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Toxic releases decline, but worst soups persist
Submitted by Brad Knickerbocker on 5.17.2005
The good news about toxic pollutants in the air, soil, and water is that overall levels are coming down. But according to the Environmental Protection Agency some of the most toxic substances - mercury, dioxin, lead, and PCBs - remain an increasing problem.
Reports of Environmentalism's Death May Be Exaggerated
Submitted by William Tucker on 5.6.2005
Environmentalism is in a funk these days. Not only has their favorite political party been voted out of office but there's plenty of dissention in the ranks.
'Happy Earth Day'
Submitted by Sally C. Pipes on 5.4.2005
Thank you for the excellent New York Sun editorial on environmental progress, which cites our research on air pollution ["Happy Earth Day," Editorial, April 20, 2005]. One point your editorial didn't mention, however, is that New York City just won a kind of atmospheric Oscar by making the "Most Improved List" in a recent air-quality report by the Environmental Protection Agency.
Climate Change: World Bank's Watson and AEI's Hayward discuss economics, climate change science
Submitted on 5.4.2005
How can the world's economies address climate change without sacrificing growth? Should governments change agricultural and industrial policies to slow global warming? Or are private market-based trading systems more effective? World Bank chief scientist Robert Watson and Steven Hayward, a scholar and researcher at the American Enterprise Institute and the Pacific Research Institute, discuss the economics of climate change, the roles of the government and the private sector, and how to raise public awareness and involvement.
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