Daily Policy Digest
Environment Issues
| Our Cars' Weight Problem Crash tests by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety indicate that smaller cars are virtually obliterated in 40 mile per hour crashes when compared with their heavier counterparts... |
| The Carbon Tax: A Devastating Proposition A 2012 analysis by the U.S. Energy Information Administration of a $25 carbon tax that rises 5 percent a year found that a family of four would incur $1,900 in additional expenses by 2016... |
| Public-Private Partnerships Could Keep State Park Gates Open Arizona state park Red Rock, operated by a public agency, cost the state $234,000, while Crescent Moon, a U.S. Forest Service property operated through a public-private partnership, generated $44,873 in profit... |
| Grocery Bag Bans and Foodborne Illness Emergency room visits spiked when San Francisco's plastic bag ban went into effect, possibly a result of harmful bacteria found on reusable grocery bags... |
| Most Arctic Species Will Benefit From Global Warming Global warming will allow Arctic species to expand their range rather than be confined... |
| The Domino Effect of Green Energy Failure A123's bankruptcy is not the first time that a government-subsidized company has collapsed and hurt another government-subsidized company... |
| Some Eco-Friendly Light Bulbs May Put Health at Risk Researchers at Stony Brook University found that in every "eco-friendly" compact fluorescent light bulb tested the coating of phosphor around the bulb was cracked, allowing ultraviolet rays to escape... |
| Opposition to Genetic Modification More than two trillions servings of foods with genetically modified ingredients have been consumed in North America... |
| The Economic Impact of Pennsylvania's Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard Pennsylvania's Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard will increase the cost of electricity by $2.55 billion for the state's electricity consumers in 2021... |
| How Fossil Fuels Saved Humanity from Nature and Nature from Humanity Without the use of fossil fuels, global cropland would have to increase by 150 percent to meet current food demand... |
