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Items in this update:
o Key findings from 'Climate Change Science: An Analysis of Some Key
Questions'
o Time-of-day electricity pricing
o School buses and diesel fuel
o NEWS FLASH: Fat people are unhealthy!
o Endangered Species Act puts people on the back burner
o Backlash against Maryland's 'smart growth'
o Virtual bucket brigade supports farmers
o Suit filed against fish and wildlife service
o California mandates healthy schoolchildren
o UNDP administrator calls for acceleration of 'sustainable development'
plans
o Eco-terrorist attacks prompt federal action
o Bush voices doubt on global warming causes
o Hydropower stirs renewed debate
o Myron Ebell on Jim Lehrer
o Media gets global warming report wrong
o Pew Charitable Trust not a stickler for cause-and-effect statistics
o Environmental protection and economic growth
o Smarter tree-huggers
o Semi-detached from reality
o Human action increases biodiversity
o California's dim bulbs
o The President's energy plan -- a step in the right direction
o Russia's lower legislative house approves nuclear waste imports
o Economics 101 or California Gov. Gray Davis
o PERC Reports June 2001
o Malaria and the DDT story
o Malaria and the DDT story
==> Introductions and FAQs <==
Key findings from 'Climate Change Science: An Analysis of Some Key
Questions'
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by Kenneth Green
Kenneth Green pulls some of the more important quotes from
the recent report from the National Academy of Sciences
on global warming. (06/01)
http://www.rppi.org/rr103.html
Time-of-day electricity pricing
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"Time-of-day electricity pricing could even out demand,
because wholesale prices are near zero at night."
(06/08/01)
http://www.ncpa.org/pd/regulat/pd060801f.html
For more Introductions and FAQs see:
http://www.free-market.net/directorybycategory/brief/
==> Scholarly and In-Depth Studies <==
School buses and diesel fuel
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by Daland R. Juberg
"Contrary to the claims of the activist group Natural
Resources Defense Council, there is no scientific
validity to fears that diesel exhaust emissions from
school buses pose a cancer risk to schoolchildren." This
report examines the issue in-depth. It is available in
Adobe PDF. (06/01)
http://www.acsh.org/publications/reports/school_buses.html
NEWS FLASH: Fat people are unhealthy!
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Under the "DUH" heading: A Rand Corporation study just
released has found that obesity is associated with
higher rates of chronic medical conditions and with
worse physical health-related quality of life than are
lifetime smoking, problem drinking or poverty. The study
is published in the current issue of "Public Health," a
British journal. (06/07/01)
http://www.rand.org/hot/Press/obesity.060601.html
For more Scholarly and In-Depth Studies see:
http://www.free-market.net/directorybycategory/in-depth/
==> News Reports <==
Endangered Species Act puts people on the back burner
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The Endangered Species Act tries to protect America's
plants and animals, but often at the expense of people.
That leaves farmers and other supplicants at the mercy
of the "God Squad" -- a group of seven officials that
has the power to overrule the law in certain instances.
(06/11/01)
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,26839,00.html
Backlash against Maryland's 'smart growth'
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Land use restrictions that basically require people to work
their land as farms without recourse to alternative uses
have sparked a grassroots property rights movement in
Maryland,setting locals against state-level urban
planners. Similar uprisings are spreading across the
country. (06/11/01)
http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2001/06/11/p3s1.htm
Virtual bucket brigade supports farmers
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Two judges' denial of irrigation water to farmers in
northern California has inspired a weekly newspapers'
campaign of support for the locals who are locked in a
battle with authorities over the needs of agriculture
vs. two species of fish. (06/06/01)
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=23130
Suit filed against fish and wildlife service
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Attorneys from the Sacramento-based Pacific Legal
Foundation today filed a lawsuit charging the federal
Fish and Wildlife Service with bungling the process for
determining the endangered Alameda whipsnake's critical
habitat, unlawfully restricting the use of large parcels
of private property slated for desperately needed
residential development in the East Bay. (HTML & PDF
formats.) (06/07/01)
http://www.pacificlegal.org/press_releases/pr-whipsnake.htm
California mandates healthy schoolchildren
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California lawmakers have voted to limit fat and sugar
content in most public school foods. The proposal would
also, among other things: limit drinks to 12-ounce sizes
(except milk and bottled water), ban jumbo-size entrees
and require fruits and vegetables at all school snack
bars and stores. Elementary schools could only serve
water, milk and fruit juice. (06/05/01)
http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0001-0050/sb_19_bill
_20010604_amended_sen.html
UNDP administrator calls for acceleration of 'sustainable development'
plans
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Over the past 50 years, 2/3 of the world's agricultural
lands have been degraded, 75% of major marine fish
stocks are either depleted or close to depletion, and
much of the world faces water shortages resulting from
over-extraction and pollution, said the head of the UN
Development Programme in a statement to mark World
Environment Day. He called for more "programmes" to fix
this. (06/08/01)
http://www.europaworld.org/issue38/undpadministratorsc
all8601.htm
Eco-terrorist attacks prompt federal action
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With a series of terrorist attacks, the far extreme of the
environmental movement is becoming ever more violent --
giving the federal government an excuse to take action
with a newly-proposed law to crack down more harshly on
terrorism against scientists. (06/08/01)
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,26682,00.html
Bush voices doubt on global warming causes
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Before heading off to Europe, President Bush acknowledged
that debate continues over the causes of climate change
and whether human activity plays a significant role. He
also criticized the draconian Kyoto global warming
treaty that would place severe limits on industrial
activity. (06/12/01)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/politics/A5338
6-2001Jun11.html
Hydropower stirs renewed debate
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When it comes to renewable energy resources, as demanded by
environmentalists, hydropower features prominently, but
damming rivers raises green hackles for reasons of its
own. (06/12/01)
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,44389,00.html
For more News Reports see:
http://www.free-market.net/directorybycategory/news/
==> Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews <==
Myron Ebell on Jim Lehrer
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CEI's Myron Ebell recently appeared on The Newshour with
Jim Lehrer. Ebell argues for market approaches to
address global warming. (06/01/01)
http://www.cei.org/Transcripts.asp?ID=1501
Media gets global warming report wrong
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by Richard S. Lindzen
On co-author of a recent NSF report on global warming gives
the popular media a lashing for mischaracterizing their
findings. (06/12/01)
http://opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=95000606
Pew Charitable Trust not a stickler for cause-and-effect statistics
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by David Murray
"If one crusading legal secretary named Erin Brockovich is
good for environmental justice, then 280 million of them
must be a public-health bonanza." (5/28/01)
http://www.stats.org/statswork/healthtrack.htm
Environmental protection and economic growth
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by Lawrence W. Reed
"Economic prosperity -- rooted in private property, free
markets, incentive, and entrepreneurship -- is the best
driver of environmental improvement, not top-down
bureaucratic mandates." (06/05/01)
http://www.mackinac.org/3471
Smarter tree-huggers
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by Allison Freeman
"New approaches to environmental policy will depend on the
creativity and ingenuity of private individuals,
organizations, and associations." (06/04/01)
http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-free
man060401.shtml
Semi-detached from reality
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by Roland Watson
Subject to growth controls and socialist policies for
decades, Edinburgh, Scotland, is reaping the results in
the form of higher housing prices. (06/12/01)
http://www.lewrockwell.com/watson/watson8.html
Human action increases biodiversity
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by Ronald Bailey
Through everyday activities as well as through the use of
science, humans increase the diversity of living things
around the world. (06/06/01)
http://www.reason.com/rb/rb060601.html
California's dim bulbs
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by P.J. O'Rourke
"California is in the midst of an enormous stupidity
crisis. Californians have been sitting in the dark
because ... they didn't turn the lights on." (06/07/01)
http://www.cato.org/dailys/06-07-01.html
The President's energy plan -- a step in the right direction
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by Charli E. Coon J.D.
President Bush's energy proposals will ensure that the US
has an adequate, affordable and environmentally
responsible energy supply, but the plan should "be
strengthened by omitting subsidies and tax credits that
would achieve outcomes an unfettered competitive market
would otherwise produce." (06/07/01)
http://www.heritage.org/library/execmemo/em751.html
Russia's lower legislative house approves nuclear waste imports
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by Sergei Ivashko
The lower house of the Russian parliament, the State Duma,
has passed a law allowing the import of nuclear waste to
Russia. The state promises to build a new processing
plant, but the prospect for it seems doubtful to
experts. (06/06/01)
http://www.gazeta.ru/2001/06/06/DumaApproves.shtml
Economics 101 or California Gov. Gray Davis
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by Michael Giorgino
"President Bush wants to get government out of the way,
unleashing the limitless potential of American business
to increase supply in pursuit of private profits.
Governor Davis wants to place a noose around the necks
of energy producers, expecting them to provide power at
the point of a gun." (06/08/01)
http://www.cfif.org/5_8_2001/Free_line/current/free_line_e
conomic_liberty.htm
For more Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews see:
http://www.free-market.net/directorybycategory/commentary/
==> Magazines and Periodic Columns <==
PERC Reports June 2001
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by Deborah Jacobs, Roger Meiners, Andrew Morriss, Jane Shaw, Alan
Ehrenhalt
Oil drilling and caribou in Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge. Malaria and the policy implications it carries.
Maine lobster fisherman and a "grassroots government" to
combat over-fishing. Available in Adobe PDF format.
(06/01)
http://www.perc.org/june01.pdf
For more Magazines and Periodic Columns see:
http://www.free-market.net/directorybycategory/magazines/
==> Online Books and Collections <==
Malaria and the DDT story
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by Richard Tren and Roger Bate
"Health agencies in developing countries and some companies
are trying to stem a resurgent tide of malaria. Their
work is, however, hampered by pressure from
environmentalist groups and donor agencies which still
crusade against the use of DDT." (Adobe Acrobat)(05/01)
http://www.iea.org.uk/books/op117.htm
For more Online Books and Collections see:
http://www.free-market.net/directorybycategory/e-texts/
==> Books <==
Malaria and the DDT story
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by Richard Tren and Roger Bate
"Health agencies in developing countries and some companies
are trying to stem a resurgent tide of malaria. Their
work is, however, hampered by pressure from
environmentalist groups and donor agencies which still
crusade against the use of DDT." (107pp, £10.00)(05/01)
http://www.iea.org.uk/books/op117.htm
For more Books see:
http://www.free-market.net/directorybycategory/books/
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