Category: Environment and Enterprise Institute

New Technology Will Allow Us to Dodge the Hardest Punches of Hurricanes

National Policy Analysis #264 /
"Everyone complains about the weather, but no one does anything about it," Mark Twain once quipped. But now someone at least is doing something about some of its worst effects. A seven-year-old Virginia company called High Performance Technologies, Inc. (HPTi) ...
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Raising SUV Fuel Economy Standards Would Mean More Traffic Fatalities

Press Release /
Effort to Save Fuel Linked to 46,000 Auto Deaths Since 1975 Recent efforts to raise fuel efficiency standards, including those for light trucks like sports utility vehicles and mini-vans, would increase traffic fatalities, according to a new paper released by ...
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Nature, Not Man, is Responsible for West Coast Salmon Decline, by John Carlisle

National Policy Analysis #254 /
On March 16 1999, the U.S. Commerce Department's National Marine and Fisheries Service (NMFS) added nine populations of West Coast salmon to the endangered species list, bringing the total number of federally-protected salmon subspecies to 24. The recent designations are ...
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Raising Sports Utility Vehicle Fuel Efficiency Standards Would Kill Americans

National Policy Analysis #256 /
Kay Neil doesn't need government statistics to know that small cars are more dangerous than large ones. Neil, founder of DWI Smart, Inc., which seeks vigorous prosecution of drunk drivers, has been in four car accidents involving drunk drivers and ...
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Lawmakers Attempt to Tamper With Senate Jury on Global Warming Treaty

National Policy Analysis #258 /
During the Senate impeachment inquiry, Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV) warned the White House and his colleagues, "Don't tamper with this jury." Today, jury tampering is underway on another important matter before the Senate: Consideration of the Kyoto global warming treaty ...
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Federal Court’s Decision to Strike Down Air Standards Will Save Lives

National Policy Analysis #248 /
The recent federal court decision striking down the Environmental Protection Agency's new, more stringent air quality standards was a major victory not only for government accountability advocates, but for public health. In 1997, EPA Administrator Carol Browner announced new air ...
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The Campaign Against Urban Sprawl: Declaring War on the American Dream, by John Carlisle

National Policy Analysis #239 /
From the White House to Main Street, urban sprawl is the latest environmental crisis vexing America. The Clinton Administration and environmentalists warn that urban sprawl, or unregulated suburban development, undermines our quality of life. They argue that urban sprawl exacerbates ...
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Bill Would Fund Parks, Hockey Rinks to Rescue Oceans

National Policy Analysis #240 /
Only politicians would try sell the idea that best way to reduce environmental threats to the oceans is to spend more money on ice hockey rinks, parks and other recreational facilities in cities. But that's precisely what some of our ...
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Government Hinders Environmental Progress, Free Market Advances It

National Policy Analysis #241 /
The free market can be one of the most powerful forces for solving the nation's environment problems if government doesn't stand in the way. Two cases in point are the experiences of Benjamin Cone of North Carolina and the Lexmark ...
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The Case for Private Environmental Stewardship, by John Carlisle

National Policy Analysis #250 /
There's just no pleasing some people. Twenty-nine years ago, the first Earth Day was held to raise public awareness to very real environmental problems this nation faced. Today, two-thirds of the American people consider themselves environmentalists and the private sector ...
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