Category: Environment and Enterprise Institute

Dangers of Nanny State are to More than Just Our Liberties

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That's the conclusion of the Washington Examiner in a story by Michal Conger this afternoon about a CPAC panel on the nanny state sponsored by the Independent Women's Forum and featuring, among others, the National Center's own Jeff Stier. The ...
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It Costs A Million To Answer The Million-Dollar Question: “Is This Fishery Sustainable?” by Teresa Platt

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The Maine lobster fishery predates the founding of the United States of America.  Its scientific management regime is run by the State of Maine and paid for by tax dollars.  Still, answering the million-dollar question, “Is this fishery sustainable?” cost ...
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Mayor Bloomberg’s Styrofoam Ban Proposal Belongs in the Recycling Bin

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An Outright Ban on Styrofoam Food-Service Containers Almost Makes His Illegal Soda Ban Look Sensible by Comparison New York, NY / Washington, D.C. - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg already has his sights on the next reckless ban: styrofoam cups ...
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Risk Experts to New York City: Styrofoam Ban Would Be a Mistake

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New York, NY - In a letter sent this morning to members of the New York City Council, a coalition of policy organizations is cautioning legislators against supporting Mayor Michael Bloomberg's effort to ban Styrofoam in New York City. The ...
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Congress Cancels Climate Change Hearing Based On Off-Target Weather Prediction

The monstrous snowstorm, the “Snowquester” or “Winter Storm Saturn,” predicted to hit Washington, DC on Wednesday, March 6 never happened. Commented Jason Samenow, the Washington Post’s Chief Meteorologist: This was the biggest bust in the history of the Capital Weather ...
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Bad Policy Built on Bogus Study; Wind Industry’s “Inflated Numbers” and “Erroneous Conclusions” Misled Washington Lawmakers To Gain Extension of Production Tax Credit

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"The wind Production Tax Credit is bad policy built on faulty economic analysis that results in a net loss for the U.S. economy." — AEA President Thomas Pyle "The PTC leads to gross misallocation of resources in the public and ...
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Polar Bears In A Changing Climate: A Philosophical Showdown At CITES

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A showdown over how to protect the Earth’s polar bears is happening now at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) where the Inuit, conservationists, hunters, two Big Green groups, the governments of ...
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Ninth District Labels U.S. Charity “Pirates,” by Teresa Platt

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The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the “Ninth District,” in San Francisco labeled a U.S. charity “pirates” while, on the other side of the planet, the charity was violating the Court’s injunction requiring it to stay 500 ...
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Apple to Face Questions About Membership in Controversial Trade Association

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Cupertino, CA / Washington, D.C. - At today's annual meeting of Apple shareholders in Cupertino, California, Horace Cooper of the National Center for Public Policy Research plans to ask Apple CEO Tim Cook if the computer giant will stand firm ...
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This Absentee Landlord Neglects 600 Million Acres

How do you feel about an absentee landlord who accumulate acres and acres of productive land, then neglects it so it produces little and becomes so overgrown it’s a fire hazard to the neighbors? Not good, right? Well, that absentee ...
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