Brownfield Revitalization Cuts Urban Blight, Suburban Sprawl, by Syd Gernstein

New Visions Commentary /
As concern over "urban sprawl" intensifies, the Bush Administration is coming to the rescue by making it easier to revitalize decaying city infrastructures. This will both lessen the need for cities to expand and create new jobs and new sources ...
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Which Uncle Tom Am I? by Mike Green

New Visions Commentary /
A while ago, as a response to the reparations debate, I wrote that it was us - black Americans - who owed our slave ancestors a debt of gratitude for their suffering. We must "pay" reparations by living up to ...
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Fuel Efficiency Standards: What to Do Next? by Gretchen Randall

National Policy Analysis #393 /
Washington is debating whether to increase Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency (CAFE) standards to require automakers to produce cars, minivans, SUVs and light trucks that get better gas mileage. Some Democrats and Republicans are pushing for a mandatory increase in the ...
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Solidarity and Stewardship: African-Americans and the Environment

Environmental Justice Study /
**This page has been moved** To visit Solidarity and Stewardship: A History of Black Environmentalism and African-American Environmental Heroes please click here to visit our projects page ...
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Richard Nixon and Aaron Sorkin: A Love Story, People are the Problem, more

Scoop ® /
 Contents Nice Work, If you Can Get It Richard Nixon and Aaron Sorkin: A Love Story People are the Problem, Part I: Who Cares About the Salmon, We've Got Work to Do People are the Problem, Part II: They Got ...
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Teamster Chief James Hoffa Warns Politicians In Both Parties Not To Stand In The Way Of Oil Exploration In Alaska, by Tom Randall

Ten Second Response /
BACKGROUND: On the issue of oil exploration in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), International Brotherhood of Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa told The National Center for Public Policy Research, "ANWR provides expanded energy resources and increased job opportunities ...
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Associated Press Misleads Public With Headline Saying “Study: Drilling Threatens Wildlife,” by Tom Randall

Ten Second Response /
BACKGROUND: An Associated Press story by Josef Herbert with the headline cited above spends 15 paragraphs explaining how a U.S. Geological Survey study shows how oil exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge would threaten wildlife there. It is only ...
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Earth Day 2002 Fact Sheet: The Rising Cost of Regulations Since the First Earth Day

The cost of federal regulations, which was $843 billion in 2000, is equal to eight percent of the national gross domestic product.1 Between April 1, 1996 and March 13, 2001 alone, federal regulatory agencies issued 21,653 final rules. Of those, ...
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Earth Day 2002 Fact Sheet: Environmental Progress Since the First Earth Day

Air Quality: Since 1970, aggregate emissions of the six principal air pollutants tracked nationally have been cut by 29 percent. During that same time period, the U.S. Gross Domestic Product increased 158 percent, while energy consumption increased 45 percent. Vehicle ...
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Earth Day 2002 Fact Sheet: Earth Day Reflections

"ANWR (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge) provides expanded energy resources and increased work opportunities for Teamster members and their families. We cannot understand how so-called friends of working families can stand in the way of responsible job creation like ANWR, which ...
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