Category: Environment and Enterprise Institute

Fact Checking The O’Reilly Factor

In his "talking points" editorial on Wednesday's O'Reilly Factor show, Bill O'Reilly said: "We have failed to impose fuel standards on vehicles because auto companies don't want that." First of all, we do have fuel standards on vehicles. Second, those ...
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Clinton’s EPA Chief Springs the Mercury Trap She Left for Bush

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BACKGROUND: MoveOn.org, the Environmental Working Group Action Fund and the Natural Resources Defense Council have announced what MoveOn.org terms a "hard hitting TV ad campaign" against "the President's proposed ten-year mercury cleanup delay."1 Carol Browner, who ran the EPA during ...
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Global Warming: Why Can’t the Mainstream Press Get Even Basic Facts Right?

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BACKGROUND: The Associated Press ran a global warming story1 this past weekend that makes the following statements: "Carbon dioxide, the gas largely blamed for global warming, has reached record-high levels in the atmosphere after growing at an accelerated pace in ...
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Justice is Due to the Accused: If Bush Genuinely is Bad on the Environment, Why Can’t the Left Critique Him Fairly?

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BACKGROUND: The Democratic Leadership Council released on March 18 a commentary, "Carbon Flip, Mercury Flop,"1 that may be the best evidence yet that the Bush White House can't get even a speck of fair treatment on environmental issues. The screed ...
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Superfund: Polluters Already Pay

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BACKGROUND: The U.S. Public Interest Research Group, a Ralph Nader organization, is charging that a March 11 Senate vote defeating a "polluters pay" Superfund amendment offered by Senators Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Jon Corzine (D-NJ) and Barbara Boxer (D-CA) means that ...
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Regulations: The Untold Story, by Dana Joel Gattuso

National Policy Analysis #505 /
According to former presidential candidate Howard Dean: "In order to make capitalism work for ordinary human beings, you have to have regulation."1 That's the best oxymoron since George Carlin's "jumbo shrimp." Dean's plan to institute a new federal regulatory regime ...
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Continental Shelf’s Energy Riches a Potential Bonanza for Cash-Strapped States

National Policy Analysis #507 /
Good ideas from Washington are about as common as World Series appearances by the Chicago Cubs or the Boston Red Sox. But while the hapless Cubs and Red Sox will have to wait another season (or more) for their day ...
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MoveOn.org: Wrong on Terrorism, Wrong on Mercury

National Policy Analysis #508 /
What do al Qaeda and mercury pollution have in common? The answer: Clinton appointees who did little about them are now claiming in MoveOn.org political TV ad campaigns1,2 that, thanks to George Bush, both threaten your health. Al Qaeda's terrorist ...
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Dangerous Cargo Proposal Contains Hidden Perils

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BACKGROUND: Saying "the Bush Administration has not acted aggressively"1 to protect Americans from terrorists, Friends of ther Earth and Greenpeace have convinced elected officials on the city council of the District of Columbia to introduce legislation to prohibit the shipment ...
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For Security’s Sake, D.C. Government Should Ignore Greenpeace on Homeland Security

National Policy Analysis #503 /
The Department of Homeland Security's recent "Code-Orange" alert was a grim reminder of the ever-present threat posed by terrorism. Fortunately, the alert passed with no harm done. Indeed, the heightened awareness shown by security officials, law-enforcement personnel, and the private ...
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