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Items in this update:
o The Bush administration and sustainable environmental protection
o U.S. is most energy-efficient nation
o Common-sense environmentalism
o Global temperature changes throughout history
o There's too little power in wind
o Does exposure to soot lead to illness?
o Army Corps seeks to relax wetlands rules
o Free-market environmentalists gaining stature
o Virginia town settles over unconstitutional tree law
o Conservation easements leave an unexpected legacy
o Bush, Davis battle over California energy crisis
o Efforts to regain home for widow hit brick wall
o Climate change impact on human health called 'highly uncertain'
o Misdiagnosing Earth
o The false promise of renewable energy
o Hating SUVs -- right or wrong?
o The cruel wind of energy crisis
o Buying nothing helps no one
o Jeffords's green agenda
o Government has a habit of stealing property
o 'The Castle' a must-see for property rights fans
o Private conservation in America: the welfare reform analogy
o A supply-side energy plan
o Spencer Abraham speaks to CEI on US energy policy
o Maine lobstermen demonstrate civic environmentalism
o Consumer Alert comments on petition to regulate auto emissions
o DDT ban kills millions in Third World
o Faulty re-regulation turns out the lights in the Golden State
o Cooler Heads: May 30, 2001
o Stewardship Chronicles
==> Events <==
The Bush administration and sustainable environmental protection
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June 13, 2001
"James Huffman, Dean of the Lewis and Clark Law School
and founder of its renowned environmental law program ... will present his
views on the Bush Administration's handling of environmental issues to
date." (05/01)
http://www.fed-soc.org/huffman.html
For more Events see:
http://www.free-market.net/directorybyca
tegory/events/
==> Introductions and FAQs <==
U.S. is most energy-efficient nation
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"According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation
and Development, for every $1 million of GDP produced [in the U.S.],
just 76 tons of oil-equivalent were needed; for the OECD as a whole,
the average was 151 tons." (05/29/01)
http://www.ncpa.org/pi/enviro/pd052901a.
html
Common-sense environmentalism
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The basics of preserving the environment while maintaining
respect for individual liberty. Includes "36 rules of
eco-sanity" plus information of sound science and respect for
property rights.
http://www.heartland.org/suites/environm
ent/common.htm
For more Introductions and FAQs see:
http://www.free-market.net/directorybyca
tegory/brief/
==> Scholarly and In-Depth Studies <==
Global temperature changes throughout history
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by Dr. William Grierson
"Geological evidence indicates wide variations in mean
temperatures and CO2 levels in past interglacial and even
postglacial, Holocene, periods. Some have been correlated with volcanic
activity or meteor showers. Archeology now indicates the collapse of
some major Bronze Age civilizations was due to droughts associated with
volcanic eruptions." (06/01)
http://www.heartland.org/environment/jun
01/history.htm
There's too little power in wind
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by Glenn R. Scheede
A Wisconsin study finds that "wind farms" cannot
make a significant contribution to the state's electricity supply or
to pollution reduction. (06/01)
http://www.heartland.org/environment/jun
01/windfarm.htm
Does exposure to soot lead to illness?
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by Kay Jones and Ben Lieberman
A new report out by CEI contends EPA's scientific evidence
supporting a 2.5 micron particulate standard is on shaky ground. (06/01)
http://www.cei.org/PDFs/ongoing_clean
_air_debate.pdf
For more Scholarly and In-Depth Studies see:
http://www.free-market.net/directorybyc
ategory/in-depth/
==> News Reports <==
Army Corps seeks to relax wetlands rules
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In a rare move to ease the erosion of property rights, the
Army Corps of Engineers is trying to relax a series of year-old
rules that restrict the use of property crossed by streams or otherwise
deemed to be "wetland" by government standards. (06/04/01)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn
/articles/A16798-2001Jun3.html
Free-market environmentalists gaining stature
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Environmentalists from such organizations as the Political
Economy Research Center who believe that freedom and market incentives are
the best approach for preserving natural resources have taken a prominent
role in the Bush administration. (06/04/01)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn
/articles/A16332-2001Jun3.html
Virginia town settles over unconstitutional tree law
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The courts having slapped down a law that denied people the
use of their own property in the name of preserving trees, the town
of Falls Church, Virginia, has agreed to pay a financial settlement to a
resident who made a principled stand for freedom and property rights.
(05/30/01)
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,25
915,00.html
Conservation easements leave an unexpected legacy
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Voluntarily granted conservation easements can be an
effective means of preserving land for the future, but unclear
wording and broad interpretations by courts have turned some into
nightmares for property owners. (05/01)
http://www.heartland.org/environment/m
ay01/easement.htm
Bush, Davis battle over California energy crisis
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Face to face, President Bush rejected California Governor
Gray Davis's demand that the federal government mandate low electricity
prices for Californians. The governor vowed to sue for his goal of
legislated cheap power. (05/30/01)
http://www.dallasnews.com/national/380
108_power_29e.html
Efforts to regain home for widow hit brick wall
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A homeowners' association which foreclosed on an elderly
widow's paid-up home because it never got around to cashing the check for
her fees has agreed to return the house, but the man who bought it at
auction refuses to budge. (06/05/01)
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/
metropolitan/930385
Climate change impact on human health called 'highly uncertain'
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Even though it is understood that climate and weather play a
role in some disease outbreaks, it is not yet possible to determine
whether a long-term global warming trend will actually cause diseases to
spread. (06/01)
http://www.heartland.org/environment/jun
01/health.htm
For more News Reports see:
http://www.free-market.net/directorybyc
ategory/news/
==> Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews <==
Misdiagnosing Earth
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by Ronald Bailey
With its Vital Signs 2001, the Worldwatch Institute preaches
yet more unsubstantiated doom and gloom. (05/30/01)
http://www.reason.com/rb/rb053001.html
The false promise of renewable energy
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by Paul K. Driessen
"Renewable" energy production is often touted as
the alternative to "dirty" sources like coal and nuclear, but
wind and solar power have problems of their own, especially in terms of
gobbling up real estate. (05/01)
http://www.heartland.org/environment/ma
y01/renew.htm
Hating SUVs -- right or wrong?
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by Brad Edmonds
"I see SUVs the way I see golden toilets: Impractical,
uncomfortable, inconvenient in many ways to those who own them more than
to anyone else. But they are a byproduct of economic freedom."
(05/31/01)
http://www.lewrockwell.com/edmonds/ed
monds41.html
The cruel wind of energy crisis
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by Carolyn Lochhead
Windmills are often touted as an environmentally friendly
means of generating electricity, but advocates often overlook the outcome
of mixing the things with birds: wind-rat puree. (05/14/01)
http://www.techcentralstation.com/Guest
Columnist.asp
Buying nothing helps no one
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by Kendra Okonski
"Buy Nothing Day celebrates the decision not to consume.
But most of the world lacks the ability to make such a choice. Rather than
promoting guilt for being wealthy and healthy, we ought to empower the
less-fortunate members of our world to become as wealthy as we are."
(05/01)
http://www.heartland.org/environment/m
ay01/nothing.htm
Jeffords's green agenda
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by Patrick J. Michaels
For his defection from the Republican party, Jim Jeffords may
be awarded the Senate's Environment and Public Works Committee.
"Expect him to parade witness after witness, on the hottest summer
days, decrying Bush & Co. for being 'out of touch' with the world on
[the global warming] issue." (05/29/01)
http://www.cato.org/dailys/05-29-01.html
Government has a habit of stealing property
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by Jimmie L. Hollis
"Environmental extremists can confiscate private
property, leaving the owners a choice of saying nothing or jumping through
unending hopes of vague regulations wrapped in miles of red tape."
(05/01)
http://www.heartland.org/environment/m
ay01/steal.htm
'The Castle' a must-see for property rights fans
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by Matthew Berry
Although it's an Australian film, "The Castle"
exemplifies a respect for property rights with which Americans will easily
sympathize -- and it's a good movie, too. (05/01)
http://www.ij.org/publications/liberty/200
1/10_3_01_e.asp
Private conservation in America: the welfare reform analogy
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by Fred Smith
"For too long, environmental policy has focused on
restrictions, regulations, and direct government ownership. The time has
come for us to learn from the conservation success stories of our
times." (05/30/01)
http://www.privateconservation.org/com
ment.php?article_id=72
A supply-side energy plan
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by Jack Kemp
Empower America co-director Jack Kemp applauds the
President's energy plan as an example of the President,
"getting the big things right in his sweeping new energy plan."
(05/25/01)
http://www.empoweramerica.org/ea/ser
vlet/dispatcher/Articlewebcmd?ACTIO
N=getArticleContent&articleId=376
Spencer Abraham speaks to CEI on US energy policy
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by Spencer Abraham
"We really have but one workable option -- in
conjunction with a sound approach to increasing energy efficiency, we can
increase domestic production of a diverse supply of energy, improve its
delivery, and work with our hemispheric neighbors to boost supply and
forge a new energy partnership." (05/01)
http://www.cei.org/PRReader.asp?ID
=1489
Maine lobstermen demonstrate civic environmentalism
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by Alan Ehrenhalt
A group of Maine lobstermen are catching the idea of locally
based resource management and throwing back federal mandates. (06/01)
http://www.perc.org/lobster.htm
Consumer Alert comments on petition to regulate auto emissions
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by James Plummer and Frances B. Smith
"A unilateral move by the EPA to restrict carbon dioxide
emissions falls outside ... Congressional intent of the law as
expressed in the Clean Air Act." (05/23/01)
http://www.consumeralert.org/issues/e
nviro/CO2comments5-01.html
DDT ban kills millions in Third World
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by F.R. Duplantier
Until technological advances derive a better alternative, DDT
is the best answer to the malaria problem in the Third World.
(5/31/01)
http://www.americanpolicy.org/apf/5_31
_01.htm
Faulty re-regulation turns out the lights in the Golden State
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by Michael W. Lynch and Adrian Moore
"It isn't deregulation that is a disaster in California,
but re-regulation. Contrary to all the hand-wringing and accusations, the
state never deregulated its electricity industry in the first place."
(06/01/01)
http://www.reason.com/0106/fe.ml.pow
er.html
For more Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews see:
http://www.free-market.net/directoryby
category/commentary/
==> Magazines and Periodic Columns <==
Cooler Heads: May 30, 2001
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by Myron Ebell and Paul Georgia, eds.
Update on the latest international climate change policy
developments, the solar alternative for Californians, and more.
(05/30/01)
http://www.cei.org/CHNReader.asp?I
D=1494
Stewardship Chronicles
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Weekly commentary from CEI's Center for Private
Conservation. Available in web and email editions.
http://www.privateconservation.org/co
mment.php
For more Magazines and Periodic Columns see:
http://www.free-market.net/directoryby
category/magazines/
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