Category: Global Warming

Global Warming: Enjoy it While You Can, by John Carlisle

National Policy Analysis #194 /
Policymakers have been arguing for nearly a decade over what to do about global warming. Noticeably missing from this debate has been any mention of the fact that natural fluctuations in the Earth's temperature, not Man, is the likely explanation ...
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Good News About Energy

National Policy Analysis #226 /
In 1987, the environmentalist Worldwatch Institute predicted an oil shortage would cause a major energy crisis within five years.1 No crisis has occurred. Instead, the oil industry is producing a million more barrels a day than it can sell.2 According ...
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The Myth of Scientific Consensus on Global Warming

National Policy Analysis #177 /
Forget what you've read in the press or heard on television: There is no scientific consensus on global warming. In recent months, there has been much talk in the national news media about a scientific consensus on global warming. A ...
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Larger Public Health Risks Overlooked in the Global Warming Debate

Press Release /
Policy Proposals Seek Solution to Hypothetical Health Risks While Ignoring Real Ones For Immediate Release November 21, 1997 Contact: David Ridenour of The National Center for Public Policy Research at (202) 507-6398 or [email protected] The public health "big picture" has ...
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The New “Clinton-Lite” Global Warming Strategy: Half the Controversy, Same Bad Economic Aftertaste

National Policy Analysis #174 /
President Clinton's latest strategy to address global warming might best be described as Clinton-Lite: It has half the controversy of his previous strategy, but the same bad economic aftertaste. On October 22, the President unveiled his strategy for the upcoming ...
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Farmers to Bear Brunt of New Clean Air Standards, by Chad Cowan

National Policy Analysis #169 /
The Environmental Protection Agency recently imposed new, more strict air quality standards that many of the nation's farmers believe will have a disproportionate, negative impact on their way of life. "While the EPA's plan to improve air quality may have ...
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Myths and Facts About Global Warming

Talking Points on the Environment /
Myth: Global Warming will cause increased storm intensity and frequency. Fact: Severe storms are more closely associated with cold weather than warm weather. The most severe storms in the North Sea, for example, occurred during the 15th and 16th centuries, ...
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Cure to Global Warming Could Be Worse Than the Disease

National Policy Analysis #165 /
Introduction This December, world leaders will meet in Kyoto, Japan to sign an amendment to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (the Rio Treaty) that will require signatory nations to meet strict targets and timetables for reducing their ...
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New Clean Air Standards Could Place Children at Greater Risk

National Policy Analysis #164 /
On September 23, 1994, at approximately 3:02 a.m., 17-year-old J. Brandon Young III died. His young life slipped away after it took more than an hour for an ambulance to come to his aid. The ambulance station was just six ...
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Why the U.S. Should Withdraw from the Montreal Protocol, by Dr. Hugh Ellsaesser

National Policy Analysis #159 /
The U.S. should delay implementation of the provisions of the Montreal Protocol, the international agreement banning chlorofuorocarbons (CFCs), manufactured chemicals commonly used in refrigerators and air conditioners that have been blamed for destroying the ozone layer. The U.S. should also ...
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