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Asthma, Roaches, and Regulations
Source: Competitive Enterprise Institute
Author: Ben Lieberman
City: Washington, State: DC, Country: United States

Environmental regulations which lead to environmental regulations ...

Acid Rain
Source: Citizens for a Sound Economy Foundation
Country: United States

Briefing paper pointing out that the acid rain problem turned out to be not such a big deal. Number three in a series of short background papers from CSEF. (3/22/99)

Making the Polluter Pay
Source: Competitive Enterprise Institute
Country: United States

Excerpt from CEI's Environmental Briefing Book. Clear explanation of pollution as trespass and calls for payment of damages where appropriate.

Closing Down the Hard Times CAFE
Source: Jack Kemp
Country: United States

This column argues that "CAFE (Corporate Average Fuel Economy) is a classic example of a law conceived with "good intentions" that ends up demonstrating government's inability to plan our future for us." (8/18/99)

Libertarian solutions: the pollution solution: stopping the environment's worst enemy
Source: LP News
Author: Mary J. Ruwart
Country: United States

"Who's the greatest polluter of all? The oil companies? The chemical companies? The nuclear power plants? If you guessed 'none of the above,' you'd be correct. Our government, at the federal, state, and local levels, is the single greatest polluter in the land. In addition, our government doesn't even clean up its own garbage!" (06/99)

Libertarian solutions: pollution solution II: restoration as a tool to save the environment
Source: LP News
Author: Mary J. Ruwart
Country: United States

Ruwart explains restitution as a means of punishing polluters. (07/99)

An evaluation of EPA's reform recommendations
Source: Heartland Institute
Author: Joseph L. Bast, Jay Lehr, and James Taylor
Country: United States

"On June 13, 2002, the Environmental Protection Agency released New Source Review: Report to the President, describing the need to reform that part of the Clean Air Act regulating emissions from new or substantially modified factories and power plants. ... We believe these reforms represent progress in bringing one of the nation's least effective environmental regulations up-to-date." (07/02)

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