Category: Environment and Enterprise Institute

Four American Eco-Terrorists Indicted in Oregon, by Tom Randall

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BACKGROUND: A four-count indictment against four American alleged fire bombers was handed down August 14, 2002 in U.S. District Court in Portland, Oregon. The four -- Jacob Sherman, Angela Cesarion, Jeremy Rosenbloom and Michael Scarpetti - are accused of fire ...
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Senator Joe Lieberman Says Property Belongs First To Government, Not The People, by Tom Randall

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BACKGROUND: Touring the State Fair in Iowa, where the first presidential vote will be held in 2004, Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) criticized President Bush's proposal to make the current temporary tax cuts permanent, saying, "That's not spending restraint. Tax cuts ...
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Tree-Huggers or Fire-Huggers?: The Environmental Movement’s Confused Forest Policy, by Thomas M. Bonnicksen, Ph.D.

National Policy Analysis #424 /
The drumbeat for prescribed fire has never been louder. The Sierra Club and other environmentalists say this is the way to solve the wildfire crisis: fire is natural and therefore good for forests. Yet, the Sierra Club has a "zero ...
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Daschle’s Election Year Ploy May Open Door for Return of Sound Forest Management Policies, by Tom Randall

National Policy Analysis #425 /
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD) and environmental groups such as the Sierra Club may accidentally have opened the door for the return to sound forest management in the United States, and the eventual return to policies preventing catastrophic ...
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Kyoto: Good Reviews for Bad Rubbish

National Policy Analysis #428 /
You can't always tell if something is good by its reviews. Hitchcock's classic movie Vertigo was called "farfetched nonsense" by the New Yorker. Time called it "another Hitchcock-and-bull story in which the mystery is not so much who done it ...
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Growth Often is Not the Sole Culprit When Affordable Housing Disappears, by Eric Peters

National Policy Analysis #429 /
Quantity and quality determine the cost (and ultimately, therefore, the availability) of everything from candy bars to computers. So why is it surprising that the same factors affect the price - and therefore availability - of housing? And, just as ...
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Fuel Efficiency Regulations Save Gas But Cost Lives and Money, by Mary Katherine Ascik

National Policy Analysis #427 /
That new car you just bought may be a threat to your health - and even your life - thanks to Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards. These federal rules are responsible for thousands of needless deaths and injuries. Not ...
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Daschle Admits Logging Projects Can Help Prevent Forest Fires, by Christopher Burger

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BACKGROUND: The Sierra Club is vehemently against logging in our national forests, but has declined to condemn Senator Tom Daschle (D-SD) for supporting logging projects in the Black Hills National Forest in South Dakota. The most powerful Democrat in Congress ...
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Where is the Sierra Club’s Condemnation of Senator Daschle? by Christopher Burger

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BACKGROUND: The Sierra Club is vehemently against logging in our national forests, but has declined to condemn Senator Tom Daschle (D-SD) for supporting logging projects in the Black Hills National Forest in South Dakota. The most powerful Democrat in Congress ...
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Senate Bill Introduced to Codify Forest Roadless Plan; Plan Bans Building Roads for Fighting Forest Fires, by Gretchen Randall

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BACKGROUND: Yesterday Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD) added language to a spending bill that would exempt the Black Hills National Forest in South Dakota from environmental lawsuits that prevent logging. This proposal would outlaw litigation and appeals that attempt ...
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