Category: Environment and Enterprise Institute

Bio-Foods Can Improve Nutrition in America, Cut Starvation and Disease in Africa, by John Meredith

Bio-Foods Can Improve Nutrition in America, Cut Starvation and Disease in Africa, by John Meredith

New Visions Commentary /
Wouldn't you rather eat a banana than get a shot? I know that I would. Science now makes it possible to get a vaccination against hepatitis, which kills an estimated 100 million people per year worldwide, simply by eating a ...
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Needed: Environmental Justice for Minorities, by John Carlisle

Needed: Environmental Justice for Minorities, by John Carlisle

New Visions Commentary /
A New Visions Commentary paper published June 2000 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. "Be it required that ...
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Biotechnology: Putting an End to World Hunger, by Michael Centrone

Biotechnology: Putting an End to World Hunger, by Michael Centrone

National Policy Analysis #289 /
Agricultural biotechnology, a dynamic new science that uses genetic engineering to enhance the output and value of many agricultural products, may hold the key to helping stop world hunger. But if the environmental movement has its way, further development of ...
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The Time is Now for A New Environmental Justice Policy, by Michael Centrone

The Time is Now for A New Environmental Justice Policy, by Michael Centrone

National Policy Analysis #296 /
When Select Steel Inc. proposed construction of a $175 million steel mill that would create 200 jobs in the economically-distressed community of Genesee County, Michigan, the majority of local residents welcomed the proposal. But thanks to the Environmental Protection Agency's ...
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Bill Clinton Makes Blacks Pay More at the Pump, by Stuart Pigler

Bill Clinton Makes Blacks Pay More at the Pump, by Stuart Pigler

National Policy Analysis #297 /
With gasoline prices rising to well over two dollars a gallon in the Midwestern United States, America's love affair with the automobile may be headed toward a break-up. But before we ditch our wheels, we should first demand the government ...
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Bio-Foods Can Improve Nutrition in America, Cut Starvation and Disease in Africa, by John Meredith

Bio-Foods Can Improve Nutrition in America, Cut Starvation and Disease in Africa, by John Meredith

National Policy Analysis #298 /
Wouldn't you rather eat a banana than get a shot? I know that I would. Science now makes it possible to get a vaccination against hepatitis, which kills an estimated 100 million people per year worldwide, simply by eating a ...
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Needed: Environmental Justice for Minorities, by John Carlisle

Needed: Environmental Justice for Minorities, by John Carlisle

National Policy Analysis #288 /
"Be it required that there be a finding that a proposed federal environmental policy, program or regulation not have a disparate economic impact on minority populations and low-income populations before implementation." So should read one of the first Executive Orders ...
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Earth Day No Celebration for Black Americans; African-American Network Seeks Environmental Justice from Overregulation

Earth Day No Celebration for Black Americans; African-American Network Seeks Environmental Justice from Overregulation

Press Release /
While Leonardo DiCaprio and other big government environmentalists observe Earth Day on April 22, they are overlooking the suffering that some environmental regulations cause in the black community. Members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 support promoting a policy ...
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Government Doesn't Understand True Environmental Justice, by John Meredith

Government Doesn’t Understand True Environmental Justice, by John Meredith

New Visions Commentary /
Have you ever been the victim of environmental racism? You probably have and not even known it. And, more than likely, it was the government that discriminated against you. If you ask someone from a liberal environmental group like Greenpeace ...
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What Earth Day Means to Minority Citizens, by Edmund Peterson

What Earth Day Means to Minority Citizens, by Edmund Peterson

National Policy Analysis #193 /
April 22, 1998 marks the 28th annual Earth Day celebration, but like many other people of color I will not be celebrating. To me, Earth Day is merely an annual reminder of the environmental movement's insensitivity to the needs and ...
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