Category: Environment and Enterprise Institute

Stop Worrying About Yucca Mountain, by Gerald E. Marsh and George Stanford

National Policy Analysis #391 /
The opposition to opening the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository is not about public safety. It is about nuclear power. We know this because there are already far more plutonium and fission products under the ground - with no special ...
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Global Warming: Administration Could Snatch Defeat From the Jaws of Victory, by Tom Randall

National Policy Analysis #392 /
In its annual report to the President, the White House Council of Economic Advisers seems to be setting Mr. Bush up to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory on the global warming issue. "The uncertainty surrounding the science of ...
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Lies, Damned Lies and Science: When Scientific Research is Actually Scientific Sham

National Policy Analysis #394 /
In his autobiography, Mark Twain famously - and probably wrongly - attributed to Benjamin Disraeli the now celebrated quote, "There are three kinds of lies: Lies, damned lies and statistics."1 The year was 1906, and the American public's appetite for ...
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Spent Fuel Belongs in Yucca Mountain, by Gerald E. Marsh and George S. Stanford

National Policy Analysis #397 /
In approving Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham's recommendation to open Yucca Mountain as the nation's first long-term nuclear repository, President George W. Bush says that moving ahead with the repository "is necessary to protect public safety, health, and the nation's security." ...
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The Separations Technology and Transmutation Systems (STATS) Report: Implications for Nuclear Power Growth and Energy Sufficiency, by Charles E. Boardman, Carl E. Walter, Marion L. Thompson and Chester S. Ehrman

National Policy Analysis #396 /
(Note: For otimum viewing, we recommend the pdf version of this paper. To immediately download the pdf version, click here.) As part of the re-examination of Separations Technology and Transmutation Systems (STATS), the Department of Energy requested the National Research ...
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Cattle Growers’ Association Wins Suit Against Endangered Species Act Enforcement, by Gretchen Randall

Ten Second Response /
BACKGROUND: Arizona rancher Jeff Menges and the Arizona Cattle Growers' Association won an appeal against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) over "incidental takings" in an endangered species case. The Ninth Circuit ...
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League of Conservation Voters Gets It Wrong on Bush Record, by Tom Randall

Ten Second Response /
BACKGROUND: The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) has released a report claiming President Bush deserves a grade of "D-" for his handling of environmental issues during his first years in office. In arriving at this grade, LCV president, Deb Callahan, ...
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Senator John Kerry’s Energy Plan Disagrees with Facts and Himself, by Tom Randall

Ten Second Response /
BACKGROUND: Senator John Kerry (D-MA) delivered a rambling presentation of his "energy plan" on January 22, in which he grossly misrepresented facts and contradicted himself. In doing so, he has aligned himself with the extreme left-wing "environmentalists" of his party ...
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Sierra Club & NRDC Urge Calls to White House about Clean Air Rules and New Source Review, by Gretchen Randall

Ten Second Response /
BACKGROUND: The Sierra Club and Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) are urging their members to call the White House January 17 and ask the President to not "reward his campaign contributors by rolling back the Clean Air Act." This is ...
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Antarctica Cooling Despite Supposed Global Warming, by Gretchen Randall

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BACKGROUND: Nature magazine online reports January 14 that studies show temperatures on the continent of Antarctica have been falling 1.2 degrees Fahrenheit per decade since the mid-l980s. This disputes earlier claims that temperatures were rising in Antarctica, but earlier readings ...
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