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Taxing The Innocent: Superfund’s Back
As the Senate debates the energy bill, Democrats are calling for reinstating the federal tax on petroleum and chemical industries under the Superfund law.
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IPCC’s ex-“Political” Scientist
Environmental activists are attacking the Bush administration for orchestrating the ouster of an American scientist, Robert Watson, as chairman of the…
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FDA Overreaches
Who could possibly oppose a pediatric-testing rule for drugs? For starters, physicians and parents who realize that while this rule is supposed to protect children,…
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Clearing The Air On Industrial Plant Emissions
The federal permit program that governs industrial emissions is seriously broken. Within the next few weeks, the Bush administration will release its plan for revamping…
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Forced Recycling Is a Waste
As New York City faces the possibility of painful cuts to its police and fire department budgets, environmentalists are bellyaching over garbage. Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s…
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Uncle Sam’s Killer Cars
WHOM can you trust more — an old-time tobacco salesman, or a modern proponent of higher federal fuel-economy standards? If you ask Dr. Leonard Evans,…