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NCPA Blogs
NCPA Commentaries by H. Sterling Burnett
H. Sterling Burnett is a Senior Fellow for the National Center for Policy Analysis. While Burnett works on a number of issues, he specializes in issues involving environmental policy and gun policy.
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Aug 29, 1997 The EPA's Dirty Little Secrets
Citing concern for the health of asthmatic children, President Clinton on June 25 endorsed stringent clean air standards for particulate matter (soot) and ground-level ozone (smog), first proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in November 1996.
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Jul 23, 1997 Myths of Global Warming
The Clinton administration has decided to commit the United States to finalizing a treaty in December 1997 that would impose internationally enforceable limits on the production of greenhouse gases, primarily carbon dioxide (CO2).
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May 29, 1997 Will Minivans Become an Endangered Species?
A casual glance at the nation's highways shows that much has changed in the last 25 years, including fewer large family cars on the road, a dramatic increase in the number of light trucks and sport utility vehicles (SUVs) and the introduction of minivans.
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Apr 01, 1997 The Politics of the Global Commons
Public attention has recently turned to the global nature of many environmental problems, such as global climate change, the transmigration of pollution, the rapid loss of biodiversity, and the collapse of ocean fisheries.
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Jan 15, 1997 The 104th Congress's Environmental Record: What was Accomplished and What Remains
Contrary to popular opinion, the last Congress was one of the most environmentally active ever, passing three major environmental bills and a host of minor ones.
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Jan 09, 1997 Environmental Wastelands: Seven Countries on the Brink of Environmental Disaster
Despite the recent attention paid to global environmental problems (e.g., global climate change, ozone thinning and the rapid loss of biodiversity), for most people environmental problems are local.
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Dec 06, 1996 What the Clinton Administration Won't Tell You about the Costs of Global Warming Commitments
Timothy Wirth, the Undersecretary of State for Global Affairs, is staging a series of events to drum up support for the Clinton Administration's recent commitment to an internationally binding agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
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Sep 10, 1996 Tree Preservation Comes to the City
Paradoxically, a century of development has turned vast areas of prairie and desert into large urban forests.
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Aug 19, 1996 Tough on Crime Policy Nabs Enviro-Thug
Politicians complain that the media never give them credit when programs work. Is President Clinton's "get tough on crime" policy finally paying dividends?
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Jul 23, 1996 Federal Courts Might Force Superfund Reform
A recent federal court decision may have drastically altered the debate over renewal of the controversial Superfund law to clean up hazardous waste sites.
