Category: Property Rights

An Earmark + “K Street” Lobbyist = Massive Federal Land Grab

National Policy Analysis #568 /
George Bush is now the last remaining hurdle to the establishment of de facto federal zoning along a 175-mile corridor running from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania to Charlottesville, Virginia.  It’s one of the largest federal land grabs in history. On April 29, ...
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Project 21’s Nedd Joins Other Religious Leaders at UN Public Health Conference

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Project 21 member Council Nedd II, a bishop in the Episcopal Missionary Church, is returning from Geneva, Switzerland, where he helped lead a non-governmental organization (NGO) delegation to the World Health Organization's (WHO) Working Group on Public Health, Innovation and ...
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Conservation Easements: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, by Dana Joel Gattuso

National Policy Analysis #569 /
Introduction Conservation easements, as we know them today, are a fairly recent approach to land conservation. As government acquisitions and regulatory restrictions on land use have become prohibitively invasive, costly, and ineffective, governments have looked to conservation easements as a ...
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Flaws in Clean Water Restoration Act Exposed in Congressional Hearings

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From Mike Hardiman comes this roundup of information about recent Congressional hearings on the Clear Water Restoration Act: Both the United States Senate and House of Representatives recently held hearings on the Oberstar/Feingold Clean Water Restoration Act. These hearings are ...
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NCPPR Senior Fellow Helps Clear the Air on Clean Water

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On the heels of congressional hearings in both the House and Senate, the Washington Examiner published a scathing editorial against the proposed Clean Water Restoration Act (CWRA). The editorial came after National Center Senior Fellow R.J. Smith had a long ...
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Americans Reject Proposed Expansion of Clean Water Act, Poll Shows

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Washington, D.C.: A majority of Americans oppose the Oberstar/Feingold Clean Water Restoration Act (CWRA), according to a nationwide survey by Wilson Research Strategies for the National Center for Public Policy Research. CWRA will receive a hearing of the full House ...
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Sportsmen Should Beware the Clean Water Restoration Act

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Conservationists, Boaters, Fishermen, Hunters, Users of All-Terrain Vehicles and Others Could See Activities Restricted by Oberstar/Feingold Measure Washington, D.C.: The Oberstar/Feingold Clean Water Restoration Act, scheduled for a hearing in the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Wednesday, would do more ...
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Representatives of 53 Organizations Warn Congress, Public about Oberstar/Feingold Clean Water Restoration Act

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Farm Bureaus, Manufacturers, Sportsmen, Taxpayer Advocates, Think-Tanks and Others Express Concern About Expansion of Federal Power Washington, D.C.: A letter signed by representatives of over 53 organizations expressing grave concerns about the Oberstar/Feingold Clean Water Restoration Act, or CWRA, is ...
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Sportsmen: Beware the Clean Water Restoration Act, by Peyton Knight

National Policy Analysis #567 /
Introduction and Summary Congress is currently considering legislation that would substantially broaden the federal government's authority under the Clean Water Act.  However, like many misnamed bills before it, the Clean Water Restoration Act is a lesson in false advertising.  The ...
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54% of Americans Reject Oberstar-Feingold Proposal to Expand Clean Water Act, New Poll Finds

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Clean Water Restoration Act Opposed by 56% of Independents; Renounced in Every Region of the Country Washington, D.C.: A majority of Americans oppose a proposal to expand the Clean Water Act, according to a new nationwide survey released today by ...
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