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Scarlett: a serious environmentalist
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by Nick Schulz
"Bush's selection of Scarlett means U.S. environmental policy will
likely shun hysterics and will be marked by intelligence, attention to
detail, sophistication, and -- most importantly -- a proper respect and
appreciation for economic growth and free markets." (04/09/01)
http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/
comment-schulz040901.shtml
Terry Anderson talks to Outside magazine about environmental federalism
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Terry Anderson explains that the new Department of Interior doesn't aim to
relax environmental protection. The
environmental federalism movement is grounded in a strong locally based
conservation ethic. (04/00)
http://www.outsidemag.com/magazine/20
0104/200104disp3.html
Bringing environmental policymaking to communities One South Carolinian's
story
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by Sean Blacklocke
An enterprising environmentalist in South Carolina shares his experiences
in working to bring environmental
decision-making to local governments and private citizens. (Available in
Adobe PDF format) (04/01)
http://www.strom.clemson.edu/opinion/se
an/scpolicy.pdf
From waste to wilderness
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by Robert H. Nelson
CEI fellow Bob Nelson investigates opportunities to maintain biodiversity
on nuclear bomb building sites while getting more bang for the buck from
their cleanup. (03/20/01)
http://www.cei.org/MonoReader.asp?ID=
1411
Fumento blasts 60 Minutes II for perpetuating 'biotech screen'
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by Michael Fumento
Michael Fumento, in his usual iconoclastic yet fact-based way, blasts
CBS's "60 Minutes II" for its "What You Donīt Know about
Biotech Food," which "took a wonderful opportunity to explore
the biotech bounty that awaits us, then threw it away by highlighting a
few doomsayers
who did their best to shiver our timbers -- even if it meant fabricating
crucial facts." (04/02/01)
http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/2
0010402-201847.htm
Friends of the Earth: let 'em starve
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A letter to President George W. Bush, signed by Friends of the Earth and
an international coalition of 100 nonprofits, demands that the U.S. stop
sending
genetically enhanced StarLink corn overseas, even as part of humanitarian
food aid. An FOE spokesperson said,
"It is outrageous to think that the U.S. may be using food aid as a
back door market for products like StarLink." (04/04/01)
http://www.foe.org/safefood/bushletter.html
Buy Patagonia: support world hunger
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by Duane D. Freese
Patagonia stores look about like any other trendy "outdoor wear"
boutiques, from Banana Republic to Urban Outfitters, except that it has a
corporate mission to
spike genetic engineering technology that could help alleviate hunger.
(04/03/01)
http://www.techcentralstation.com/News
Desk.asp?FormMode=PolicyTracksArtic
les&ID=111
Complexity of genetic-food issue acknowledged
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by Danny Kohl
In a commentary in The Nation, Danny Kohl discusses Genetically Modified
Organisms (GMOs), and concludes:
"Instead of indiscriminately rejecting GMO technology, we should
direct our ire at corporate control of the research agenda." This
would represent a shift from demonizing all genetic research, to targeting
trivial consumerist-driven research, like seeking a better potato-chip.
(04/16/01)
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20
010416&s=kohl
One-way street to cloning
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by Brian Kappler
Despite current "man was not meant to know"-style fears, many
experts believe that once the public understands
the potential of cloning research, there will be no stopping it.
(04/03/01)
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/pa
ges/010403/5026096.html
Joy, to the world
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by Virginia Postrel
Bill Joy, chief scientist at Sun Microsystems, captured headlines with his
totalitarian call "to limit development of the technologies that are
too dangerous,
by limiting our pursuit of certain kinds of knowledge." (06/00)
http://www.reason.com/0006/co.vp.joy.html
CEI scholar to address endangered species protection in Canada
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Competitive Enterprise Institute Senior Environmental Scholar Robert J.
Smith recently testified on the federal Wildlife Species at Risk Act
before Canada's
House of Commons Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development. His
message is to not repeat U.S. mistakes in the Endangered Species Act.
(04/04/01)
http://www.cei.org/PRReader.asp?ID=1425
CEI responds to PBS report on chemicals
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"PBS did a disservice to the public by presenting a very biased and
factually questionable picture of our modern
technological society. It pushed an agenda that could actually undermine
public well being and safety."
--Angela Logomasini (03/27/01)
http://www.cei.org/PRReader.asp?ID=1417
CEI promotes energy stewardship
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by Myron Ebell
CEI explains why opening the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge to oil and gas exploration makes sense economically and
environmentally. (04/01)
http://www.cei.org/PRReader.asp?ID=1404
Fisherman tackles salmon recovery and bureaucracy
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by Fred March
Think-tank and university-based free-market environmentalists have some
powerful allies out in the "real world." PERC introduces one of
them in Square One, a newsletter on grassroots environmentalism. Meet Mr.
Fred March, a fisherman and environmentalist with
character and common sense. (04/01)
http://www.perc.org/fredmarch.htm
Big-picture approach to conservation urged
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A U.S. Fish and Wildlife official acknowledges the futility of endangered
species protection that focuses more on
the species itself than on its habitat. (03/31/01)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?
file=/chronicle/archive/2001/03/31/SP15
8047.DTL
Wilderness designation stokes the forest
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by Robert Nelson and David Riggs
"Designating an additional 58 million acres of land as wilderness
will not result in better National Forests. The outcome in many areas will
be just the opposite: a
worsening of the current crisis of forest health." (04/06/01)
http://www.heartland.org/ia/marapr01/env
ironment.htm
Houston clean air plan could cost 110,000 jobs
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The government-imposed plan to clean Houston's air is based on
questionable science and should be changed to achieve clean air while
doing less damage to the local economy, business and industry experts told
a group of
congressmen. (04/09/01)
http://www.dallasnews.com/texas_southw
est/332344_smog_07tex.ART.html
A rising star dims amid blackouts
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With lights dimming across California and no easy resolution in sight,
governor Gray Davis, a once up-and-coming Democrat, is suffering a steady
erosion of support and respect. (04/09/01)
http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2001/
04/09/fp1s2-csm.shtml
Scholarly and In-Depth Studies:
Clinton's last-minute environmental regs
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by Ben Lieberman
The Congressional Review Act allows Congress the opportunity to review
midnight regulations from outgoing
administrations. CEI's Ben Lieberman mentions some of the Clinton
Administration's environmental regulatory
proposals that need a closer look. (03/27/01)
http://www.cei.org/OnPointReader.asp?I
D=1426
The truth about light trucks
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by Douglas Coate and James VanderHoff
"It's conventional wisdom that the increasing number of SUVs and
light trucks on America's roads has led to
more traffic fatalities, but a new study ... explains that SUVs have
actually made America's roads safer." Adobe
PDF format. (04/01)
http://www.cato.org/pubs/regulation/regv
24n1/coate.pdf
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