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• How the IPCC Reports Mislead the Public, Exaggerate the Negative Impacts of Climate Change and Ignore the Benefits of Economic Growth
  Study finds climate change panel ignores its own findings and pushes plans that will prolong poverty for developing nations
  Indur M. Goklany and Julian Morris
  December 7, 2011
• Impacts of Transportation Policies on Greenhouse Gas Emissions in U.S. Regions
  Comparing the cost and effectiveness transportation-related policies aimed at reducing CO2 emissions
  David T. Hartgen, M. Gregory Fields and Adrian Moore
  November 30, 2011
• Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Automobiles
  Examining technological and compact development strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
  Wendell Cox and Adrian Moore
  November 29, 2011
• Weathering Global Warming in Agriculture
  Population growth, world food supplies and minimizing climate change's impact on crops
  Douglas Southgate and Julian Morris
  November 3, 2011
• The Decline in Deaths from Extreme Weather, 1900–2010
  Aggregate mortality attributed to all extreme weather events globally has declined by 98% since the 1920s
  Indur M. Goklany and Julian Morris
  September 22, 2011
• The Year 2010 in Water & Wastewater Public-Private Partnerships
  Water and Wastewater Chapter of Annual Privatization Report 2010
  Leonard Gilroy and Harris Kenny
  March 10, 2011
• Privatization and Public-Private Partnership Trends in Local Government
  Local Government Privatization Chapter of Annual Privatization Report 2010
  Leonard Gilroy, Harris Kenny, Samuel Staley and Adam Summers
  February 23, 2011
• Privatization and Public-Private Partnership Trends in State Government
  State Government Privatization Chapter of Annual Privatization Report 2010
  Leonard Gilroy, Harris Kenny, Shirley Ybarra and Tyler Millhouse
  February 18, 2011
• Are Hydrogen Cars Good for America?
  Policy Study 363
  William J. Korchinski
  November 1, 2007
• The Bald Eagle's Worst Enemy: How Federal Law Pits Landowners Against Eagles
  Policy Brief 64
  Brian Seasholes
  June 1, 2007
• The Bald Eagle, DDT, and the Endangered Species Act: Examining the Bald Eagle's Recovery in the Contiguous 48 States
  Policy Brief 63
  Brian Seasholes
  June 1, 2007
• Detailing Foreign Management of US Infrastructure
  Leonard Gilroy and Adam Summers
  March 1, 2006
• Funding the National Park System
  Improving Services and Accountability with User Fees
  Adam Summers
  April 1, 2005
• Digging Our Way Out of the ANWR Morass
  A Performance-Based Approach to Protecting Habitat and Managing Resources
  Michael De Alessi
  March 1, 2005
• Conservation Through Private Initiative
  Harnessing American Ingenuity to Preserve Our Nation's Resources
  Michael De Alessi
  January 1, 2005
• Catching the Aquaculture Wave
  Michael De Alessi
  December 1, 2004
• Western Water Wars
  Efforts to Take Over San Francisco's Hetch Hetchy Systems
  Brian Browne
  August 1, 2004
• Overcoming Three Hurdles to IFQs in US Fisheries
  Michael De Alessi, Donald R. Leal and Pete Emerson
  April 1, 2004
• Alternate Framework for the US Commission on Ocean Policy
  Michael De Alessi
  April 1, 2004
• Frequently Asked Questions About Water / Wastewater Privatization
  Geoffrey Segal and Adrian Moore
  September 1, 2003
• Removing Muck with Markets
  A Case Study on Pollutant Trading for Cleaner Water
  Michael De Alessi
  August 1, 2003
• Saving Endangered Species Privately
  A Case Study of Earth Sanctuaries, Ltd.
  Michael De Alessi
  August 1, 2003
• Revisiting the Public Interest in Private Water
  Don S. Evans
  May 1, 2003
• Clearing the Air in California
  Adrian Moore and Joel Schwartz
  March 1, 2003
• "Pay-as-you-throw" Waste Management
  Answers to frequently asked questions
  Lisa Skumatz
  July 1, 2002
• Variable-Rate or Pay-as-you-throw Waste Management
  Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
  Lisa Skumatz
  July 1, 2002
• Long-term Contracting for Water and Wastewater Services
  Robin A. Johnson, John McCormally and Adrian Moore
  May 1, 2002
• Low-level Chemical Exposure Unlikely to Disrupt Endocrine System
  Joel Schwartz
  April 1, 2002
• Q&A About Forests and Global Climate Change
  Kenneth Green
  September 1, 2001
• Opening the Floodgates
  Why Water Privatization Will Continue
  Robin A. Johnson and Adrian Moore
  August 1, 2001
• Reducing Global Warming Through Forestry and Agriculture
  Steven Schroeder and Kenneth Green
  July 1, 2001
• Protecting the Children
  Risk Assessment, Risk Management, and Children's Environmental Health
  Gail Charnley
  June 1, 2001
• Managing for Results at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  A Report to the 43rd President and 107th Congress
  Carl DeMaio
  February 1, 2001
• Preparing for the Storm
  Preserving Water Resources with Stormwater Utilities
  Barrett P. Walker
  January 1, 2001
• Clearing the Air in Houston
  Innovative Strategies for Ozone Control and Air Quality
  Kenneth Green and Lisa Skumatz
  November 1, 2000
• E-brief 105
  Mopping up After a Leak: Setting the Record Straight on the "New" Findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
  Kenneth Green
  October 1, 2000
• Mopping up After a Leak
  Setting the Record Straight on the "New" Findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
  Kenneth Green
  October 1, 2000
• A Plain English Guide to Climate Change
  Kenneth Green
  August 1, 2000
• Phthalates and Human Health
  Demystifying the Risks of Plastic-Softening Chemicals
  Kenneth Green
  July 1, 2000
• Privatizing Landfills
  Market Solutions for Solid-waste Disposal
  Geoffrey Segal and Adrian Moore
  May 1, 2000
• No Intelligible Principles
  The EPA's Record in Federal Court
  Jonathan H. Adler
  May 1, 2000
• Environmental Flexibility in Action
  A Minnesota Case Study
  Christopher A. Hartwell and David W. Riggs
  January 1, 2000
• Rivers Among Us
  Local Watershed Preservation and Resource
  Michael Harrington and Christopher A. Hartwell
  October 1, 1999
• Seeking Safety in a Dangerous World
  Environmental Risk Reduction Framework for Policymakers
  Kenneth Green
  August 1, 1999
• Climate Change Policy Options and Impacts
  Kenneth Green
  February 1, 1999
• Simplify, Simplify
  Alternative Environmental Permitting at the State Level
  Christopher A. Hartwell
  February 1, 1999
• Environmental Information
  The Toxics Release Inventory, Stakeholder Participation, and the Right to Know - Part I
  Alexander Volokh, Kenneth Green and Lynn Scarlett
  December 1, 1998
• 13 Questions Asked About the Science of Climate Change
  Kenneth Green
  October 1, 1998
• Race to the Top
  The Innovative Face of State Environmental Management
  Alexander Volokh, Lynn Scarlett and Scott Bush
  February 1, 1998
• Evaluating the Kyoto Approach to Climate Change
  Kenneth Green
  February 1, 1998
• Plain English Guide to Climate Change
  Kenneth Green
  December 1, 1997
• Costs, Economic Impacts, and Benefits of EPA's Ozone and Particulate Standards
  Anne E. Smith
  June 1, 1997
• Packaging, Recycling, and Solid Waste
  Lynn Scarlett
  June 1, 1997
• Rethinking EPA's Proposed Ozone and Particulate Standards
  Kenneth Green
  June 1, 1997
• Estimating Fatalities Induced by Economic Impacts of EPA's Ozone and Particulate Standards
  Ralph Keeney and Kenneth Green
  June 1, 1997
• Checking up on smog-check
  A Critique of Traditional Inspection and Maintenance Programs
  Kenneth Green
  February 1, 1997
• Buying Green
  Consumers, Product Labels and the Environment
  Julian Morris and Lynn Scarlett
  November 1, 1996
• Nationwide Diversion Rate Study
  Quantitative Effects of Program Choices on Recycling and Green Waste Diversion
  Lisa Skumatz
  October 1, 1996
• Punitive Damages and Environmental Law
  Rethinking the Issues
  Alexander Volokh
  September 1, 1996
• Solid Waste Management
  A Guide for Competitive Contracting for Collection
  Lynn Scarlett and Joe Sloan
  September 1, 1996
• Environmental Enforcement
  In Search of Both Effectiveness and Fairness
  Alexander Volokh and Roger J. Marzulla
  August 1, 1996
• The Environmental Impact of Soil Contamination
  Bioavailability, Risk Assessment and Policy Implications
  Raymond C. Loehr
  August 1, 1996
• Key Issues in Environmental Risk Comparisons
  Removing Distortions and Insuring Fairness
  George M. Gray
  May 1, 1996
• How Government Building Codes and Construction Standards Discourage Recycling
  Alexander Volokh
  March 1, 1996
• Restructuring America's Water Industry
  Comparing Investor Owned and Government Water Systems
  Kathy Neal, Patrick J. Maloney, Jonas A. Marson and Tamer E. Francis
  January 1, 1996
• Defending Automobility
  A Critical Examination of the Environmental and Social Costs of Auto Use
  Kenneth Green
  December 1, 1995
• The FDA vs. Recycling
  Has Food Packaging Law Gone Too Far?
  Alexander Volokh
  October 1, 1995
• Recycling Hazardous Waste
  How RCRA has Recyclers Running Around in CERCLAS
  Alexander Volokh
  October 1, 1995
• Cleaning Up Superfund
  The Case for State Environmental Leadership
  J. Winston Porter
  September 1, 1995
• Solid Waste Recycling Costs
  Issues and Answers
  Lynn Scarlett
  August 1, 1995
• Redesigning CERCLA Liability
  An Analysis of the Issues
  Kathleen Segerson
  April 1, 1995
• Looking Beyond ECO
  Alternatives to Employer Based Trip Reductions
  Kenneth Green
  March 1, 1995
• Garbage by the Pound
  On the Streets
  Lisa Skumatz
  February 1, 1995
• Solid-Waste Management
  A Guide to Competitive Contracting For Collection
  Lynn Scarlett and Joe Sloan
  October 1, 1994
• Municipal Wastewater Treatment
  Privatization and Compliance
  Holly June Stiefel
  February 1, 1994
• Nuts and Bolts
  The Implications of Choosing Greenhouse-Gas Emission Reduction Strategies
  Steven J. Moss and Richard McCann
  November 1, 1993
• Global Warming
  The Greenhouse, White House, and Poorhouse Effects
  Steven J. Moss and Richard McCann
  September 1, 1993
• Water Marketing in California
  Past Experience, Future Prospects
  Richard W. Wahl
  July 1, 1993
• Contracting Water and Wastewater Utility Operations
  Roger Hartman
  June 1, 1993
• Variable Rates for Municipal Solid Waste
  Implementation, Experience, Economics, and Legislation
  Lisa Skumatz
  June 1, 1993
• Mandates or Incentives?
  Comparing Packaging Regulations with User Fees for Trash Collection
  Lynn Scarlett
  May 1, 1993
• Too Little Too Late? Host Community Benefits and Siting Solid Waste Facilities
  Rodney Fort and Lynn Scarlett
  April 1, 1993
• Water Utility Regulation
  Rates and Cost Recovery
  Patrick C. Mann
  March 1, 1993
• Privatizing Infrastructure
  Options for Municipal Water Supply Systems
  David Haarmeyer
  October 1, 1992
• Commuting, Congestion, and Pollution
  The Employer Paid Parking Connection
  Donald C. Shoup and Richard W. Willson
  September 1, 1992
• Do We Need a Federal Garbage Man?
  Kenneth Chilton
  March 1, 1992
• Integrated Waste Management
  Rethinking Solid Waste Problems and Policy Options
  Lynn Scarlett
  May 1, 1991
• Managing America's Garbage
  Alternatives and Solutions (Working Paper)
  Lynn Scarlett
  September 1, 1989
• Market Pricing for Air Pollution
  An Alternative to the AQMP
  Jo Ann Kwong
  March 1, 1989

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