Category: Environment and Enterprise Institute

Costly Economics and Faulty Science Kill the Kyoto Global Warming Treaty, by John Carlisle

National Policy Analysis #314 /
The Kyoto treaty is dead. Negotiated by the Clinton Administration in December 1997, the Kyoto treaty would have required the United States and other major industrialized nations to make economically-drastic reductions in carbon dioxide emissions to combat the alleged threat ...
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Is the EPA Killing People? by John Carlisle and Michael Centrone

National Policy Analysis #315 /
Tony Behun was a typical eleven-year-old boy. As do many boys his age, he enjoyed riding his motorbike in the fields around his hometown of Osceola Mills, Pennsylvania. But then Tony mysteriously died. By all accounts a healthy child, Tony ...
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With the Kyoto Treaty Dead, Environmentalists Take Incremental Approach, By John K. Carlisle

National Policy Analysis #316 /
For the moment, Americans can breathe a sigh of relief that the Kyoto global warming treaty will not turn their standard of living upside down - but only for a moment. Negotiated by the Clinton Administration in December 1997, Kyoto ...
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Global Warming Rules Make This Black Man Hot Under the Collar, by John Meredith

New Visions Commentary /
Fear that the world is warming because of industrialization is a theory with no factual basis. What we really need to fear are the policies being pushed to stop it. These new regulations will hurt everyone, especially those struggling to ...
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Economic Opportunity and Social Issues Trump Environment as Top Concerns for Poor and Minorities Nationwide; Survey of Environmental Justice Groups Indicates that Environmental Goals Must be Balanced with Economic Needs

Press Release /
A recent survey of 69 environmental justice groups conducted by the National Center For Public Policy Research found that these groups believe that environmental laws are unfair to minorities and the poor because, although these groups are least able to ...
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Print Trumps Broadcast Media in Accurate Reporting of Bioengineered Corn Recall

National Policy Analysis #311 /
Now that the corn dust has settled regarding Kraft Food's voluntary recall of taco shells containing bioengineered corn not approved for humans, it is time to assess how well the media covered this story. My grade: C. But there were ...
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Suburban Snob Politics Fuels “Smart Growth” Land-Use Movement, by John Carlisle

National Policy Analysis #312 /
The national movement to combat the alleged ills of urban sprawl is guilty of false advertising. Proponents of anti-sprawl policies, often termed "smart growth" policies, portray smart growth as an environmentally-sensitive campaign to protect communities against the alleged ravages of ...
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The Environmental Movement: Profiting from the Politics of Fear, by John Carlisle

National Policy Analysis #313 /
Consumer beware. The next time a "public interest" group frightens you with claims that the food you eat, the milk you drink or the fruit you seek is unsafe, be forewarned that its warnings may not be based on the ...
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The Time is Now for a New Environmental Justice Policy, by Michael Centrone

New Visions Commentary /
When Select Steel Inc. proposed construction of a $175 million steel mill that would create 200 jobs in the economically-distressed community of Genesee County, Michigan, the majority of local residents welcomed the proposal. But thanks to the Environmental Protection Agency's ...
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Choking Black Prosperity, by Syd Gernstein

National Policy Analysis #306 /
At a cost of somewhere between $25 and $35 billion in taxpayer dollars, Congress passed the Clean Air Act Amendments in 1990.1 It is the mother of hundreds of regulatory laws across America that are supposed to address air pollution ...
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