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Power price caps have created shortages
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"Officials in California and Nevada have admitted that
controls on wholesale electricity prices throughout the western states
imposed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission have worsened power
shortages." (07/09/01)
http://www.ncpa.org/pd/regulat/pd070901
d.html
Libertarian solutions: what caused the energy crisis, and what can be done
to fix it?
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by Jonathan Trager
"What is the deal with the 'energy crisis' in America?
Has the free market failed? Judging by the popular demand
that the government 'do something' to fix the problem, some politicians
and pundits certainly seem to think so. But Libertarians know
better." (07/00)
http://www.lp.org/lpnews/0107/libsolutio
ns.html
For more Introductions and FAQs see:
http://www.free-market.net/directorybyc
ategory/brief/
==> News Reports <==
Petition filed in Klamath Basin crisis
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The Pacific Legal Foundation has filed a formal petition,
urging a convening of the Endangered Species Committee (often called the
"God Squad") to overrule the water shut-off that has left the
Klamath River Basin, 200,000 acres on the California-Oregon
border, bone dry. "A 'fish first, people last' line of thinking has
caused a human tragedy," said PLF Attorney David Haddock.
(07/03/01)
http://www.pacificlegal.org/klamath/pr
_petition_godsquad.htm
Price caps blamed for further power shortages
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Just weeks after federal authorities imposed controls on
wholesale energy prices in California, what many economists warned
could happen appears to happening: Complex pricing formulas are befuddling
energy producers and making the shortages even worse. (07/06/01)
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,2
8869,00.html
Reductions in carbon dioxide emissions proceed despite Kyoto
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According to a recent report by two UN agencies,
"voluntary actions by industry, governments and other organisations
are leading to small but significant reductions in emissions of global
warming gases." The failings of the Kyoto protocol do not
hamper the real reduction in emission. (07/06/01)
http://www.europaworld.org/issue41/re
ductioninco2emissions6701.htm
Both sides harden in Oregon water dispute
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Three times last week, protesters in Klamath Falls, Oregon,
who are frustrated by the government's refusal to
release irrigation water from a nearby lake, used saws or a blowtorch to
open headgates and release water from behind a dam which is being
held back to preserve the suckerfish. (07/10/01)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html
/localnews/134315869_klamath09m.h
tml
Feds mull calling in marshals in Oregon water fight
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Federal officials are considering whether to call in U.S.
marshals to enforce the Endangered Species Act after angry farmers and
residents defied authorities and sent water reserved for allegedly
endangered fish into an irrigation canal. (07/06/01)
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,293
3,28858,00.html
Bush proposal would cut global warming subsidies
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After faulting the controversial Kyoto climate treaty for
excluding developing nations from its requirements, President Bush
wants to cut U.S. subsidies for helping less advanced countries combat the
alleged threat of global warming. (07/09/01)
http://www.nando.net/politics/story/3
9089p-624820c.html
Congress scrutinizes Endangered Species Act
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by James M. Taylor
"Members of the U.S. Congress, with the consent of the
Bush administration, are taking a new look at the Endangered Species Act
in light of numerous cases during the Clinton-Gore administration in which
the Act's definitions and guidelines were often stretched to
extremes to restrict use of private property and public lands."
(07/01)
http://www.heartland.org/environment/j
ul01/esa.htm
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==> Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews <==
Nanotech negativism
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by Ronald Bailey
"For some neo-Luddites, the 21st century -- and a host
of promising scientific developments -- offer little but
despair." (07/05/01)
http://reason.com/rb/rb070401.html
1972 treaty grants the United Nations control over American historical
landmarks
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by Melissa Wiedbrauk
"Through an international treaty, the United States is
allowing the United Nations and its member countries access to and
control of American soil -- in particular, our historic buildings and
treasured wilderness." (07/01)
http://www.nationalcenter.org/NPA34
1.html
Behold the politician at work
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by The editors
"While Governor Gray Davis is not singularly responsible
for California's energy crisis, he appears to be exerting great effort to
exhibit the most disgraceful behavior as a result thereof." (07/01)
http://www.cfif.org/5_8_2001/Free_lin
e/current/free_line_thosewho.htm
Spielberg's 'A.I.' is ignorant of science
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by James Pinkerton
"The cynics may be heralding 'A.I.' as a triumph, but
that's the problem: the culture of cynicism so prevalent today is, in
fact, a culture of know-nothingism, even nihilism, about science and
technology." (07/09/01)
http://www.techcentralstation.com/
DefensePinkertonSpace.asp?id=61
Organic food seasoned with fear
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by Steven Milloy
The organic food industry is trying to scare consumers about
conventional and biotech foods while at the same
time making a buck for themselves. (07/07/01)
http://www.cato.org/dailys/07-07-0
1.html
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bycategory/commentary/
==> Action Opportunities <==
The Nature Conservancy
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Nonprofit organization that encourages private stewardship,
both on its own and in cooperation with landowners.
http://nature.org/
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