NCPA Media: Environment

  • Mar 15, 2007

    New Army Corps Rule Fails To Give Relief To Property Owners

    Flood Plain Rule a Change Only a Lawyer Could Love, says NCPA's Burnett

    In an effort to discourage developers from building on large areas of wetland by offering them waivers to build on smaller ones without environmental reviews, the Army Corps of Engineers issued new construction rules last week that have upset environmentalists and developers alike.
  • Feb 28, 2007

    U.S. And World Fisheries In Rapid Decline

    Perverse Incentives to Over-Fish Are Creating Undersea Wasteland, Notes NCPA Scholar

    American and world fisheries have entered a period of rapid and unprecedented decline.
  • Feb 21, 2007

    U.S. Cutting Greenhouse Gases Better Than Europe

    U.S. Action Besting European Treaties and Regulations, Notes NCPA Scholar

    Despite constant criticism from environmental activists at home and across Europe claiming the U.S. government is doing nothing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, new evidence suggests America's efforts are more effective than those of Europe's.
  • Feb 02, 2007

    IPCC Report Less Alarming Than It Appears

    Report Reduces Amount of Warming Estimated Compared to Previous Reports, Notes NCPA Scholar

    Contrary to ominous news reports, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) summary report shows less expected warming and lower estimated sea level rise than previous reports.


  • Jan 17, 2007

    Democrat Congress Sings Same Song, New Verse On Energy

    Energy Plan Won't Increase Supply or Reduce Prices, Says NCPA's Burnett

    The House of Representatives is set to vote this week on a package of energy proposals that will impose new conservation fees on oil and natural gas taken from the Gulf of Mexico and will bar companies from future Gulf lease sales unless they agree to renegotiate leases agreed to under the Clinton Administration.


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