Category: Environment and Enterprise Institute

Would You Spend $2,750 More for a New Car Just To Make Air Pollution Worse?

Activities at the July Environmental Policy Task Force meeting chaired by David Ridenour of The National Center for Public Policy Research. New Law Says OMB Must Identify Government Regulations for Reform: Will It Ignore the Law? Angela Antonelli of The ...
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Farmers to Bear Brunt of New Clean Air Standards, by Chad Cowan

National Policy Analysis #169 /
The Environmental Protection Agency recently imposed new, more strict air quality standards that many of the nation's farmers believe will have a disproportionate, negative impact on their way of life. "While the EPA's plan to improve air quality may have ...
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The Green Pages: A Directory of Property Rights, Wise Use and Free Market Environmental Organizations

 IntroductionThe Green Pages is a directory of property rights, wise use and free market environmental organizations. It was designed with one goal in mind: To help facilitate greater networking between organizations seeking common-sense solutions to environmental problems.To this end, the ...
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Myths and Facts About Global Warming

Talking Points on the Environment /
Myth: Global Warming will cause increased storm intensity and frequency. Fact: Severe storms are more closely associated with cold weather than warm weather. The most severe storms in the North Sea, for example, occurred during the 15th and 16th centuries, ...
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Cure to Global Warming Could Be Worse Than the Disease

National Policy Analysis #165 /
Introduction This December, world leaders will meet in Kyoto, Japan to sign an amendment to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (the Rio Treaty) that will require signatory nations to meet strict targets and timetables for reducing their ...
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Alaska Rejects President’s Christmas Tree Request

Press Release /
Environmental Policy Task Force ALASKA REJECTS PRESIDENT'S CHRISTMAS TREE REQUEST, SAYING "GROW YOUR OWN" MEDIA ADVISORY June 6, 1997 Contact: David Ridenour, Laura Cleland or Mike Beard Fly-in for Freedom Press Office: 202/879-7966 Or Leave a Message at: (202) 507-6398 ...
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New Clean Air Standards Could Place Children at Greater Risk

National Policy Analysis #164 /
On September 23, 1994, at approximately 3:02 a.m., 17-year-old J. Brandon Young III died. His young life slipped away after it took more than an hour for an ambulance to come to his aid. The ambulance station was just six ...
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The Property Rights Betrayal

Speech /
The Property Rights Betrayal Speech by David Ridenour, Vice President of The National Center for Public Policy Research at the Wise Use Leadership Conference, May 3, 1997. Ridenour's comments are his own views and do not necessarily reflect those of ...
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Why the U.S. Should Withdraw from the Montreal Protocol, by Dr. Hugh Ellsaesser

National Policy Analysis #159 /
The U.S. should delay implementation of the provisions of the Montreal Protocol, the international agreement banning chlorofuorocarbons (CFCs), manufactured chemicals commonly used in refrigerators and air conditioners that have been blamed for destroying the ozone layer. The U.S. should also ...
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Directory of Environmental Scientists and Economists Released

Press Release /
Interview Source Offers Over 140 Scientists, Economists, and Public Policy Experts The Environmental Policy Task Force has just released a Directory of Environmental Scientists and Economists, a publication featuring the names and biographies of 141 scientists, economists, and public policy experts ...
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