Category: Global Warming

New York Times’ Latest Attack on White House Shows Arrogance of Blair-Raines Era Lingers

National Policy Analysis #471 /
Maybe it's time to send the editorial writers at The New York Times back to the Columbia Journalism School for a refresher course in fact-checking. Even with the departure of the left-wing ideologue Howell Raines as editor-in-chief and protégé Jayson ...
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It’s Time to Debate Global Warming Again

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BACKGROUND: The global warming debate is again coming to the forefront on Capitol Hill. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) has scheduled global warming hearings in the Senate Commerce Committee May 7; Senator Joseph Lieberman is expected to give a speech May ...
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American Lung Association ‘State of the Air’ Report is Designed to Scare

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BACKGROUND: On May 1, 2003, the American Lung Association will release its annual "State of the Air" report providing details on air pollution levels across the U.S. The report is likely to be alarmist. TEN SECOND RESPONSE: This report is ...
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Hans Blix Worries… About Global Warming

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DATE: March 15, 2003 BACKGROUND: In an interview with MTV dated March 13, U.N. chief weapons inspector Hans Blix said: "On big issues like war in Iraq, but in many other issues they simply must be multilateral. There's no other ...
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Winter Weather Advisory: Snowstorms Aren’t Evidence of Global Warming

National Policy Analysis #455 /
"The average American in the upper Midwest and the Northeast... [is following] the wind-chill factor more avidly than sports statistics... Floridians... [are] watching their crops freeze..." Another complaint about this year's weather? No. It's a description of the winter of ...
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Nonsense By Any Other Name: Calling Carbon Dioxide A Pollutant Doesn’t Make It A Pollutant, by Gerald Marsh

National Policy Analysis #458 /
It is becoming increasingly fashionable to maintain that carbon dioxide is a pollutant, one that should be regulated under the Clean Air Act. Seven Northeastern states have even announced their intention to sue the administration for its failure to regulate ...
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Climate Change 2001: A Critique, by Gerald Marsh

National Policy Analysis #452 /
(Note: This critique of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report "Climate Change 2001" is an update of "Global Warming Primer" by the same author. A pdf of this critique can be found here.  The "Global Warming Primer" ...
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McCain and Lieberman Push for New Anti-Global Warming Legislation

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BACKGROUND: Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and Joe Lieberman (D-CT) plan to introduce a new anti-global warming bill this week instituting a so-called "cap and trade" system for greenhouse gas emissions. McCain, incoming chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, has scheduled ...
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McCain and Lieberman Join the Ranks of Ecoactivists With New Legislation on Global Warming

National Policy Analysis #446 /
It's a peculiar and pervasive phenomenon in the nation's capital. Invent a major problem where none exists, then propose a complicated and costly solution, create yet another bureaucratic fiefdom and hand out scads of federal grant money and patronage positions ...
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House Rejects Senate’s Greenhouse Gas Provisions in Energy Bill, by Tom Randall

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BACKGROUND: On Thursday, October 3, conferees from the U.S. House of Representatives voted 15-2 to reject the "greenhouse gas" provisions in the Senate version of the energy bill, which is now in conference. The Senate provisions would establish a voluntary ...
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