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Fumenting Conservative Backlash
In an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, Michael Fumento, a senior fellow at the conservative Hudson Institute, mocks environmentalists for their “blame-man-first mentality,” which he says leads them to assume that problems like frog deformities, temperature swings, and rising asthma rates can be attributed to environmental degradation.
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Pork on Rye, Hold the Sprawl
This year could see Congress approve the most conservation spending ever, some officials are predicting. Republicans and Democrats alike have introduced six major environmental conservation bills in Congress this year, all of which would for the first time fully fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund with $900 million a year. Money from the fund […]
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Sleazy Riders
A number of senators have tacked anti-environmental riders onto an emergency spending bill that would fund NATO’s air war in Yugoslavia and send relief money to hurricane-stricken Central America. House leaders are unhappy with the Senate add-ons and are likely to try to strip them during conference committee this week, and the White House has […]
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Hungary to Join EU? Czech Your Laws, Polish Your Record
The six countries next in line to join the European Union are likely to run up against serious problems as they try to comply with EU environmental laws, possibly delaying their EU membership, according to acting EU Environment Commissioner Ritt Bjerregaard. Poland in particular has made little progress in meeting environmental norms, Bjerregaard said. The […]
