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Reinsurance Proposal Troubling
As Floyd moves up the coastline, it appears that most property owners have dodged the burden of potentially devastating losses that could stress private-insurance markets:…
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Urban Growth Boundaries Not so Smart for Growth (Letter to the Editor)
The Aug. 30 District Forum on revitalizing regional smart growth argued that “the challenges of growth can only be met successfully at the regional level.”…
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Stop the Scaremongering
Reading “an early draft” of a federal government report has helped David Ignatius see that the global warming debate is just like the tobacco wars…
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Pests in Congress
On August 2, the Environmental Protection Agency announced new restrictions and. bans on the use of methyl parathion and azinphosmethyl, two pesticides used widely…
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Market Strategies Beneficial to Nature
There is a growing consensus among academics and policy makers that U.S. environmental policy needs dramatic change. While environmental reform remains at a standstill, there is a…
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New Pricing Plans Are Good
This isn’t your father’s telecommunications market. Long-distance pricing was once onesize-fits-all, with high, distance-sensitive rates cast in stone by regulators. Now that is changing, as…