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Governor’s Hit List Needs More Diversity
By: K. Lloyd Billingsley on 6.8.2011
Governor Jerry Brown wants to eliminate dozens of state panels and commissions, a good idea and long overdue. But the governor needs to be more inclusive, and stalk bigger game.
Investigate CARBifornia
By: K. Lloyd Billingsley on 3.23.2011
In early April, UCLA will decide whether to fire epidemiologist James Enstrom, a fixture in the UCLA Department of Public Health since the 1970s. If UCLA does give him the boot, Assemblyman Dan Logue has threatened to hold hearings. Whatever happens to Enstrom, legislators have good reason to investigate.
Car-Tastrophe: How federal policy can help, not hinder, the greening of the automobile
By: Amy Kaleita, Ph.D on 2.14.2011
New report explores the environmental implications of several commercially available vehicle and fuel types, and indentifies where policies could be improved to result in net benefits to Americans.
Sustaining Environmental Quality and Economic Growth
By: Julie Kaszton on 1.26.2011
A few weeks ago, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) revoked a permit for one of the largest mountain-top coal mining projects in the United States.
The EPA and the Alarmist Narrative
By: Julie Kaszton on 12.22.2010
This month the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency turns 40. That calls for a look back at environmental conditions then and now.
Miracle Man Wants More Money
By: K. Lloyd Billingsley on 12.8.2010
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), the $3 billion state stem cell agency, is in the news again, but not because of any miraculous cure or therapy it produced. The news is that CIRM wants more money from Californians and that calls for a look back.
32-23=0
By: K. Lloyd Billingsley on 11.17.2010
California voters rejected Proposition 23 and thereby missed their chance to delay implementation of AB 32, California’s Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006. That measure is certain to worsen a state economy still in recession, with an unemployment rate of more than 12 percent.
Intent Versus Reality in Conservation Strategies
By: Amy Kaleita, Ph.D on 11.16.2010
Last month, the Chicago Climate Exchange announced that at the end of this year it will shut down its voluntary program for trading greenhouse gas emissions. The closing of the CCX comes on the tails of a shift in congressional power in the mid-term elections that most believe indicates the end of President Obama’s efforts to pass “cap and trade” regulation for carbon emissions.
Is Your Food Making the Planet Sick?
By: Amy Kaleita, Ph.D on 11.2.2010
Modern agriculture has been blamed for a host of environmental problems, including global warming, water pollution, and ecosystem damage. While growing crops and raising livestock does have significant environmental impact, in many cases the situation has been misrepresented or oversimplified, and some of the proposed solutions have been ineffective or more costly than the benefits derived.
Proposition 23 and California Employment
By: Benjamin Zycher, Ph.D on 10.27.2010
Proposition 23, on next Tuesday’s ballot, would suspend the implementation of the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32) until the state unemployment rate, now 12.4 percent, declines to 5.5 percent for four quarters. A new study published by the Pacific Research Institute examines the employment implications of that initiative.
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