Joel Schwartz, Author at Reason Foundation

Joel Schwartz is a Senior Fellow in the Environment Program at Reason Foundation. Before joining Reason, Joel was the Executive Ofï¬cer of the California Inspection and Main-tenance Review Committee, the state agency charged with evaluating California's Smog Check program and advising the legislature and governor on Smog Check policy. Joel previously worked as a Senior Policy Analyst with the Legislative Analyst's Ofï¬ce in Sacramento, con-sulted for the RAND Corporation and the South Coast Air Quality Management District, and served as the ï¬rst Staff Scientist at the Coalition for Clean Air, in Los Angeles. Joel earned a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry from Cornell Uni-versity and a Master of Science in Planetary Science from the California Institute of Technology. He lives in Sacra-mento, California.

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Burying Evidence

The Union of Concerned Scientists' unscientific claims about air pollution and health

Commentary by Joel Schwartz January 16, 2007
Let’s Pretend

Faulty smart growth survey is misleading

Commentary by Joel Schwartz October 22, 2004
Smog Hits Record Low in 2004

Lowest ozone smog levels since measurements began

Commentary by Joel Schwartz October 12, 2004
False Claim That Global Warming Will Increase Smog Levels

Deceptive studies harm science's credibility

Commentary by Joel Schwartz August 4, 2004
More Highways, Less Pollution

New report ignores positive trends

Commentary by Joel Schwartz July 20, 2004
Toxic Activism

Air pollution has been solved as a long-term problem

Commentary by Joel Schwartz July 8, 2004
EPA’s Make Work Project

Unleashing a new layer of Clean Air bureaucracy

Commentary by Joel Schwartz July 1, 2004
State of the Scare, Once Again

American Lung Association report distorts

Commentary by Steven Hayward and Joel Schwartz May 3, 2004
More Highways, More Pollution?

Air pollution decreases even as we drive more

Commentary by Joel Schwartz March 16, 2004
Smart Growth Increases Pollution Woes

Kern County's smart growth is dumb choice

Commentary by Joel Schwartz and Wendell Cox August 10, 2003
Clearing the Air

American air quality has improved dramatically

Commentary by Joel Schwartz July 1, 2003
Resurrection of Ethanol Mandates

Oxygenates offer no environmental benefits

Commentary by Joel Schwartz June 10, 2003
Reducing California’s Petroleum Dependence

EC/CARB AB 2076 Report would hurt state

Commentary by Joel Schwartz and Lynne Kiesling June 10, 2003
State of the Air Report

Four questions to ask American Lung Association

Commentary by Joel Schwartz and Steven Hayward April 1, 2003
Clearing the Air in California

Policy Brief by Adrian Moore and Joel Schwartz March 1, 2003
Why the Centers for Disease Control Hates the Suburbs

Public health community is wrong about suburbs

Commentary by Joel Schwartz July 30, 2002
Extended Producer Responsibility

Reexamining its Role in Environmental Progress

Policy Study by Joel Schwartz and Dana Joel Gattuso June 1, 2002
Air Pollution and Mortality

Exaggerating risk no better than ignoring real air problems

Commentary by Kenneth P. Green and Joel Schwartz March 12, 2002