Air Quality 
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Cash 4 Clunkers: Now, for the Unintended Consequences
September 23, 2009, 2:12pmPresident Obama's Fuel Economy Standard Follies
Politicians want you to pay more when you drive. They just won't admit it.
January 27, 2009"We must ensure that the fuel-efficient cars of tomorrow are built right here in the United States of America," President Barack Obama declared yesterday. He also signed an order directing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to review the denial of California's request to set its automobile mileage standards higher than those adopted by the federal government.
USDA Tries Pricing and Trading Environmental Benefits
Bringing ecosystem services out of the political realm and into the market would be welcome news
January 26, 2009No Biofuels Bailout
Farm energy pork wastes money and harms the environment
January 13, 2009If Congress decides that greenhouse gases are a big problem, it should stop trying to pick energy technology "winners" by subsidizing favored sectors, and instead end all subsidies and put all energy technologies on a level playing field. Congress should then set a price on carbon dioxide, and let the most affordable and most efficient energy technology win—be it wind, solar, clean coal, nuclear, or whatever.
California Air Resources Board Passes Costly Plan During Economic Crisis
State can utilize pay-as-you-drive and pay-as-you-save programs for inexpensive environmental improvements
December 22, 2008...pay-as-you-save programs for everything from major appliances to building retrofits can help individuals overcome the initial price hurdle of energy-efficiency upgrades in homes and businesses. These types of programs allow people to pay off the initial cost of such upgrades in installments, with the money they save on their utility bills. (And amidst the fiscal backdrop, the small loans entailed in such programs are as secure as they come.) Combined with the smarter metering and pricing currently being implemented by utility companies, consumers will soon have the means and the incentives to make more efficient energy decisions. Based on the results of pilot programs using smart meters, being able to see electricity prices at the time of use could prompt consumers to cut peak energy demand by 5 percent. Much more significant reductions are observed when these metering and pricing systems are used in conjunction with smarter thermostats and appliances.
Cars Disproportionately Blamed for Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Electricity, not transportation is responsible for the largest share of emissions
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- President Obama's Fuel Economy Standard Follies
Politicians want you to pay more when you drive. They just won't admit it.
Ronald Bailey
January 27, 2009 - USDA Tries Pricing and Trading Environmental Benefits
Bringing ecosystem services out of the political realm and into the market would be welcome news
Skaidra Smith-Heisters
January 26, 2009 - No Biofuels Bailout
Farm energy pork wastes money and harms the environment
Ronald Bailey
January 13, 2009 - California Air Resources Board Passes Costly Plan During Economic Crisis
State can utilize pay-as-you-drive and pay-as-you-save programs for inexpensive environmental improvements
Skaidra Smith-Heisters
December 22, 2008 - Cars Disproportionately Blamed for Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Electricity, not transportation is responsible for the largest share of emissions
Skaidra Smith-Heisters
August 12, 2008 - Technology, Not Transit, Is Key to Improving Mobility
Reducing impacts on the environment through innovation, not transit mandates
Samuel Staley
August 29, 2007 - Can Carbon Taxes Work in India?
More than half of India's economy is fueled by "dirty" fuels like coal and wood
Shikha Dalmia
April 30, 2007 - Burying Evidence
The Union of Concerned Scientists' unscientific claims about air pollution and health
Joel Schwartz
January 16, 2007 - Can Bill Ford Defeat His Green Goblins?
As automaker runs out of gas, nature bunny great-grandson steers into a hole
Shikha Dalmia
June 1, 2006 - Comments on Docket ID No. EPA—OAR—2001—0017, National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter
ohn Dale Dunn and Adrian Moore
April 17, 2006 - New York Times Whiffs on Air Pollution
News stories leave false impression about environment
Ronald Bailey
December 1, 2004 - California Dreamin'
State's environmental standards misguided
Kenneth Green
November 15, 2004 - Smog Hits Record Low in 2004
Lowest ozone smog levels since measurements began
Joel Schwartz
October 12, 2004 - Cleaning the Air in California
Plan to cut greenhouse gases is bad policy
Kenneth Green
September 22, 2004 - False Claim That Global Warming Will Increase Smog Levels
Deceptive studies harm science's credibility
Joel Schwartz
August 4, 2004 - More Highways, Less Pollution
New report ignores positive trends
Joel Schwartz
July 20, 2004 - Toxic Activism
Air pollution has been solved as a long-term problem
Joel Schwartz
July 8, 2004 - EPA's Make Work Project
Unleashing a new layer of Clean Air bureaucracy
Joel Schwartz
July 1, 2004 - State of the Scare, Once Again
American Lung Association report distorts
Steven Hayward and Joel Schwartz
May 3, 2004 - More Highways, More Pollution?
Air pollution decreases even as we drive more
Joel Schwartz
March 16, 2004 - Smart Growth Increases Pollution Woes
Kern County's smart growth is dumb choice
Joel Schwartz and Wendell Cox
August 10, 2003 - Clearing the Air
American air quality has improved dramatically
Joel Schwartz
July 1, 2003 - State of the Air Report
Four questions to ask American Lung Association
Joel Schwartz and Steven Hayward
April 1, 2003 - CO2 Emissions Trading
Creating a market for carbon dioxide emissions
Lynne Kiesling
October 23, 2002 - American Lung Association's Report Misleads Public
Pollution isn't getting worse
Kenneth Green
April 30, 2002 - Air Pollution and Mortality
Exaggerating risk no better than ignoring real air problems
Kenneth Green and Joel Schwartz
March 12, 2002 - Does Pollution Cause Ashtma?
Children exposed to current levels of pollution at virtually no risk of developing asthma
Joel Schwartz
February 20, 2002 - Stiffing California Motorists
Carbon dioxide law won't clean the air
Kenneth Green
February 5, 2002 - Grading the Graders
How advocacy groups mislead public on pollution
Joel Schwartz
December 6, 2001 - Evaluating the American Lung Association's State of the Air Report
Report overstates exposure
Joel Schwartz
May 4, 2001
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