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The Endangered Species Act
Submitted by Michael De Alessi on 12.26.2003
On Dec. 28, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) turns 30. But before celebrating the grand anniversary of this landmark federal legislation, we should ask ourselves a sobering question. What has the ESA really accomplished in the past three decades? The answer gives little cause for celebration.
CA Think Tank Releases White Paper Criticizing Lockyer for Suing the EPA
Submitted on 12.7.2003
SACRAMENTO, CA – The Pacific Research Institute (PRI) released a white paper today, by Sally C. Pipes and Benjamin Zycher, questioning the motives and validity of a lawsuit by several state Attorneys General against the Environmental Protection Agency. The Attorneys General (including California’s Bill Lockyer) and other groups are attempting to force the EPA to impose regulatory controls on vehicle emissions of carbon dioxide.
Lay Kyoto Protocol to rest, finally, in Milan
Submitted by Sally C. Pipes on 12.5.2003
Exactly six years ago, delegates from more than 150 nations converged on Kyoto, Japan, to subject the world to a draconian and now-discredited program to control global warming, the Kyoto Protocol. This week, the same fear-mongering cast is back, this time in Milan, Italy. And the goal is to resurrect the worst enviro-treaty ever conceived.
Suit Cites Global Warming to Mask a Grab for Power
Submitted by Benjamin Zycher on 12.5.2003
Some lawsuits are filed in pursuit of just compensation. Some are undertaken in the hope for a windfall. Still others are filed in the quest for political power. And so 11 attorneys general, three large cities and a number of large environmental lobbies have joined in legal actions arguing that the Environmental Protection Agency be forced under federal law to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from motor vehicles.
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