Category: Environment and Enterprise Institute

Beware Federal Land Acquisition Efforts during Lame Duck

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Source: iStockphoto.comLame-duck sessions can be a dangerous time for the very reason that key legislation can pass absent public accountability. Lawmakers who were not asked by voters to return to Washington after the first of the year—and there are a ...
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Google Techno Giant Tilts at Windmills

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Was a time when building a high-tech superhighway of information—giving the world instant access to knowledge about almost anything—would earn you a good night’s sleep. Not anymore. Perhaps Google Inc. is tossing and turning over the amount of power it ...
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President Obama Used Stimulus Funds to Reward Companies Pushing His Energy Policy

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Washington, D.C. -- Today policy experts from the National Center for Public Policy Research are calling attention to corporate special interest groups that received taxpayer money through the stimulus thanks to the President and that also are lobbying for Obama's ...
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Wind Energy – A Booming Nuisance?

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It seems that wind turbines are not the harmonious alternative to fossil fuels that liberal environmentalists claim.  Instead, wind turbines are eyesores that kill birds, create massive noise, and diminish property values. The New York Times reports that some residents ...
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A Wake Up Call to Anti-Mining Environmentalists: We Need Copper, by Caroline May

National Policy Analysis #612 /
President Barack Obama heralds green renewables as key to a strong economy and energy independence, but without vigorous domestic copper production, his goals will be difficult to reach. Copper, the world's preeminent electricity and heat conductor, is a necessity. The ...
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Beware the Cash for Clunkers Redux

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Photos taken at the September 12 “March on D.C.” at the U.S. Capitol. George Washington capturing the day on his handicam. A new spin on an old song. Share Article | Permalink Email Article | Print Article View Printer Friendly ...
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Free-Market Activist to Take on Big Business at D.C. Tea Party Rally

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David and the kids and I came down to the FreedomWorks 9-12 rally, so I thought I'd share a few pictures. Please forgive me if any of them are fuzzy; there's much glare on the glass I can't really see ...
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This One’s for the Dogs

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“The Summit of Sletill Hill,” Credit: Rupert FleetinglyPresident Obama’s $800 billion stimulus package of 2009, may be a dismal failure in creating jobs, but at least the 75-some dogs boarding at the DogBoy’s Dog Ranch in Texas are content. This ...
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Obama’s Ocean Policy Initiative: Washington’s Latest Power Grab

National Policy Analysis #611 /
As if the sputtering U.S. economy weren’t in enough trouble already, the Obama administration is cooking up a new scheme that will extend the heavy hand of Washington to where it has never gone before. Unveiled with precious little fanfare ...
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Tom Borelli Discusses EPA Regulation of Coal Mining Ash on Fox’s Varney & Co

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Tom Borelli, director of the Free Enterprise Project of the National Center for Public Policy Research, discusses the jobs and overall economic impact of continuing Obama Administration efforts to limit the use of fossil fuels, with a particular focus on ...
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