Category: Environment and Enterprise Institute

NOAA’s Hurricane Prediction Failures “Undermine the Agency’s Credibility”

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NOAA — the federal weather forecasting agency — predicted between seven and 11 hurricanes for 2013, with three to six being major storms.  There were actually two weak hurricanes. National Center for Public Policy Research President David Ridenour recently told ...
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NOAA Should Get Out of the Hurricane Forecasting Business

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We once hired a chimp to make a point about forecasts. Saturday marked the official end of the 2013 Atlantic Hurricane Season and once again, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration proved itself utterly incapable of accurately forecasting hurricanes. It's ...
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It’s Time NOAA Got Out of the Hurricane Forecasting Business

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Agency Consistently Shows It Possesses Neither Foresight Nor Hindsight 2013 Hurricane Season Might be the Weakest EVER, With 2 Hurricanes, None Major Yet NOAA Predicted 7-11 Hurricanes, 3-6 Major Washington, D.C. - The following is the statement of National Center ...
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Regulatory Grinches Seek to Steal Christmas Spirit, by Archbishop Council Nedd II

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Christmastime is supposed to be the season of giving. Why is so much being taken away from people? As a man of the cloth and a staunch defender of the Judeo-Christian faith that built our great nation, one thing that ...
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EPA Power Grab May Go Up in Smoke

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As the federal government reopens, some workers at the Environmental Protection Agency may soon find their powers to choke the American economy – seemingly their primary mission under President Obama – is limited. That is because a Texas-sized fight over federal ...
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The National Center for Public Policy Research is Not a Member of the Cooler Heads Coalition

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Our Jeff Stier's excellent article "With Its Soda Tax, Mexico Repeats The Mistakes Of Mayor Bloomberg" in the Chicago Tribune yesterday drew the ire of a hostile commenter, who responded to Jeff's piece about the usefulness (not) of soda taxes ...
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Label GMO’s? The Warnings Need a Warning Label

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In a column for Forbes, Dr. Henry I. Miller and I dismantle the arguments behind mandatory GMO labeling initiatives. We conclude, as this NCPPR infographic illustrates, anti-GMO activists' claims fail every test scientific, economic, legal and common sense. Both the op-ed ...
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Home Depot Applauded for Opposing Extreme Green Regulations

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Free-Market Advocates Commend Home Depot CEO Frank Blake for Pledge Not to Pursue Harmful 'Going Green' Strategies Leading Retail Association Doubles-Down on Pressuring American Retailers to Go Green Atlanta, GA / Washington, D.C. - Free-market advocacy leaders at the National ...
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Anti-Chemical Activists Target French in Battle Against BPA

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What do anti-chemical activists do when they can’t persuade the U.S., the E.U., and other government bodies to ban a safe chemical they’ve been targeting for years? They try France. And the ploy may work. But in a piece for ...
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Free-Market Proponents Laud Sears for Taking a Stance Against Trade Association’s “Sustainability” Folly

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National Center for Public Policy Research Urges Sears CEO Edward Lampert - Who Stated that America is Already "Overregulated" - to Resist Further Pressure from Zealous Environmentalists Hoffman Estates, IL / Washington, D.C. - Policy experts with the National Center ...
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