Category: Environment and Enterprise Institute

Energy Bill Held Up in Senate

Ten Second Response /
BACKGROUND: Republicans continue to push for a national energy plan while Democrats want to delay consideration of a plan in the U.S. Senate until February 2002, according to Senator Frank Murkowski (R-AK). Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) wants to add an ...
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As a Nation Struggles, Domestic Terrorists Brag, by Tom Randall

National Policy Analysis #368 /
They proudly take credit for striking in the night, often torching homes, schools and workplaces. Even now, as the nation struggles back from the vicious attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, they continue to boast of their ...
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A Global Warming Primer, by Gerald E. Marsh

National Policy Analysis #361 /
Please see the pdf version of this paper at https://www.nationalcenter.org/NPA361.pdf. Introduction The purpose of this primer is to help the reader determine whether our understanding of the Earth’s climate is adequate to predict the long term effects of carbon dioxide released ...
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Reprocessing, Waste and Bombs: Good News on the Energy Front, by Gerald E. Marsh and George S. Stanford

National Policy Analysis #365 /
There's good news on the energy front. To increase our energy supply, the Bush Administration will tap emissions-free nuclear energy in a way that reduces both nuclear waste and opportunities for nuclear proliferation: spent reactor fuel would be reprocessed by ...
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New Bio Oil Grown by American Farmers Offers Benefits to Farmers, Consumers and the Environment, by Tom Randall

National Policy Analysis #356 /
A massive fire on August 14 knocked out a Citgo refinery southwest of Chicago, threatening to cause gasoline price increases and shortages in Chicago and other parts of the Midwest.1 A similar fire in southern Illinois sent prices soaring earlier ...
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Unocal Uses Regulatory Process for Profit; Stands to Make Billions

National Policy Analysis #359 /
Americans love a good scam. And nowhere more so than in the movies. That's why films like "Tokapi," "Dirty, Rotten Scoundrels" and "The Thomas Crown Affair" are such huge favorites at video rental outlets. When a major oil company scams ...
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Global Warming Policies Could Unfairly Harm Minorities and the Poor, by Rep. John Peterson (R-PA)

National Policy Analysis #357 /
While the world continues to ask if global warming is occurring and, if so, if human beings contribute to it, most Americans have overlooked the effect that complying with the Kyoto Protocol would have on minorities and the poor. Let's ...
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Global Warming Policies Could Unfairly Harm Minorities and the Poor, by U.S. Rep. John Peterson (R-PA)

New Visions Commentary /
While the world continues to ask if global warming is occurring and, if so, if human beings contribute to it, most Americans have overlooked the effect that complying with the Kyoto Protocol would have on minorities and the poor. Let's ...
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Energy Plan Passes U.S. House, by Gretchen Randall

Ten Second Response /
BACKGROUND: After much heated debate, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a comprehensive energy bill. While President Bush had to compromise on some issues, Democrats voted with Republicans to allow drilling in 2000 acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ...
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Climate Change Science? National Academy of Sciences Global Warming Report Fails to Live Up to Its Billing, by Gerald Marsh

National Policy Analysis #349 /
"Greenhouse gases are accumulating in Earth's atmosphere as a result of human activities, causing surface air temperatures and subsurface ocean temperatures to rise." Thus begins the summary of the June 2001 National Academy of Sciences report "Climate Change Science," which ...
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