wrong About Cause of This Year's Weather * Minorities Harmed by Environmental "Justice" * Paper Examines Enviro "Justice" * Enviros Exploit Religion * This Act Kills Jobs * This Act Kills Jobs Too * ...
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