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Climate Change
Source: Reason Public Policy Institute
Author: Kenneth Green, Richard McCann, Steve Moss, and Roy Cordato
Country: United States

"While debate ranges over the impacts that the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change might have, the sheer magnitude of potential implementation impacts, both intended and unintended, suggests that careful scrutiny should precede actions to reduce the risk of climate change." RPPI Policy Study 252.

Squandering the surplus: $11 billion on the unratified Kyoto Protocol
Source: Heritage Foundation
Author: Gregg VanHelmond
Country: United States

This study provides a comprehensive assessment of expenditures and spending proposals by the Clinton Administration on global climate change. (10/17/99)

The Kyoto Protocol and U.S. Agriculture
Source: Heartland Institute
Author: Terry Francl, Rich Nadler, and Joseph Bast
Country: United States

Due to increases in fuel costs eating up the slim profits of farmers, implementing the Kyoto Protocol would devastate American agriculture. The average farmer would lose between as much as one half of his or her annual income. Heartland Policy Study No. 87. Available in either HTML or Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. Executive summary available. (10/98)

Comparing the risks of global warming regulations
Source: National Center for Public Policy Research
Author: John K. Carlisle
Country: United States

Improving "quality of life" with global warming regulation requires consideration of comparitive risks. Global treaties bring high risks to economies and promise low returns to environmental health. (9/00)

CO2 is greening the planet
Source: Heartland Institute
Author: Robert C. Balling, Jr., Ph.D.
Country: United States

Are elevated levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere "greening" the planet? Yes, according to new studies on lawn growth. (5/00)

No room for science at the Union of Concerned Scientists
Source: National Center for Public Policy Research
Author: John Carlisle
Country: United States

A Cambridge-based group of scientists charged with serving the public's social interest appear to be serving their own private interests, especially when it comes to reporting on global warming. (6/00)

Chilton comments on climate change study
Source: Center for the Study of American Business
Author: Kenneth W. Chilton
Country: United States

The recent effort by the National Assessment Synthesis Team to predict 21st Century global climate change was a valiant one, but predictions are still highly uncertain. Estimations of the costs of the Kyoto remedy remain both high and certain. (8/8/00)

Climate change impacts on the United States
Source: Reason Public Policy Institute
Author: Dr. Kenneth Green
Country: United States

Kenneth Green, Director of Reason Institute's Environmental Program, responds to the draft National Assessment Report on climate change. There's still plenty of selective science, bias, and value judgments in the second draft. (6/29/00)

Annual summer global warming scare
Source: National Center for Public Policy Research
Author: John K. Carlisle
Country: United States

The latest government rehash of old global warming science is paying its annual visit to the dog days of summer. (6/00)

Reality and climate change policy
Source: NCPA
Author: H. Sterling Burnett
Country: United States

"In standing up to international pressure to implement the Kyoto Protocol while the science is still out, the Bush administration has decided to follow where the science leads rather than politically dictate the conclusions that climate scientists should reach." (08/15/01)

The Cost of Kyoto 2001
Source: Competitive Enterprise Institute
Author: Foreword by Jonathan H. Adler
Country: United States

A collection of essays developed out of a CEI-sponsored conference on the risks of implementing the Kyoto Treaty. (06/01)

State greenhouse gas programs: An economic and scientific analysis
Source: Heartland Institute
Author: Joseph L. Bast, James M. Taylor, and Jay Lehr
Country: United States

"The benefits of reducing emissions are likely to be nonexistent, and even worst-case scenarios suggest benefits are an order of magnitude less than the expected cost. The scientific basis of global warming theory is too uncertain to justify state greenhouse gas reduction efforts." (2/15/03)

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