Category: Environment and Enterprise Institute

What Scriptures Tell Us About Environmental Stewardship, by Samuel Casey Carter

National Policy Analysis #199 /
Now that secular liberalism has all but driven orthodox religion out of public life, it should come as no surprise that heterodox spirituality has become the latest battering ram of the left. In a time when the Bible has been ...
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Sun to Blame for Global Warming, by John Carlisle

National Policy Analysis #203 /
Those looking for the culprit responsible for global warming have missed the obvious choice - the sun. While it may come as a newsflash to some, scientific evidence conclusively shows that the sun plays a far more important role in ...
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The Quincy Library Group: So-Called “Consensus” Forest Plan Lacks Consensus, Violates Rights

National Policy Analysis #200 /
Since the House of Representatives approved the Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery and Economic Stability Act of 1997 (H.R. 858) by an overwhelming margin last July, many have hailed the process that created the bill as a model for resolving ...
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Global Warming: Enjoy it While You Can, by John Carlisle

National Policy Analysis #194 /
Policymakers have been arguing for nearly a decade over what to do about global warming. Noticeably missing from this debate has been any mention of the fact that natural fluctuations in the Earth's temperature, not Man, is the likely explanation ...
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What Earth Day Means to Minority Citizens, by Edmund Peterson

National Policy Analysis #193 /
April 22, 1998 marks the 28th annual Earth Day celebration, but like many other people of color I will not be celebrating. To me, Earth Day is merely an annual reminder of the environmental movement's insensitivity to the needs and ...
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Earth Day May No Longer Be Needed

National Policy Analysis #191 /
After nearly thirty years, Earth Day may be obsolete. Thirty years ago, Americans had good reason to be concerned about the environment. In 1966, 80 people reportedly died from air pollution-related causes during a four-day temperature inversion in New York ...
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We Have But One Thing to Fear: Fear Itself (Part I)

Talking Points on the Environment /
Over the past several decades, the American people have been manipulated by a handful of scientists outside the mainstream to fear safe products that improve their quality of life. Products have been removed from the market, banned, or heavily regulated ...
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Good News About Energy

National Policy Analysis #226 /
In 1987, the environmentalist Worldwatch Institute predicted an oil shortage would cause a major energy crisis within five years.1 No crisis has occurred. Instead, the oil industry is producing a million more barrels a day than it can sell.2 According ...
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Will Republicans Provide Grist for Environmentalists’ Mill? Senate Consideration of New Endangered Species Bill Bad News for Species and People

National Policy Analysis #184 /
Environmentalists who have accused the Republican Congress of conspiring with powerful industry groups to protect corporate profits at the expense of the environment may soon have some solid evidence to back up that claim. Over the next several months, the ...
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1998 Legislative Outlook: Short Calendar Makes Movement of Major Environmental Legislation Unlikely

National Policy Analysis #185 /
With just 76 legislative days planned this year in the U.S. Senate and even fewer planned for the House of Representatives, the prospects for significant movement on major environmental reform bills are dim. On the other hand, prospects for the ...
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