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o Demographia
o Convoy of activists descends on Klamath Basin
o Water squeeze forces Klamath farmers to sell land
o Jailed golf-park owner starts new round
o West makes a battle cry of Klamath Basin
o Olive oil subsidies hurt Spain's environment
o Free-market environmentalism: It's about choice, not science
o Feds reclose Klamath headgates
o Oil companies must pay to clean up mandated additive
o Toll road to nowhere
o Cartoon: Managing public lands
o Global warming science uncertain
o NAS summary distorted
o Federal study concludes nuclear storage is safe
o Motor vehicle mileage rules: Making matters worse
o Market-oriented approaches to growth: outsmarting sprawl's
impacts
o New study distorts health benefits of greenhouse gas reduction
o Bush administration moves to appeal ban on drilling off
California coast
o Hands-free phones, distracted minds and knee-jerk legislation
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Online Resource Directories <==
Demographia
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"Demographia is 'pro-choice' with respect to urban
development. People should have the freedom to live and
work where and how they like." Demographia is a project
of Wendell Cox, an expert in urban policy,
transportation, and demographics. Cox shows that urban
sprawl not only denies individual preferences but
doesn't even accomplish what it sets out to do.
enquiries@demographia.com
http://www.demographia.com/
For
more Online Resource Directories see:
http://www.free-market.net/directorybycate
gory/homepages/
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News Reports <==
Convoy
of activists descends on Klamath Basin
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A dozen trucks carrying activists, money, replacement seed
and other supplies arrived in Klamath Falls, Oregon, to
protest the government's decision to shut down
irrigation to the region's farmers in order to preserve
water for endangered fish. (08/22/01)
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,326
05,00.html
Water
squeeze forces Klamath farmers to sell land
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Threatened with drought and bankruptcy by the government's
refusal to allow farmers access to water, many land
owners in the Klamath basin see no option other than
selling out to the government. That's a politically
unpopular position in the area. (08/28/01)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregoni
an/index.ssf?/xml/story.ssf/html_standa
rd.xsl?/base/news/998654126811911
7.xml
Jailed
golf-park owner starts new round
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John Thoburn, the famous Fairfax, Va., golf-park owner who
was jailed this year for not changing the location of
trees on his property, has opened a new front in his war
with local officials. He wants to build townhouses in
place of the driving range. (08/27/01)
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?A
RTICLE_ID=24166
West
makes a battle cry of Klamath Basin
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The standoff between federal officials and local farmers
over water rights in the Klamath Basin has become a
rallying point for westerners suspicious of federal
power. The situation is especially dangerous for
President Bush, whose core constituency is in the West.
(08/27/01)
http://www.csmonitor.com/2001/0827/p
3s1-uspo.html
Olive
oil subsidies hurt Spain's environment
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Spurred by European olive-oil subsidies, Spanish farmers
have engaged in increasingly intensive farming. The
officially encouraged over-use of land is stressing
soil, water and wildlife. (08/22/01)
http://www.csmonitor.com/2001/0822/p
6s1-woeu.html
Free-market
environmentalism: It's about choice, not science
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by
James Taylor
"Environmental debates ... [are] really debates about
preferences and whose preferences should be imposed on
society." (08/01)
http://www.heartland.org/environment/au
g01/taylor.htm
Feds
reclose Klamath headgates
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Ignoring catcalls from protesters, federal officials took
advantage of pre-dawn darkness to shut off water to
Oregon farmers so that it can be used by endangered
fish. They dismantled the operating mechanism so the
gates cannot be opened again. (08/24/01)
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,3
2774,00.html
Oil
companies must pay to clean up mandated additive
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Having strong-armed gasoline companies into adding MTBE to
fuel in order to make it burn cleaner, officials in
California want oil companies to pay to clean up sites
contaminated by the additive now that it's proved toxic.
(08/28/01)
http://www.nandotimes.com/nation/story
/68296p-971833c.html
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more News Reports see:
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ategory/news/
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Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews <==
Toll
road to nowhere
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by
Patrick J. Michaels
"After eight years and billions of taxpayer and shareholder
dollars, the Partnership for a New Generation of
Vehicles has thrown in
the keys." So forget about a government
subsidized, politically correct family car.
(08/21/01)
http://www.cato.org/dailys/08-21-01.html
Cartoon:
Managing public lands
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by
Russmo
(08/22/01)
http://russmo.brinkster.net/forrestburning.gif
Global
warming science uncertain
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by
James Taylor
"Major uncertainties exist as to whether human activity has
caused any warming of the planet, concluded a
much-anticipated study conducted by the National Academy
of Sciences." (08/01)
http://www.heartland.org/environment/a
ug01/warming.htm
NAS
summary distorted
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by
S. Fred Singer
"The very first sentence of the Summary to the National
Academy of Sciences' recently issued report on global
climate change (NAS/S) makes clear that the politics of
climate change continues to take precedence over the
science of climate change, even among scientists."
(08/01)
http://www.heartland.org/environment/a
ug01/summary.htm
Federal
study concludes nuclear storage is safe
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by
James Taylor
"The National Academy of Sciences has released a report
concluding that ... the problem of nuclear waste
disposal is purely political and that waste disposal is
completely safe from a scientific standpoint." (08/01)
http://www.heartland.org/environment/a
ug01/nuclear.htm
Motor
vehicle mileage rules: Making matters worse
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by
James Johnston
"Global climate change is in the news again, this time as a
reason for enacting stricter motor vehicle fuel economy
standards for light-duty trucks, including SUVs, vans,
and pickups. But we should be leery of this claim,
especially in light of the substantial cost and safety
risk tighter fuel economy standards pose to passengers."
(08/01)
http://www.heartland.org/environment
/aug01/cafe.htm
Market-oriented
approaches to growth: outsmarting sprawl's impacts
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by
Samuel Staley
Staley lays out a set of principles that provide a market
oriented approach to urban growth. He states that the
"best use" of land is best determined by individuals and
families. (08/23/01)
http://www.rppi.org/pbrief20.html
New
study distorts health benefits of greenhouse gas reduction
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by
Joel Schwartz
Schwartz finds a lot of hot air in a new study published in
Science stating that there are near-term health benefits
in the reduction of greenhouse gases. (08/21/01)
http://www.rppi.org/rr105.html
Bush
administration moves to appeal ban on drilling off California coast
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by
staff article
"If there ever was proof of Governor Davis's responsibility
for California's energy crisis, refusing to allow
drilling for gas to fire California's own badly-needed
new generators is it." (08/23/01)
http://www.nationalcenter.org/TSR823
01.html
Hands-free
phones, distracted minds and knee-jerk legislation
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by
the editors
"Now that New York has banned the use of hand-held cell
phones while driving and 37 more states and the U.S.
Congress are considering such restrictions, lo and
behold, a new study finds that hands-free phones are no
safer. That’s right, New Yorkers, you’ve been had by
your legislature, but what else is new?" (08/24/01)
http://www.cfif.org/5_8_2001/Legislati
ve/leg_state/legis_state_handsfree.htm
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more Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews see:
http://www.free-market.net/directoryby
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