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2002

Ten Second Response #TSR1803: McCain and Lieberman Push for New Anti-Global Warming Legislation by Amy Ridenour - 1/8/03
National Policy Analysis #446: McCain and Lieberman Join the Ranks of Ecoactivists With New Legislation on Global Warming by Amy Ridenour -1/03
Ten Second Response #TSR1303: New Year Likely to Bring Another ANWR Showdown by Christopher Burger - 1/3/03
Press Release: Environmental Justice Study to Be Released November 21 - November 2002
Ten Second Response #103002: League of Conservation Voters Makes Traditional Misleading Attack on Republicans; Promotes Democratic Party Candidates by Tom Randall - 10/30/02
Ten Second Response #101102: Radanovich and Allen Introduce Bills to Keep Sludge Out of the Potomac, Bring Endangered Species Act Enforcement to East Coast by Tom Randall - 10/11/02
National Policy Analysis #438: Profiting From the Work of Others: Why Weakening Prescription Drug Patent Protection is Bad Public Policy by Eric Peters - October 2002
Ten Second Response #10402: House Rejects Senate's Greenhouse Gas Provisions in Energy Bill by Tom Randall - 10/4/02
National Policy Analysis #436: When It Comes to Safeguarding Chemical Facilities, the EPA is No Defense Department by Amy Ridenour - October 2002
National Policy Analysis #434: Wildfires Should Motivate a New Century of Forest Restoration by Thomas M. Bonnicksen, Ph.D.- September 2002
Ten Second Response #92002: Senate Continues to Bicker Over Forest Health Amendment by Gretchen Randall - 9/20/02
Ten Second Response #90402: Congress Considers Expanding Daschle's South Dakota Forest Provisions to Nation by Gretchen Randall - 9/4/02
National Policy Analysis #429: Growth Often is Not the Sole Culprit When Affordable Housing Disappears by Eric Peters - August 2002
Ten Second Response #82602: President Bush Offers Plan To Protect Homes and the Environment From More Catastrophic Wild Fires; Environmental Extremists Counter With Plans to Continue the Disasters - August 26, 2002
National Policy Analysis #428: Kyoto: Good Reviews for Bad Rubbish by Amy Ridenour - August 2002
National Policy Analysis #427: Fuel Efficiency Regulations Save Gas But Cost Lives and Money by Mary Katherine Ascik - August 2002
Ten Second Response #82202: Environmental Groups Use Smokescreen to Dodge Responsibility for Wildfires by Tom Randall - 8/22/02
Ten Second Response #82002: New York Times Sounds False Climate Alarm Once Again: Bush, Not Times, Has It Right On Global Warming by Tom Randall - 8/20/02
Ten Second Response #81602: Four American Eco-Terrorists Indicted in Oregon by Tom Randall - 8/16/02
Ten Second Response #81502: Senator Joe Lieberman Says Property Belongs First To Government, Not The People by Tom Randall - 8/15/02
National Policy Analysis #426: EPA's Regulatory Turnaround an Example of Compassionate Conservatism in Action by Syd Gernstein - August 2002
National Policy Analysis #425: Daschle's Election Year Ploy May Open Door for Return of Sound Forest Management Policies by Tom Randall - August 2002
National Policy Analysis #424: Tree-Huggers or Fire-Huggers?: The Environmental Movement's Confused Forest Policy by Thomas M. Bonnicksen, Ph.D.- August 2002
Ten Second Response #72602: Where is the Sierra Club's Condemnation of Senator Daschle? by Christopher Burger - 7/26/02
Ten Second Response #72502: Senate Bill Introduced to Codify Forest Roadless Plan; Plan Bans Building Roads for Fighting Forest Fires by Gretchen Randall - 7/25/02
Ten Second Response #72402: Daschle Admits Logging Projects Can Help Prevent Forest Fires by Christopher Burger - 7/24/02
Ten Second Response #72302: TSR Extra - Recess Notes: Answers to Questions on Common Environmental Questions - 7/23/02
National Policy Analysis #420: A Global Warming Primer by Gerald Marsh - July 2002 (PDF file) (Please note: This is an updated version of National Policy Analysis #316 of the same title, published September 2001. Alterations to the original version, available here, can be found on pages 7-8 and 16.)
National Policy Analysis #419: Keep the Statue of Liberty Free: An Argument for Congressional Oversight of U.N. Land Designations in the U.S. by Amy Ridenour - July 2002
Ten Second Response #62702: Wildfires Linked To Environmental Extremists As Disingenuous Denials Fly by Tom Randall - 6/27/02
National Policy Analysis #418: Monster Wildfires are Preventable by Thomas M. Bonnicksen, Ph.D. - June 2002
National Policy Analysis #417: Climate Change and California Assembly Bill 1058: Is it Hype? by Willie Soon, Ph.D. - June 2002
National Policy Analysis #416: A Change in Climate on Climate Change? Don't Count on It by Tom Randall - June 2002
Ten Second Response #62502: Yucca Mountain: Could Nuclear Energy Be Killed By Senators "Playing Nice"? by Tom Randall - 6/25/02
Ten Second Response #TSR62102: Wildfires Exceed Record Year of 2000 by 50 Percent, Continue to Grow in Overfueled Forests by Tom Randall - 6/21/02
National Policy Analysis #415: Yucca Mountain: The Right Decision by Gerald Marsh and George Stanford - June 2002
National Policy Analysis #414: Greenpeace Publicity Campaign Could Help Terrorists Attack Chemical Plants by Amy Ridenour - June 2002
National Policy Analysis #413: Historic Preservation Saves Buildings But Robs Residents of Goods and Services by Syd Gernstein - June 2002
Ten Second Response #61902: Bush Administration, Senate Finance Committee Formally Approve Placing Tax Subsidy to Environmental Groups in Tax Code to Promote Land Grabs by Environmentalists and the Government by Gretchen Randall - 6/19/02
Ten Second Response #60602: Forty-Five Members of Congress Urge President to Resist Efforts to Implement Clinton-Era Roadless Rule by Tom Randall - 6/6/02
Press Release: Bush Sets Record Straight with Repudiation of Global Warming Report - June 2002
Ten Second Response #60502a: Australia Set to Reject Global Warming Treaty by Gretchen Randall - 6/5/02
Ten Second Response #60502: EPA Ruling Backfires, Spurs Sales of Diesel Trucks by Gretchen Randall - 6/5/02
Ten Second Response #60402a: Bush Repudiates "Bureaucratic" Report on Global Warming by Gretchen Randall - 6/4/02
Ten Second Response #60402: Bush Administration Report on Climate Change Baffles Supporters by Gretchen Randall - 6/4/02
National Policy Analysis #412: Kyoto Global Warming Treaty Losing Support Around the World While Thriving in U.S. Senate by Tom Randall - June 2002
Ten Second Response #60302: Court Says EPA's Haze Plan Infringes On States' Rights by Gretchen Randall - 6/3/02
Ten Second Response #52902: Federal Government Raises Price of New Homes to Protect the Lumber Industry it Has Nearly Killed by Tom Randall - 5/29/02
Ten Second Response #52402: Pay Americans First: More Federal Land Purchases Would Add to PILT Burden by Gretchen Randall - 5/24/02
Ten Second Response #52202: Senator Barbara Boxer Proposes Designating 2.5 Million More Acres as "Wilderness" In California by Gretchen Randall - 5/22/02
Ten Second Response #52102: Tom Daschle and Senate Democrats attack Bush Administration for Reassessing the Secretly-Developed Clinton Rule to Halt Forest Road Building by Tom Randall - 5/21/02
Ten Second Response #51702: Sportsmen and Hunting Groups Write President Bush about Forest Management by Gretchen Randall - May 17, 2002
Relief Report newsletter #108: Environmental Protection: Shouldn't We Be Doing It for Future Generations? edited by David Ridenour - May 16, 2002
Ten Second Responsee #51502: Study Says Clean Air Rules More Costly for Rural Areas by Gretchen Randall - May 15, 2002
Ten Second Response #51402: Energy Bill in Conference: Will Republicans Accept Kyoto-Like Global Warming Measure to Get ANWR Drilling Approved? by Gretchen Randall - May 14, 2002
Ten Second Response #51002: Target of Animal Rights Activists Becomes a Target for Explosives by Christopher Burger - May 10, 2002
National Policy Analysis #407: Who's Afraid of the "No Fear" Bill? by Syd Gernstein - May 2002
Ten Second Response #50802a: Kyoto Treaty Language Attached to Senate Energy Bill by Gretchen Randall - May 8, 2002
Ten Second Response #50802: Reprocessing Nuclear Fuel is the Way to Make Yucca Mountain Work tor Everyone by Tom Randall - May 8, 2002
Ten Second Response #50202: Rep. John Doolittle Introduces Bill Calling for Release of 15-Year Old Wilderness Study Areas by Tom Randall - May 2, 2002
Ten Second Response #50202 - Rep. John Doolittle Introduces Bill Calling for Release of 15-Year Old Wilderness Study Areas by Tom Randall - May 2, 2002
National Policy Analysis #404: Asbestos Lawsuits: Putting Retirements at Risk by Amy Ridenour - April 2002
National Policy Analysis #403: The Radical Spectrum: Environmentalists Push the Envelope to Push Their Cause by David Almasi - April 2002
Ten Second Response #41902: Earth Day 2002 Brings Cause for Celebration and Concerns about Over-Regulation by Gretchen Randall - April 19, 2002
Project 21 Press Release: U.S. Environmental Policy Unfriendly to Minorities; African-American Network Wants Earth Day Reassessment of Regulations - April 2002
Questions and Answers on Global Warming - April 2002
Ten Second Response #41602: Bush Administration and House Democrats Oppose Bill to Restrict Federal Land Acquisition by Gretchen Randall - April 16, 2002
2002 Earth Day Information Center: Research and Links for Earth Day: April 22, 2002
2002 Earth Day Information Center Press Release: "Earth Day Interview Locator Service" and Earth Day Fact Kit Available to Journalists
Earth Day 2002 Fact Sheet: The History of Earth Day
Earth Day 2002 Fact Sheet: Earth Day Reflections
Earth Day 2002 Fact Sheet: Myths and Facts About the Environment
Earth Day 2002 Fact Sheet: Environmental Progress Since the First Earth Day
Earth Day 2002 Fact Sheet: The Rising Cost of Regulations Since the First Earth Day
Ten Second Response #41002: Lincoln Chafee Advances Bill to Usurp Local Control of Land Use Planning and Zoning by Tom Randall - April 10, 2002
Press Release: Gasoline Shortages Begin - Prices Approach 2001 Levels - April 2002
Ten Second Response #40502 - Natural Resources Defense Council 'Cries Wolf' Over Consultation on Bush Energy Plan by Christopher Burger - April 5, 2002
National Policy Analysis #402: Giving With One Hand, Taking Away with the Other: Competing Government Policies Both Promote and Deny Homeownership Opportunities for Minorities by David Almasi - April 2002
National Policy Analysis #401: State Regulators Destroy Los Angeles's Fellowship With the Ringmakers by Syd Gernstein - April 2002
National Policy Analysis #400: On Environmental Issues, Conservative Groups and Labor Unions are Natural Born Allies by Tom Randall - April 2002
Ten Second Response #32902a: Teamster Chief James Hoffa Warns Politicians In Both Parties Not To Stand In The Way Of Oil Exploration In Alaska by Tom Randall - March 29, 2002
Ten Second Response #32902: Associated Press Misleads Public With Headline Saying "Study: Drilling Threatens Wildlife" by Tom Randall - March 29, 2002
Ten Second Response #32102: Ice Shelf Breaks Off Antarctica Coastline by Gretchen Randall - March 21, 2002
Ten Second Response #31402 - Sierra Club Attacks Senators for Vote on CAFE by Gretchen Randall - March 14, 2002
Relief Report newsletter #106 - Increase fuel economy without killing Americans, edited by David Ridenour
Ten Second Response #30502 - Media Misconceptions Help Lead to Public Fear of Global Warming by Christopher Burger - March 5, 2002
Ten Second Response #30102 - Teamsters Union Claims Environmentalist Support For ANWR Oil Exploration by Tom Randall - March 1, 2002
Ten Second Response #22802 - League of Conservation Voters Scorecard Ignores Important Environmental Votes, But Includes Abortion and Campaign Finance Reform by Christopher Burger - 2/28/02
Relief Report newsletter #105 - Cautionary energy tales, edited by David Ridenour
Center for Environmental Justice Press Release: From the "New Segregation" to Higher Costs: Environmental Policies Cost Minorities the Most - February 26, 2002
Center for Environmental Justice: Solidarity and Stewardship: African-Americans and the Environment by David Almasi - February 2002
Ten Second Response #22502: Bush's Global Warming Plan a Mix of Giveaways and Research by Gretchen Randall - February 2002
National Policy Analysis #396: The Separations Technology and Transmutation Systems (STATS) Report: Implications for Nuclear Power Growth and Energy Sufficiency by Charles E. Boardman, Carl E. Walter, Marion L. Thompson and Chester S. Ehrman - February 2002 (Note: For otimum viewing, we recommend the pdf version of this paper. To immediately download the pdf version, click here.)
National Policy Analysis #397: Spent Fuel Belongs in Yucca Mountain by Gerald E. Marsh and George S. Stanford - February 2002
National Policy Analysis #395: Premature Death: A Cautionary Energy Tale by Tom Randall - February 2002
National Policy Analysis #394: Lies, Damned Lies and Science: When Scientific Research is Actually Scientific Sham by Amy Ridenour - February 2002
Relief Report newsletter #104: Holding global warming forecasters accountable; Yucca Mountain - February 19, 2002
Ten Second Response #21302b: Interior Department Proposes Joint Federal, Environmentalist Land Grab Via Tax Code by Gretchen Randall - February 13, 2002
Ten Second Response #21302: Bill Clinton's Department of Energy is on Record: Oil And Gas Exploration is Environmentally-Friendly by Tom Randall - February 13, 2002
Ten Second Response #21202: Senators Propose Dangerous Increase in Fuel Efficiency Standards and Regulatory Phase-Out of SUVs, Minivans and Light Trucks by Gretchen Randall - February 12, 2002
National Policy Analysis Paper #393: Fuel Efficiency Standards: What to Do Next? by Gretchen Randall -February 2002
National Policy Analysis Paper #392: Global Warming: Administration Could Snatch Defeat From the Jaws of Victory by Tom Randall - February 2002
Ten Second Response #21102: Stay the Course: President Bush Should Continue Sticking with Science on Global Warming by Tom Randall - February 11, 2002
National Policy Analysis #391: Stop Worrying About Yucca Mountain by Gerald E. Marsh and George Stanford - February 2002
National Policy Analysis #390: Let's Hold Global Warming Forecasters Accountable... Brazilian-Style by Tom Randall - February 2002
Ten Second Response #20802: Union of Concerned Scientists Pushes Fuel Efficiency at Expense of Auto Safety by Christopher Burger - February 8, 2002
Ten Second Response #20402 - National Research Council (NRC) Reports Higher Water Levels Not Needed for Klamath Basin Fish by Gretchen Randall - February 4, 2002
National Policy Analysis #388: New Research Indicates the Earth May Be Cooling by Amy Ridenour - February 2002
Relief Report Newsletter #103: Are We Entering the Age of Global Cooling? and Enron and Global Warming - January 31, 2002
Ten Second Response #12802b: League of Conservation Voters Gets It Wrong on Bush Record by Tom Randall - January 28, 2002
Ten Second Response #12802: Cattle Growers' Association Wins Suit Against Endangered Species Act Enforcement by Gretchen Randall - January 28, 2002
National Policy Analysis #387: A Different Standard for the Powerful Means No Environmental Justice From Washington by Syd Gernstein - January 2002
National Policy Analysis #386: The Greatest Unfounded Health Scares of Recent Times, Part I: DDT by by Adam J. Lieberman (1967-1997) and Simona C. Kwon, M.P.H.- January 2002
Ten Second Response #12302 - Senator John Kerry's Energy Plan Disagrees with Facts and Himself by Tom Randall - January 23, 2002
Ten Second Response #12202: President Bush Urges Senate to Approve Energy Bill to Protect Jobs by Tom Randall - January 22, 2002
Ten Second Response #11702: Sierra Club & NRDC Urge Calls to White House about Clean Air Rules and New Source Review by Gretchen Randall - January 17, 2002
National Policy Analysis #385: Brownfields Revitalization Cuts Urban Blight, Suburban Sprawl by Syd Gernstein - January 2002
National Policy Analysis #384: Enron and the Environmental Movement: Global Warming Politics Makes for Strange Bedfellows by Amy Ridenour - January 2002
National Policy Analysis #383: Yucca Mountain: The Right Place for Spent Nuclear Fuel by Gerald E. Marsh and George Stanford - January 2002
Ten Second Response #11502 Antarctic Cooling Despite Supposed Global Warming by Gretchen Randall - January 15, 2002
Ten Second Response #11402 Federal Government Unsure about Appealing Bitterroot Decision by Gretchen Randall - January 14, 2002
Press Release: Opening the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Storage Facility is Important to National Security; Action Would Eliminate the Only Serious Vulnerability of Nuclear Plants to Terrorism - January 12, 2002
Ten Second Response #11202 Endangered Species Act Studies May be Hoaxes Designed to Restrict Human Use of Government Lands by Gretchen Randall - January 12, 2002
Ten Second Response #11102b: Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository to Open, Says U.S. Energy Secretary by Tom Randall - January 11, 2002
Ten Second Response #11102: Judge Blocks Logging of Burned Trees in Montana's Bitterroot National Forest by Gretchen Randall - January 11, 2002

2001 and Earlier

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