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Power to the consumer
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Reflections on the Edison bailout plan
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Shark-fishing limits blamed for rash of attacks
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Jackbooted councils need chaining up
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Italians fear wolves' killing fields
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Indian minister calls for cheap TVs to lower population
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Land rights battles heat up along the Appalachian Trail
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Environmental escapades
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California governor is a danger to the electricity industry
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Californian power trips
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The brawl over sprawl
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Introductions and FAQs <==
Power
to the consumer
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by
Benjamin Zycher
Dr.
Zycher cautions that blocking consumers' direct access to
electricity suppliers will harm California consumers
and
further distort the state's economy and long-term energy
market. (09/04/01)
http://www.pacificresearch.org/action/actio
n74.html
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more Introductions and FAQs see:
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gory/brief/
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Scholarly and In-Depth Studies <==
Reflections
on the Edison bailout plan
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by
Benjamin Zycher
"The
central provisions of the draft Edison MOU now under discussion
will create important adverse effects, and
clearly
are self-defeating in terms of the stated goal of
avoidance of bankruptcy for Edison. More broadly, they
will move California toward a more politicized
electric
power sector, with greater rather than lesser governmental
involvement." (09/04/01)
http://www.pacificresearch.org/action/acti
on75.html
For
more Scholarly and In-Depth Studies see:
http://www.free-market.net/directorybycat
egory/in-depth/
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News Reports <==
Shark-fishing
limits blamed for rash of attacks
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Commercial
fishermen and free-market advocates charge that a
federal program to protect sharks is contributing to a
rise
in shark attacks off the Florida coast in recent years.
The National Marine Fisheries Service is poised to
impose a second major reduction in shark fishing.
(08/30/01)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/nationa
l/20010830-7635056.htm
Jackbooted
councils need chaining up
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"'Fascist
local government thuggery' is how outraged Libertarianz
Leader Peter Cresswell describes the decision
by the North Shore City and Auckland Regional
Councils
to use the Public Works Act to force a private landowner
to surrender its land for a proposed regional park."
(08/30/01)
http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/
stories/45/f7/200108300033.c7c00df
b.html
Italians
fear wolves' killing fields
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"Having
been saved at the brink of extinction in northern Italy,
wolves have resumed hunting in packs, leaving a
trail
of mauled sheep, angry farmers and frightened tourists."
(09/04/01)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/
story/0,3604,545218,00.html
Indian
minister calls for cheap TVs to lower population
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At
the prodding of its health minister, India has decided to
make TV sets cheaper, hoping to keep couples glued to
the
shows —- and distract them from the business of making
babies. (08/31/01)
http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/w
orld/DailyNews/india010831_TV.html
Land
rights battles heat up along the Appalachian Trail
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Land
owners along the mountainous Appalachian Trail say that
they're under attack from federal regulators who
favor
scenery for hikers over property rights. To maintain
views, the U.S. Forest Service is forcing owners
to sell their land and harassing hold-outs. (08/31/01)
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,
33338,00.html
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more News Reports see:
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ycategory/news/
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Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews <==
Environmental
escapades
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by
Bob Murphy
Murphy
has a run-in with a self-appointed enviro-cop. (09/04/01)
http://www.lewrockwell.com/murphy/m
urphy45.html
California
governor is a danger to the electricity industry
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by
Benjamin Zycher
"Having
slammed the power producers for months, threatening lawsuits,
criminal sanctions and on and on, Davis is in
no
position to suggest that the effort to keep Edison out
of Bankruptcy Court include paying the billions owed the
major power producers." (09/04/01)
http://www.pacificresearch.org/oped/2
001/01-08-28bz.html
Californian
power trips
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by
Scott Sutton
California
Governor Gray Davis "and his statist sympathizers
have purposefully obliterated the meaning of
economic freedom. In modern California vernacular,
'free
trade' means bureaucratic control, 'competition' is
protectionism, and 'deregulation' entails state mandates
and requirements." (08/01)
http://www.freeradical.co.nz/content/48/
48sutton.shtml
The
brawl over sprawl
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by
Dr. Samuel R. Staley
Lansing
policy-makers should consider how and why local goverments
and the free market are best equipped to deal
with
"sprawl" issues. (09/04/01)
http://www.mackinac.org/3684
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more Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews see:
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category/commentary/
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