Radio, television, newspapers and the Internet are filled with discussions of greenhouse gas reduction laws and the probable impact on jobs and the economy. Without taking sides on the global warming issue, I have a message for government policy makers.
DALLAS, July 21 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Rep. Joe Barton's (R-TX) request for scientific data and financial records from researchers, specifically, Michael E. Mann, who produced a series of widely publicized studies on global warming is not only justified but should be government policy for all major research, according to NCPA Senior Fellow H. Sterling Burnett. This study is being cited by environmentalists, lobbyists and foreign governments as proof that global warming not only is caused by humans but will soon become demonstrably worse," Dr. Burnett said. "The social and financial costs of proposed public policies formulated in response to the study's conclusions are enormous and fully justify Rep. Barton's inquiry.
SOUND SCIENCE COUNTS itself as one of the many victims of the Bush administrations assault on reason, and sound science is fighting back-finally, with support from Congress. Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii), chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation held a hearing on Feb. 7 to explore allegations that the government has attempted to censor 150 climate scientists by pressuring them to delete references to "global warming" or "climate change" from scientific papers and reports, and avoid talking with the media. The scientist statement makes clear that while science is rarely the only factor in public policy decisions, this input should be objective and impartial," says Francesca Grifo, the director of the UCS's Scientific Integrity Program. "Sustained protest ...
... known as soot, is a leading contributor to global warming, second only perhaps to carbon dioxide (C[... ruling (52) the Court directed Delhi's Government to address the problem of air pollution caused by ...
... attributed to environmental groups and government organizations such as the Environmental Protection...Many policy makers, environmental organizations and business a... were also exposed to the knowledge of Global Warming in the classroom more so than any other co...
... opinion that a well-documented rise in global temperatures and attendant climatological and envi... and other state and local governments, sought review in the D. C. Circuit. Al-though eac... qualified experts indicate that global warming threatens, inter alia, a precipitate rise in sea...These policy judgments have nothing to do with whether greenhou...
Even though taking into account, as Machiavelli pointed out, that those who are bound to lose from a change of policy will react much more quickly and strongly than those that benefit from it. 7 Rely on new actors All of the major critical global issues facing us today-from the economic crisis and global warming to fighting terrorism, organized crime, nuclear proliferation, epidemics and absolute poverty-cut across frontiers and are beyond the capacity of any one state. [...] a simultaneous move to normalize housing, finance and demand; and second, an internationally coordinated effort to ensure that national policies are complementary and not conflicting. The global system has to adapt to three major structural changes: a consolidation of the financial system that reduces credit avai...
...Governments could now review "universal subsidies" which benef...
", originally self-published by Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus in 2004, argues that environmentalism is unable to deal with climate change and should "die" so that a new paradigm can emerge that can. The essay draws on history, political philosophy, and interviews with over two dozen leaders of large and small environmental organizations and foundations, including the Sierra Club, the Hewlett Foundation, and the Natural Resources Defense Council. Shellenberger and Nordhaus suggest that the 20 year failure to reduce emissions is due in part to the unwillingness of environmental leaders to expand their conception of 'the environment' to include humans and economic development. Since this essay was published Shellenberger and Nordhaus authored Break Th...
... of millions of dollars into combating global warming. We have strikingly little to show for it....Instead they are promoting technical policy fixes like pollution controls and higher vehicle m... of all three branches of the US government. * Trade policies that undermine environmental pro...
The impact of global climate change, the gradual warming of the earth resulting from the ongoing release of greenhouse gases ("GHGs") from anthropogenic sources, has attracted increasing public attention over the last several years.1 Although the tradi- tional scope of a state's police power encompasses the general duty of protecting the health and welfare of its citizens, environmental protection over the past fifty years has been the product of a cooperative effort between the states and the federal government, with environmental policies first articulated by federal statutes and regulations and then carried out by state implementation.2 Even though the federal government has taken on the responsibility of setting national environmental policy, federal regulation of GHG emissions,...
Soon after the projector starts rolling on An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore, former VP and star of the global warming documentary, laments that he tried to tell this story for a long time but failed to get the message across. Later in the film, which is based on a slide show Gore delivers around the world, he takes a swipe at Congress for its long-standing indifference to the problem of climate change caused by human activities. Critics say the White House deliberately creates confusion about global warming in order to avoid making politically unpopular decisions to address it. The natural greenhouse effect is a real and essential component of the planet's climate process. Without greenhouse gases, the temperature on Earth would be too cold to support life as people know it. The administr...
...NASA revised its public affairs policy. Last year, Philip A. Cooney, a former petroleum i...
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