Tag: Ten Second Response

League of Conservation Voters Scorecard Ignores Important Environmental Votes, But Includes Abortion and Campaign Finance Reform, by Christopher Burger

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BACKGROUND: The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) released their 2001 National Environmental Scorecard on February 20, 2002. The scorecard claims to demonstrate which elected officials had a pro-environment voting record in 2001 and which did not. However, important environmental votes ...
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Bush’s Global Warming Plan a Mix of Giveaways and Research, by Gretchen Randall

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BACKGROUND: President Bush has announced his voluntary plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 18 percent by 2010. The initiative would allot $4.6 billion in total climate spending over the next five years including $3 billion in funds for more research ...
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Bill Clinton’s Department of Energy is on Record: Oil And Gas Exploration is Environmentally-Friendly, by Tom Randall

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BACKGROUND: Today some Republicans and most Democrats, Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD) in particular, turn nearly apoplectic at the suggestion of oil and gas exploration in just 2,000 of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge's (ANWR) 19,500,000 acres, claiming the ...
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Senators Propose Dangerous Increase in Fuel Efficiency Standards and Regulatory Phase-Out of SUVs, Minivans and Light Trucks, by Gretchen Randall

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BACKGROUND: Two bills have been introduced in the Senate to increase Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) fuel efficiency standards for autos, light trucks, SUVs and minivans. Presently, cars must get an average of 27.5 miles per gallon (mpg) of gasoline ...
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Stay the Course: President Bush Should Continue Sticking with Science on Global Warming, by Tom Randall

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BACKGROUND: In what has to be classified as a major blunder, the President's Council of Economic Advisors and other White House advisors are now indicating that global warming is a problem, needlessly painting the President into a corner. Dan Lashof ...
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Bush Proposes “Charter Forests,” by Gretchen Randall

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BACKGROUND: President Bush has proposed a new pilot program called "charter forests" in his 2003 budget. This proposal is not clearly defined yet but the budget does propose to "establish certain forests or portions of forests as separate entities outside ...
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National Research Council Reports Higher Water Levels Not Needed for Klamath Basin Fish, by Gretchen Randall

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BACKGROUND: Last year both the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service issued "biological opinions" claiming more water needed to be released from Upper Klamath Lake to protect both the sucker fish and coho salmon. The ...
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Cattle Growers’ Association Wins Suit Against Endangered Species Act Enforcement, by Gretchen Randall

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BACKGROUND: Arizona rancher Jeff Menges and the Arizona Cattle Growers' Association won an appeal against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) over "incidental takings" in an endangered species case. The Ninth Circuit ...
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League of Conservation Voters Gets It Wrong on Bush Record, by Tom Randall

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BACKGROUND: The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) has released a report claiming President Bush deserves a grade of "D-" for his handling of environmental issues during his first years in office. In arriving at this grade, LCV president, Deb Callahan, ...
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Senator John Kerry’s Energy Plan Disagrees with Facts and Himself, by Tom Randall

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BACKGROUND: Senator John Kerry (D-MA) delivered a rambling presentation of his "energy plan" on January 22, in which he grossly misrepresented facts and contradicted himself. In doing so, he has aligned himself with the extreme left-wing "environmentalists" of his party ...
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