Category: Environment and Enterprise Institute

Earth Day Information Center: Quotes About the Environment

"Using less wood is logically inconsistent with reducing C02 emissions on this planet. So the solution is to grow more trees and use more wood.  And the public is being told, unfortunately, the opposite by many people -- and they're ...
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Senator Crapo’s Endangered Species Act Reform Effort Bad for Property Owners and Species

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Washington, D.C. - Yesterday Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID) introduced an Endangered Species Act (ESA) reform bill that he claims will offer "incentives" to property owners to help recover endangered species.  However, according to The National Center for Public Policy Research, ...
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ANWR: A Special Session of Congress Might Spur a Decision

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Folks on the Hill are saying Congress may not act on ANWR this year. Same as last year, and the year before that, and the year before that, etcetera. Husband David has been saying that President Bush would serve the ...
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Kyoto Protocol Meets Star Trek Convention

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More about the global warming conference from husband David: Much of the activity at the global climate talks in Montreal weren't in the negotiations themselves, but in so-called "side events": Press conferences, demonstrations and briefings by non-governmental organizations. "Side shows" ...
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Climate Change Hypocrites v. the U.S., China, India, Japan, Australia and Much of the Developing World

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From husband David, blackberried earlier today from the airport as he left the U.N. global warming conference: As things wind down here in Montreal, I thought I'd offer a few closing thoughts. From the beginning, the official delegations to the ...
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Policy Group Distributes Toilet Paper ‘Emissions Credits’ at U.N. Global Warming Conference

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Possible impending global cooling is causing "alarm," says the UK's Guardian, and it may be caused by global warming. That sounds silly, but actually makes sense. Massively oversimplified, the article refers to a phenomenon in which melting Arctic water slows ...
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ANWR: To Drill or Not to Drill? There is No Question, by Peyton Knight

National Policy Analysis #535 /
As the debate over whether to drill for oil in a tiny, desolate portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) grows – however improbably – even more contentious, it is important to remember that honest debate must be properly ...
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Small Group of House Republicans Derails ANWR Drilling

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BACKGROUND: Both the U.S. House and Senate budget bills included a provision that would allow for oil drilling in a small fraction of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.  The Senate passed its budget bill last week, but leaders in the ...
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Government Playing with ‘Corked Bat’ in Stadium Game – National Center Cites Need for Eminent Domain Reform

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Washington, D.C. - The National Center for Public Policy Research is crying foul over the emergence of what it considers a dreadful American pastime - eminent domain abuse. Over the next several weeks, Washington, D.C. government officials will begin the ...
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Global Warming-Hurricane Link Just Hot Air

National Policy Analysis #533 /
Hurricanes aren't the only things that spin faster with the addition of hot air.    Advocates of the global warming theory seem to spin faster, too - take their recent spin on this summer's hurricanes.    An August article in ...
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