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Senate Brownfields Bill Needs a Clean-Up
If there has been one lesson learned concerning government’s ability to clean up abandoned waste sites, it’s that the states’ efforts have been…
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Rescind Clinton’s 58.5 Million-Acre Roadless Designations
In one of his last acts as president, Bill Clinton set aside 58.5 million acres of “roadless” area in the national forests. This…
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Clinton’s Last-Minute Environmental Regs: More Targets for the Congressional Review Act
Bill Clinton’s end-of-administration pardons and other scandals have garnered considerable attention over the past two months. However, they are not the most regrettable things the…
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When Politics Kills: Malaria and the DDT Story
(This On Point is adapted from the paper, “When Politics Kills: Malaria and the DDT Story,” published by the Competitive Enterprise Institute, January 2001, and…
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UN’s Global Warming Report: Politics in Scientific Clothing
To great fanfare, on January 20 the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) approved and released the “Summary for Policymakers” of…
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California’s Power Market: “Gray” Days Ahead?
The Golden State has power problems; rolling blackouts began yesterday. Many, including Governor Gray Davis, Senator Dianne Feinstein, and several consumer groups, blame the state’s…