If Animals Ran Political Ads, What Would They Look Like?
To draw a bit of fun attention to the polar bear question (should they or should they not be listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act due to "global warming"), The National Center for Public Policy Research, in conjunction with Citizens United, has released a parody political ad that ...
Who Are These Clowns?
An absolutely wonderful polar bear cartoon. Note the words on the director's bullhorn. Here's the blog of Roger Maynard, the guy who drew it, and some more I like are here, here, here, here, here, and especially here. (Our own take on polar bears is here.) ...
Parody Ad Takes Up Cause of Ringed Seals, Says Polar Bear Populations are Prosperous and Growing
Listing the Polar Bear as "Threatened" Under the ESA Could Harm Bears and Humans Alike; Says New Study Released with the Ad Washington, D.C.: In light of environmentalist campaigns pressuring the Administration to list the polar bear as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act, the National Center for Public Policy ...
Listing the Polar Bear Under the Endangered Species Act Because of Projected Global Warming Could Harm Bears and Humans Alike, by Peyton Knight and Amy Ridenour
Introduction and Summary Few animals capture the imaginations of Americans quite like the polar bear. Just ask Coca-Cola, whose animated polar bear advertisement has become an annual holiday staple. Seemingly impervious to the brutal conditions of the Great White North, these mammoth bears exude an aura of cuddly invincibility. But ...
Video: Don’t List the Polar Bear Under the Endangered Species Act
Listing the Polar Bear Under the Endangered Species Act Because of Projected Future Global Warming Could Harm Bears and Humans Alike Learn more about what's behind efforts to list the polar bear as threatened due to projected future global warming, and why doing so would be a bad idea ...
Listing the Polar Bear Under the ESA Could Spell Disaster
From Peyton Knight: In reaction to the Bush Administration's deliberation over whether to list the polar bear under the Endangered Species Act the Natural Resources Defense Council's Andrew Wetzler claims: "There's no reason for them not to finalize that decision now." There are big reasons, one of which may explain ...
Wolf-Protecting Oil Drilling Opponent Rep. George Miller Stands Squarely on Both Sides of the Caribou-Protection Issue
From Roll Call, a story about a generous offer by Alaska Rep. Don Young to the very liberal Rep. George Miller: Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) wants California Democrat George Miller’s district to go to the wolves. Young sent a 'Dear Colleague' missive Tuesday attacking Miller and the group Defenders of ...
Some of Us Support Species, While Others Support the Endangered Species Act
In an article reviewing former House Speaker Newt Gingrich's new book, "A Contract With the Earth," Salon refers to The National Center for Public Policy Research thusly: Gingrich also inspired the wrath of some conservative think tanks for defending the Endangered Species Act. The entire National Center document Salon linked ...
Amazonian Tribal Art or Endangered Species?
While secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Lawrence Small violated federal bird protection regulations when he imported Amazonian tribal art that, unbeknownst to him, contained feathers of endangered birds. Amazonian Tribal Art or Endangered Species? The government entrusted Lawrence M. Small, the former secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, with overseeing America's ...
The “Collaboration for the Recovery of Endangered Species Act”: An Analysis of the Senate Proposal to Reform the Endangered Species Act, by Peyton Knight
Last year, the U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation designed to reform the Endangered Species Act. Dubbed the "Threatened and Endangered Species Recovery Act," and commonly referred to as TESRA, the measure would place authentic property rights protections for American landowners within the nation's endangered species protection policies. Now it ...
Improve the ESA with Property Rights Protections
The National Center's environmental and regulatory project held a briefing on Capitol Hill today, in conjunction with the Capital Research Center. Happily, Hill interest in the possibility of improving the Endangered Species Act in a manner that protects property rights appears to be high. We reserved a room in the ...
Environmentalist Sports and How They Harm Us
Alan Caruba of the National Anxiety Center sent along thoughts on a polar bear story. Unfortunately, it is not a story about cute bears, but dangerous ones -- the environmentalists who are using the current unreformed and unsuccessful Endangered Species Act to bludgeon, sue and spend (with tax dollars) their ...
Senator Crapo’s Endangered Species Act Reform Effort Bad for Property Owners and Species
Washington, D.C. - Yesterday Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID) introduced an Endangered Species Act (ESA) reform bill that he claims will offer "incentives" to property owners to help recover endangered species. However, according to The National Center for Public Policy Research, the "Collaboration and Recovery of Endangered Species Act" (CRESA) offers ...
Endangered Species Reform and Immigration: When Travel is Illegal, Only Illegals Will Travel
Does a proposal to reform the Endangered Species Act intersect with the immigration issue? Husband David thinks so: A draft of an Endangered Species Act bill that reportedly will be introduced by Rep. Richard Pombo (R-CA) next month includes a provision that could sharply restrict how and where Americans travel ...
“TESRA” Endangered Species Act Reform Proposal Would Do More Harm Than Good
Congress is once again contemplating changes to the Endangered Species Act. As in the past, prospects for the adoption of meaningful reform are poor. This is unfortunate, as few laws have been as ineffective and counterproductive as the Endangered Species Act. ESA's 32 Years of Failure In the 32 years ...
Threatened and Endangered Species Recovery Act of 2005 Draft Analyzed
The National Center for Public Policy Research has a new press release out today examining House Resources Committee Chairman's "Threatened and Endangered Species Recovery Act of 2005" (a bill that actually has not been introduced) based on available drafts. The Center for Biological Diversity says the proposal would gut the ...
The Endangered Species Act: Bad for People, Bad for Wildlife
In the 30 years since its enactment, the Endangered Species Act has emerged as one of the most powerful, and ineffective, environmental statutes on the books. Of the some 1,260 species listed as "endangered" or "threatened" under the ESA, fewer than 30 have been taken off the list. And this ...
Environmental Litigation Threatens Endangered Species, by Dana Joel Gattuso
You know environmental lawsuits have spun out of control when barge activity on the Missouri River must come to a halt to preserve habitat for the nesting piping plover. A federal district court decision ordering the Army Corps of Engineers to reduce water levels from the Missouri River dams so ...
Rules Protecting Endangered Species Endanger Defense Readiness Instead, by Dana Joel Gattuso
"Our new radar - it's a remarkable scientific achievement capable of spotting an intruder in the air at quite a long range... But we can't get permission to put her up [on top of the mountain from] the National Park Service... The Wildlife Preservation Society is raising hell too." - ...
Radanovich and Allen Introduce Bills to Keep Sludge Out of the Potomac, Bring Endangered Species Act Enforcement to East Coast, by Tom Randall
BACKGROUND: Rep. George Radanovich (R-CA) and Senator George Allen (R-VA) have introduced legislation to require the Environmental Protection Agency to restrict the Army Corps of Engineers from dumping millions of gallons of toxic sludge into the Potomac River, home to the endangered short-nose sturgeon. The sludge, a thick tar-like substance ...
