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Clinton EPA destroyed evidence in case against it
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Outgoing Clinton Administration officials destroyed evidence relevant to a
case against the EPA brought by the Landmark Legal Foundation. Carol
Browner is accused of ordering the deletion of computer files. (04/28/01)
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/article
s/A13117-2001Apr27.html
Court rules against 'arbitrary and capricious' EPA
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For 20 years, the EPA tested and retested John Tarkowski's Illinois
junkyard in an unsuccessful attempt to prove
that he's damaged the environment. When he had enough and told the
bureaucrats to get lost, they sued. Now a
court has called the EPA's actions "arbitrary and capricious."
(05/01/01)
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,188
17,00.html
High-dollar environmental activism
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Speaking of the environmental movement as a whole, environmental historian
Alfred Runte said: "The larger problem is the disease of money. In
truth, what the
environmental community has become is a money machine ..." (04/22/01)
http://www.sacbee.com/news/projects/en
vironment/20010422.html
Nuclear power, long dormant, undergoes a revival
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While no nuclear plant has been ordered in the U.S. in 23 years, rising
electricity rates and concern about climate change have spurred a second
look at this means
of generating power. Concerns remain over waste disposal problems.
(04/27/01)
http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2001
/04/27/fp3s1-csm.shtml
Long arm of government rankles western landowners
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"As the government heightens its role as manager over an increasing
expanse of federally protected land, the volume of complaints by
landowners is rising."
(04/29/01)
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/article
s/A14523-2001Apr28.html
The illusion of energy efficiency
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by Jerry Taylor and Peter VanDoren
"Government programs that put their faith in subsidized energy
conservation were what helped give us the California mess. Only by letting
prices do their job
can energy conservation be achieved. Everything else is political smoke
and mirrors." (04/24/01)
http://www.cato.org/dailys/04-24-01.html
Impasse continues in case of golf range owner in jail for zoning
violations
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A Virginia judge refused to release John Thoburn, who has been jailed over
two months for a zoning spat with county authorities who directly compete
with his golf course. The Thoburn case has become a rallying point for
supporters of individual liberty and property rights.
(04/25/01)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn
/articles/A61188-2001Apr24.html
Defenders takes on overzealous regulation in zoning case
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The Defenders of Property Rights is taking on the case of John Thoburn,
the golf range owner imprisoned for not
planting more trees on his property. (04/01)
dpr@free-market.net
http://www.yourpropertyrights.org/Thobu
rn/default.htm
Don't just free John Thoburn, vindicate him
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by Vin Suprynowicz
"Golf park owner John Thoburn, a 'family man with strong faith, an
economics degree and no criminal record,' has
been sitting in the Fairfax County Jail for six weeks now for refusing to
move his trees." (04/08/01)
http://www.thelibertarian.net/2001/vs01
0408.html
Dear Congress: don't ban cloning
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by Brad Edmonds
"Congress has never banned any voluntary, demanded, private-sector
activity without big, bad, unforeseen
consequences." (04/30/01)
http://www.lewrockwell.com/edmonds/
edmonds28.html
'No bio-corn on my farm this year,' says farmer
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by Blake Hurst
A Missouri corn farmer discusses his decision to switch crops,
"because fear is triumphing over science and common sense. There is
no scientific evidence tying these foods to any health hazard. It would be
a crime if those advantages were lost to a cynical campaign by
those who use fear when science isn't on their side." (03/00)
http://www.perc.org/biocorn_no.htm
Groups lobby against genetically modified crops in Massachusetts
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Environmental groups yesterday lobbied Massachusetts legislators to
"lead the nation" in curbing the dissemination of genetically
modified crops. A joint
House/Senate panel on natural resources is considering a pair of bills
that would both establish liability for all genetically modified foods,
and create a five-year
moratorium on the growing of such crops in the Bay State. (04/24/01)
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/114/
business/Curbs_on_genetically_altered
_crops_sought+.shtml
Doctors' group tells mayor to 'lose the milk mustache'
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District of Columbia Mayor Tony Williams thought he had a sure PR winner
with his May 11 "Drink Chocolate Milk Day," when the Chocolate
Milk Mustache Mobile Tour comes to the National Zoo. But the Physicians
Committee for Responsible Medicine wants him to cancel it all,
claiming milk and dairy products cause a laundry-list of society's
diseases, though these claims are as yet unproven. (04/24/01)
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/storie
s.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/04-
24-2001/0001476436
Arsenic and old laws
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Statistical clarity on arsenic in our drinking water -- it's unlikely that
anyone will be keeling over dead from the Bush administration's decision
to reconsider
standards. (04/01)
http://www.stats.org/newsletters/0104/ars
enic.htm
CEI gives Bush Administration environmental report card
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"The challenge for the Administration is to communicate the
environmental advantages of private, science, and
economic-based actions that empower people to protect the
environment." -- Fred L. Smith, Jr., CEI president
(04/26/01)
http://www.cei.org/PRReader.asp?ID=1455
Amory Lovins: the pro-business nature boy
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by Damien Cave
An interview with Amory Lovins, who believes that "companies that
eliminate waste and become more environmentally efficient will prosper
while their dirty
competitors fail." (04/30/01)
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/200
1/04/30/amory_lovins/index.html
Audio and Video:
Emission impossible: implementing the Kyoto Protocol
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Discussion of Kyoto and other global warming issues available in streaming
audio and video -- full text is also available. (2001)
hoover@free-market.net
http://www-hoover.stanford.edu/Main/u
ncommon/00fall/529.html
Scholarly and In-Depth Studies:
In sickness and in health: the Kyoto Protocol versus global warming
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by Thomas Gale Moore
"Advocates of curbing greenhouse emissions and ratifying the Kyoto
Protocol contend that global warming will
bring disease and death to Americans. Is this likely? Should Americans
fear a health crisis?" After reviewing the evidence, the author
answers "No." (08/00)
hoover@free-market.net
http://www-hoover.stanford.edu/publicatio
ns/epp/104/104a.html
Economic growth and the state of humanity
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by Indur M. Goklany
Julian Simon left a legacy of positive thinking about the link between
technological advancements and natural and social welfare. Goklany
summarizes and updates this body of work. (04/01)
http://www.perc.org/ps21pr.htm
Situations Wanted:
Environmental policy analyst seeking job opportunity
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Sean Blacklocke, a former environmental regulator and government policy
researcher, is seeking a job opportunity with an organization committed to
efficient
and effective environmental decision-making. Sean holds undergraduate and
graduate degrees in the environmental sciences and is completing graduate
work in applied
economics under the direction of Dr. Bruce Yandle.
sean-blacklocke@sean-blacklocke.com
http://www.sean-blacklocke.com/
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