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Date
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News Source
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Headline
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Summary
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| 2/25/2005 |
Abilene Reporter-News
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Green Laws Lead to Growth? Yes, for Green Businesses
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RFF President Paul Portney states: "To suggest that there will be all of these savings as (businesses) comply with regulations is wishful thinking. I would love it if, when regulating firms, we helped them see all these other opportunities, but it's a hopelessly naïve view." |
| 2/22/2005 |
The Weekly Standard
Also Appeared in:
The Sunday Times
Yahoo News
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Kyoto and the End of Hot Air |
A review by Irwin M. Stelzer of the Hudson Institute mentions Resources for the Future and its scholar's proposal that the United States adopt a cap-and-trade program like what is now operating in the European Union |
| 2/16/2005 |
The Hill
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Give the FDA More Help on Drug Safety |
This Op-Ed, by RFF Senior Fellow Michael R. Taylor, laments that the FDA's handling of drug safety in the cases of Vioxx and antidepressants is mearly a symptom in the deep, structural imbalance in the nation's drug regulatory program
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| 2/15/2005 |
Newsday
Also Appeared in:
The Eagle
The Ledger
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Despite Controversy, Global Warming Pact Set to Happen |
Rbert W. Fri, visiting scholar at RFF, says the Kyoto protocol is not going to change the emission of greenhouse gases a whole lot, but the treaty's ratification is a milestone nonetheless. |
| 2/10/2005 |
Environment and Energy Daily
Also appeared in: Greenwire
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Energy Policy: Auto Experts Say Major CAFE Strides are Possible |
RFF President Paul Portney, along with several auto industry experts, testified that automakers could feasibly achieve Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards upwards of 30 miles per gallon without adverse effects on safety or consumer choice |
| 2/7/2005 |
Space News
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The Priority of Earth Science in the Space Budget |
RFF Senior Fellow Molly Macauley, in this Op-Ed, says improving, perpetuating and protecting quality of life for this generation as well as future generations is an immediate opportunity, a necessary objective. and even an ongoing responsibility of the space program |
