Category: Environment and Enterprise Institute

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

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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Act With Patience or Panic? The EPA Lets Demographics Decide, by Syd Gernstein

Act With Patience or Panic? The EPA Lets Demographics Decide, by Syd Gernstein

New Visions Commentary /
A New Visions Commentary paper published December 2001 by The National Center for Public Policy Research * 501 Capitol Ct., N.E., Washington, DC 20002, 202/543-4110, Fax 202-543-5975, E-Mail [email protected], Web http://www.nationalcenter.org. Reprints permitted provided source is credited. Residents of the ...
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Patience or Panic? The EPA Seems to Let Demographics Decide, by Syd Gernstein

Patience or Panic? The EPA Seems to Let Demographics Decide, by Syd Gernstein

National Policy Analysis #380 /
Residents of the affluent Spring Valley community in Washington, D.C. will wake up this Christmas morning to open presents, eat coffeecake and maybe even brush snow off their SUVs and Mercedes as they have the past 15 years. Despite Spring ...
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Global Warming Policies Could Unfairly Harm Minorities and the Poor, by Rep. John Peterson (R-PA)

Global Warming Policies Could Unfairly Harm Minorities and the Poor, by Rep. John Peterson (R-PA)

National Policy Analysis #357 /
While the world continues to ask if global warming is occurring and, if so, if human beings contribute to it, most Americans have overlooked the effect that complying with the Kyoto Protocol would have on minorities and the poor. Let's ...
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Global Warming Policies Could Unfairly Harm Minorities and the Poor, by U.S. Rep. John Peterson (R-PA)

Global Warming Policies Could Unfairly Harm Minorities and the Poor, by U.S. Rep. John Peterson (R-PA)

New Visions Commentary /
While the world continues to ask if global warming is occurring and, if so, if human beings contribute to it, most Americans have overlooked the effect that complying with the Kyoto Protocol would have on minorities and the poor. Let's ...
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New Gasoline May Force Blacks to Run on Empty, by Syd Gernstein

New Gasoline May Force Blacks to Run on Empty, by Syd Gernstein

New Visions Commentary /
Reprints permitted provided source is credited. There has never been a worse time for the government to push policies that would raise gasoline prices, especially since they've risen almost 45% over the past year. But this is exactly what the ...
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Global Warming: Hot Air That's Going to Make Me Colder and Poorer, by Edmund Peterson

Global Warming: Hot Air That’s Going to Make Me Colder and Poorer, by Edmund Peterson

New Visions Commentary /
Reprints permitted provided source is credited. If I told you there was a plan to decrease minority salaries and jobs here in America while allowing the African continent to become polluted, would you think I was peddling a crazy conspiracy ...
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Economic Opportunity and Social Issues Trump Environment as Top Concern for Poor and Minorities, by John Carlisle

Economic Opportunity and Social Issues Trump Environment as Top Concern for Poor and Minorities, by John Carlisle

New Visions Commentary /
Reprints permitted provided source is credited. Environmental laws are unfair to minorities and the poor because, although they are least able to pay, they must bear the greatest costs for adhering to those laws through lost jobs and higher prices ...
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Global Warming Rules Make This Black Man Hot Under the Collar, by John Meredith

Global Warming Rules Make This Black Man Hot Under the Collar, by John Meredith

New Visions Commentary /
Fear that the world is warming because of industrialization is a theory with no factual basis. What we really need to fear are the policies being pushed to stop it. These new regulations will hurt everyone, especially those struggling to ...
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Economic Opportunity and Social Issues Trump Environment as Top Concerns for Poor and Minorities Nationwide; Survey of Environmental Justice Groups Indicates that Environmental Goals Must be Balanced with Economic Needs

Economic Opportunity and Social Issues Trump Environment as Top Concerns for Poor and Minorities Nationwide; Survey of Environmental Justice Groups Indicates that Environmental Goals Must be Balanced with Economic Needs

Press Release /
A recent survey of 69 environmental justice groups conducted by the National Center For Public Policy Research found that these groups believe that environmental laws are unfair to minorities and the poor because, although these groups are least able to ...
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