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Date
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News Source
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Headline
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Summary/Reference
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| Jan/Feb 2004 |
Multinational Monitor |
Working to Keep Antibiotics Working - Can the Superbugs be Stopped? |
Ramanan Laxminarayan, a Fellow at RFF, supplies resistance to antibiotics facts. |
| Jan-March '04 |
Issues in Science and Technology
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Establishing a Bureau of Environmental Statistics
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Fellow Spencer Banzhaf examines the benefits of adding a Bureau of Environmental Statistics to the EPA. |
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01/31/04
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SeedQuest |
News section
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A report by Senior Fellow Michael Taylor and Jerry Cayford--entitled American Patent Policy, Biotechnology, and African Agriculture: The Case for Policy Change--is mentioned.
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| 01/30/04 |
Financial Times |
Energy bill would not quench thirst for foreign oil |
RFF President and Senior Fellow Paul Portney is quoted, giving his opinion on the current energy bill. |
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01/28/04
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The Electricity Daily
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Analysis: After Kyoto's failure, what comes next?
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Three columns by RFF researchers about solutions to greenhouse gas emissions if the Kyoto Protocol fails are quoted.
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1/22
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The Wall Street Journal
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White House Renews Bid to Pass Energy Bill by Lowering Cost
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Forum sponsored by RFF is mentioned. |
| 01/22/04 |
Greenwire |
DOE official reiterates White House commitment to energy policy |
In this article, Under Secretary of Energy Robert Card is quoted, assuring that Bush's administration is still committed to the recent massive energy bill. Card reiterated this in a speech at RFF. |
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01/22/04
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Environment & Energy Daily
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State of the Union raises questions about White House energy strategy
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Energy Undersecretary Robert Card, in a speech at RFF, states that the administration is still committed to the current energy bill.
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| 01/21/04 |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Also ran in: Cox News Service (1/15) Times-News (1/16), News & Observer (1/16), Corpus Christi Caller-Times (1/16) |
Panel: Use coal tax to boost nuclear |
Article discusses the idea of bringing down cost of nuclear power and introducing a carbon tax in an effort to reduce CO2 buildup. A seminar was sponsored by RFF and the conclusion was that instead of just transferring costs, a policy must overcome cost, safety, waste, and proliferation for nuclear power to succeed. |
| 01/21/04 |
Platt's Global Energy |
LNG needed in U.S. as "cushion" against gas prices: DOE official/Platt's News |
A speech to RFF Under Secretary of Energy Robert Card is quoted. |
| 01/18/04 |
The Philadelphia Inquirer Also ran in:
The San Diego Union-Tribune, Hour, AG Weekly, Detroit Free Press |
USDA skirting real food safety hazards |
Senior Fellow Michael Taylor discusses foodborne illnesses and stresses the fact that more preventative measures need to be taken to improve the food-safety system. |
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01/01/04
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Environment News
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The Heartland Institute- Senator refutes global warming Hypotheses: Part 3 in a series
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This is a July 28, 2003 speech delivered by Senator James Inhofe about global warming theory. Inhofe cites an RFF op-ed and disagrees with its message. |
| 01/01/04 |
Environment |
The real environmental crisis: Why poverty, not affluence, is the environment's number one enemy |
This article by Senior Fellow Joel Darmstadter is a review of Jack Hollander's book, The real environmental crisis: Why poverty, not affluence, is the environment's number one enemy. |
| 01/01/04 |
Region Focus Magazine
Also ran in:
CNNMoney
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Clearing troubled waters |
This article discusses the benefits of cap and trade programs to reduce pollution. Senior Fellow James Boyd and Leonard Shabman of RFF are mentioned for their support of these trading programs. |
| 01/01/04 |
Energy Journal |
On borrowed time: Assessing the threat of mineral depletion |
This article is a review of RFF Press book by John Tilton, On Borrowed Time: Assessing the Threat of Mineral Depletion. |
| January '04 |
Regulation |
The Legacy of U.S. v. Microsoft |
This is an article written by Senior Fellow Tim Brennan. He discusses the changing role of antitrust in economics, specifically focusing on Microsoft. |
