Category: Environment and Enterprise Institute

Four Obama Regulations Trump Can Undo Right Away

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President-elect Trump's pledge to "drain the swamp" in Washington struck a chord with millions of Americans and helped propel him to his stunning election as the nation's 45th president.Trump can start by reversing many of the laws the Obama administration ...
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“Madam Secretary” Season Debuts With Look at Climate Change and Military Bases

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When the CBS television show “Madam Secretary” premiered in 2014, many conservatives assumed it was simply a propaganda piece for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. As I have watched it, however, I have been impressed that the show is ...
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No President Should Be Able to Create a 5,000-Square-Mile National Monument Without Consulting Congress and Affected States

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Reform Needed, Group Says: No President Should Be Able to Create a 5,000-Square-Mile National Monument Without Consulting Congress and Affected States National Center for Public Policy Research Calls on Congress to Repeal 1906 Law that Allows Presidents of Both Parties ...
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Climate Change Alarmists’ Dramatic New Claim Doesn’t Hold Water: U.S. Military Bases Are Not at Risk from Global Warming

National Policy Analysis #678 /
Saying we "must prepare for the growing exposure of our military bases to sea-level rise," a new study by the Cambridge, Mass.-based Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) calls on the Pentagon and Congress to devote substantial resources to protecting national ...
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Time to Repeal the Antiquities Act of 1906, by R.J. Smith

National Policy Analysis #677 /
With a stroke of his infamous pen, President Barack Obama celebrated the Centennial of the National Park Service (NPS) by using an antiquated federal law to designate 87,563 acres (137 square miles) of north central Maine forestland as the Katahdin ...
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Obama’s Unilateral Maine Action Proves: Time to Repeal Antiquities Act of 1906

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Antiquities Act Allows President to Designate Federal Lands Without Congressional or Local Approval Move Comes After White House Designates Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in Maine Against Maine's Wishes Move Had Political Impacts, and Was Supported by Environmental Left ...
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Climate Change News: Penn State’s Michael Mann Whines Again

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A friend brought to my attention that Michael Mann, a 'Distinguished Professor' of Atmospheric Science at Penn State University, is whining again that the National Center for Public Policy Research, in 2010, questioned the Obama Administration's decision to send taxpayer ...
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Group Calls on U.S. Senators to Prove They Aren’t Hypocrites

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Senators Who Organized #WebofDenial Climate Change Marathon in U.S. Senate Should Make Public Their Communications With Donors About this Event Senators Also Should Step Outside the U.S. Senate, Where They're Protected Against Libel Charges, When Making Allegations, and List the ...
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Liberals Claim Privacy is More Important than the Lives of Babies, Less Important than Mandatory Recycling

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How would you feel about your local police department regularly going through your trash? New York city residents don't wonder -- it's happening now under the regime of left-wing mayor Bill de Blasio. Funny thing about liberals. They are so ...
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University Researchers Hide Good News – Why?

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Why would a public research university boasting a top-100 geology program deliberately hide its work? So asks -- and answers -- the National Center's Jeff Stier in an op-ed published today in Newsweek. Take a look ...
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