AEI.Org: Scholar: Steven F. Hayward

The Berlin Wall, 20 Years Later

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100

The occasion of remembering the fall of the Wall is a fitting time to recall the broader sweep of events that surrounded it.

Is Conservatism Brain-Dead?

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100

The leading conservative figures of our time are now drawn from mass media, and conservatism has been reduced to sound bites.

Environmental Justice

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0100

The Van Jones case illustrates the confluence of the environmental and civil rights movements in a way that exposes the senescence of both.

No: Alternatives Are Simply Too Expensive

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Alternatives to traditional energy sources are still too expensive.

Energy Independence, Security? How about Energy Realism?

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Even with major increases in efficiency and conservation efforts, the world must triple its energy supplies over the next forty years.

In the Eye of the Beholder

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Resident scholar Steven F. Hayward addresses whether President Barack Obama is a socialist.

The Reagan Revolution and Its Discontents

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Reagan remains the beau ideal of a modern conservative statesman, whose skills and insights are worthy of the closest study and emulation.

Right Stuff

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Patrick Allitt's inclusive history is a solid and worthy contribution to the growing literature about conservatism, but it will still leave many observers scratching their heads.

Reagan vs. Obama: A Test for the News Media

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Will the media's penchant for accentuating the negative prevail over its pro-Obama sentiments?

Obama: The New Reagan?

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Placed next to Reagan, Obama presents a picture of a politician with formidable gifts and vision, but weak and indecisive leadership.

Make Mine Malaise

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100

More than a few observers have pointed out that President Obama and the Democrats in Congress seem determined to repeat the errors of the 1970s by returning to inflationary spending, tax increases, auto company bailouts and cuts to the defense budget while coddling dictators who hate America.

Rethinking the Reagan Mystique

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

There was no Reagan "mystique"--study him closely and you see that he worked very hard at becoming a good politician, and part of that was concealing just how hard he worked at it.

Reagan's Unfinished Agenda

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

The Right should ask itself why what was called "the Reagan Revolution" twenty-five years ago is being apparently swept away with such ease by President Obama.

Governor Girly-Man

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Arnold Schwarzenegger caves to the Democrats as his state drowns in red.

All the Leaves Are Brown

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100

The environment and earth sciences aisle of any bookstore is usually a tour of titles that cover the narrow range from dismay to despair.

Who's in Charge

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Steven F. Hayward reviews Presidential Command: Power, Leadership and the Making of Foreign Policy from Richard Nixon to George W. Bush, by Peter W. Rodman.

Obama Misreads His Mandate

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Reagan did not assume his landslide was a license for whatever he wanted.

Bill and Ron

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Steven F. Hayward reviews William F. Buckley Jr.'s final book, The Reagan I Knew.

Give 'em Hell, Sarah

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Like Harry Truman, Sarah Palin is a natural-born executive.

Was Churchill a Zionist?

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Steven F. Hayward reviews Martin Gilbert's Churchill and the Jews: A Lifelong Friendship, and Michael Makovsky's Churchill's Promised Land: Zionism and Statecraft.

The Real Cost of Tackling Climate Change

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100

There has been a strong push to lower the amount of greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

Happy Earth Day

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Enormous environmental progress has been made since the first Earth Day in 1970--so much that the public may soon get bored with the issue.

Who's Fascist Now?

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0100

The irony of the left's favorite epithet.

Green Death?

Mon, 31 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0100

An attempt to break out of the rut of contemporary environmental politics is more likely to receive serious consideration from the Right than from the Left.

Cooler Heads Prevail

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0100

A new book on climate change.

Environmental Gore

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Al Gore's Nobel Peace Prize is likely to be the high water mark of climate-change hysteria.

Replacing Reagan

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0100

The current Republican candidates are incapable of effectively leading individually.

The Oswald Effect

Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0100

A new book diligently linksthe downfall of American liberalism to the assassination of former president John F. Kennedy.

Beyond the Myth

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0100

The Forgotten Man grasps the meaning, realities, and particularities of the Great Depression as no revisionist text has ever done.

The Other J.C.

Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0100

A new book by former president Jimmy Carter reveals the full extent of his character flaws and tendency to mislead readers.

Our Hero

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0100

William F. Buckley Jr.was presented today with the Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom by the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation.

An Inconvenient Truth or Convenient Fiction?

Mon, 21 May 2007 00:00:00 +0100

In an interview, Hayward outlines reforms that will lead to true environmental improvement.

Q: Energy Independence

Thu, 17 May 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Energy independence may be a hollow slogan, but "energy security" is something we can achieve.

Eco-Solutions

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Do nottell us what kind of light bulbs to use or cars to drive. Let consumers chose from among a diversified supply of energy sources.

Correspondence

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Gore on the Rocks

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 01:00:00 +0100

Former vice president Al Gore's global warming claims may be too extreme.

Scenes from the Climate Inquisition

Mon, 19 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Green and Hayward respond to the chilling effect of the global warming consensus.

The Liberal Republicanism of Gordon Wood

Fri, 26 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0100

What virtues exist in liberal historian Gordon Wood's books?

Happy Warriors

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0100

A review of The President, the Pope, and the Prime Minister by John O'Sullivan.

The Liberal Republicanism of Gordon Wood

Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0100

R.I.P.: Leonard W. Levy

Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Model Ford

Wed, 27 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0100

In hindsight we can now appreciate just how well Gerald Ford served his country.

Time's Up

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0100

A National Review Online symposium asks: "Is it all about you? Or them?"

Acclimatizing

Mon, 22 May 2006 00:00:00 +0100

The crusade to fight global warming with tough reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions has entered its war-room phase.

The Grand Alliance

Wed, 10 May 2006 00:00:00 +0100

A Review of Churchill and America.

The Grand Alliance

Wed, 10 May 2006 00:00:00 +0100

A Review of Churchill and America.

China Comes Clean

Fri, 21 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0100

China has indeed reached a tipping point on the environment--the point at which it begins to make environmental improvements.

Pious the First

Mon, 20 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0100

A review of Jimmy Carter's Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis.

Climate of Uncertainty

Mon, 27 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Climate change is heating up again in American politics, the result of an orchestrated campaign to push the issue to the forefront.

Blessed Are the Greens?

Fri, 10 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0100

The tentative collaboration of evangelicals and environmentalists may provide a path out of the rut of current popular environmental discourse.

The Fog Lifts

Fri, 20 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0100

The twenty-fifth anniversary of Ronald Reagan's first inauguration coincides with a renewal of concern about the intentions of Iran.

A Progressive's Progress

Wed, 01 Jun 2005 00:00:00 +0100

A review of Love, Poverty, and War: Journeys and Essays by Christopher Hitchens.

Reagan in Retrospect

Mon, 23 May 2005 00:00:00 +0100

A review of Gil Troy's Morning in America: How Ronald Reagan Invented the 1980s and John Ehrman's The Eighties: America in the Age of Reason.

The Tide Has Turned

Sat, 14 May 2005 00:00:00 +0100

The lesson of the past century has been that environmental progress depends on economic and technological progress, which are best produced by dynamic markets.

Where's the Rest of Him?

Mon, 09 May 2005 00:00:00 +0100

A review of Victor Navasky's A Matter of Opinion.

Earthly Illuminations

Fri, 22 Apr 2005 00:00:00 +0100

What are you doingfor Earth Day?

Cooled Down

Mon, 31 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0100

Climate change is a legitimate issue, but between the shabby way environmentalists and the Left exploit it, and the faulty record of so many past predictions of the eco-apocalypse, deep skepticism remains the sensible default position.

Cooled Down

Mon, 31 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0100

The global warming hype is running out of (greenhouse?) gas, as it very much deserves.

A Bull Market for Donkey Shares?

Wed, 29 Dec 2004 00:00:00 +0100

The authorcompares the Democratic Party's recent performance to that of popular stocks.

Reagan As Pundit

Mon, 08 Nov 2004 00:00:00 +0100

Review of Reagan's Path to Victory, edited by Kiron K. Skinner, Anderson, and Anderson.

How Reagan Became Reagan

Wed, 01 Sep 2004 00:00:00 +0100

How did Ronald Reagan see that liberalism's lack of a limiting principle would be its undoing, especially since the most severe derelictions of liberalism lay in the future?

No Good

Tue, 27 Jul 2004 00:00:00 +0100

A Lion Like Churchill

Mon, 28 Jun 2004 00:00:00 +0100

While RonaldReagan will be compared to Franklin D. Roosevelt because he represented a turning away from New Deal liberalism, he deserves to begroupedwith Winston Churchill.

Reagan Casts Big Shadow with Achievements

Sat, 12 Jun 2004 00:00:00 +0100

Like Franklin D. Roosevelt, RonaldReagan upended the near-monopoly of theDemocratic Party on the nation's political life.

Reagan Believed Himself to Be Heir

Tue, 08 Jun 2004 00:00:00 +0100

President Reagan will be remembered as one of the most influential presidents of the twentieth century.

Reagan, in Short

Mon, 07 Jun 2004 00:00:00 +0100

Whetherone liked his views or not, Ronald Reagan could be a genial person and govern effectively too.

Making Our Best Days Possible

Sat, 05 Jun 2004 00:00:00 +0100

The author remembers Ronald Reagan.

Global-Warming Film

Thu, 27 May 2004 00:00:00 +0100

The Day After Tomorrow transforms the worst-case scenarios of climate change into the apocalypse.

Jimmy's Party

Fri, 21 May 2004 00:00:00 +0100

Far from being a marginal figure in the Democratic Party, Jimmy Carter is the pivotal influence in moving Democratic Party liberalism away from Cold War realism.

State of the Scare, Once Again

Mon, 03 May 2004 01:00:00 +0100

The American Lung Association's "State of the Air 2004" continues to inflate air pollution levels and health risks inorder to maintain an unwarranted climate of public fear.

The Earth Is Half Full

Thu, 22 Apr 2004 00:00:00 +0100

Don't Worry, Be Happy

Thu, 22 Apr 2004 00:00:00 +0100

The United States hasbeen so successful in improving environmental quality in recent years that we should be celebrating, not despairing.

Correspondent-in-Chief

Thu, 01 Apr 2004 00:00:00 +0100

Review of Reagan: A Life in Letters, edited by Kiron K. Skinner, Annelise Anderson, and Martin Anderson.

Emissions Down, Smog Up

Fri, 13 Feb 2004 00:00:00 +0100

State regulators have resisted replacing their inspection programs with on-road testing, yetthere is no other means to more substantial, rapid, or inexpensive improvements in air quality.

Examining Our Environment

Sun, 04 Jan 2004 00:00:00 +0100

Know-nothingism and doomsaying about the poor state of the environment is more profitable, and it gets better headlines.

Governor!

Mon, 27 Oct 2003 00:00:00 +0100

The weird and improbable event that is Arnold Schwarzenegger's election.

Cannon Salutes

Wed, 01 Oct 2003 00:00:00 +0100

The Once-a-Decade Crisis

Mon, 15 Sep 2003 00:00:00 +0100

California can get well--and stay well--with sensible, though politically difficult, reforms.

Hillary's Makeover

Mon, 01 Sep 2003 00:00:00 +0100

Review of Living History, by Hillary Rodham Clinton, and The Clinton Wars, by Sidney Blumenthal.

Arnold's Wild State

Mon, 01 Sep 2003 00:00:00 +0100

It looks like Gray Davis could well go down in history as the one Democrat even less popular than Al Gore.

Commander-In-Chief

Sun, 01 Jun 2003 00:00:00 +0100

Bandito!

Mon, 12 May 2003 00:00:00 +0100

Review of Searching for Joaquin: Myth, Murieta, and History in California by Bruce Thornton.

State of the Scare

Thu, 01 May 2003 01:00:00 +0100

State of the Air is designed to generate alarming headlines rather than provide the media and the public with accurate information on air pollution.

A Sensible Environmentalism

Sat, 22 Mar 2003 00:00:00 +0100

Theidea of sustainable development has been around for nearly two decades, but its vagueness has kept it from being a useable guide for policy.

Reagan's Triumph

Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 +0100

Reagan, Lott, and Race Baiting

Thu, 19 Dec 2002 00:00:00 +0100

Give'em Hell, George

Sun, 01 Dec 2002 00:00:00 +0100

The Triple Bottom Line

Sun, 08 Sep 2002 00:00:00 +0100

California CO2 Bill's Unintended Consequences

Wed, 31 Jul 2002 00:00:00 +0100

Law Cutting Tailpipe Emissions Means Higher Prices, Less Choice for Calif. Motorists

Wed, 24 Jul 2002 00:00:00 +0100

Law of Unintended Consequences is the most frequently enacted statute in America, and the perverse outcome of well-intentioned lawmaking is on full display in California at the moment.

Out-FOXing the Media

Sat, 01 Jun 2002 01:00:00 +0100

America's Environmental Rebirth

Fri, 01 Mar 2002 00:00:00 +0100

Ask a cross section of informed citizens to identify the single largest public-policy success story in America in recent decades, and most will probably answer crime and welfare.

Greens Feeling a Little Blue

Sun, 27 Jan 2002 00:00:00 +0100

Sept. 11 depreciated the claim that the ruin of the environment is the single most urgent threat facing civilization, and it deprived them of their favorite whipping boy--the Bush administration.

Smoke and Smearers

Mon, 30 Oct 2000 00:00:00 +0100

Environmental quality in Texas has improved under Governor Bush by virtually every useful measure.

The Age of Reagan

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0100

The long-awaited second volume in a classic of presidential history.

Index of Leading Environmental Indicators 2009

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100

This annual report highlights significant environmental developments and milestones in the United States and worldwide.

Index of Leading Environmental Indicators 2008

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100

The 2008 Index concentrates on energy and environmental linkages among the leading developed and developing nations.

Air Quality in America

Mon, 31 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Schwartz and Hayward offer an alternative analysis of air pollution levels, trends, and prospects in metropolitan areas across the United States.

Index of Leading Environmental Indicators 2007

Tue, 24 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0100

As it has done over the past dozen years, the Index of Leading Environmental Indicators shines a spotlight on, and deepens Americans' understanding of, environmental progress.

Index of Leading Environmental Indicators 2006

Thu, 13 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0100

This edition of the Index highlights the positive trends occurring in key areas including climate change, air quality, water quality, toxic chemicals, and biodiversity in the United States.

Greatness

Tue, 04 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0100

This book reveals the remarkable--and remarkably importantant--similaties between Ronald Reagan and Winston Churchill.

Index of Leading Environmental Indicators 2005

Thu, 21 Apr 2005 00:00:00 +0100

This edition of the Index reveals that environmental quality continues to improve in many key areas, including air pollution, mercury emissions, wetlands, and forestlands.

The Real Jimmy Carter

Sat, 01 May 2004 00:00:00 +0100

President Jimmy Carterhas been given a dangerously free pass by historians.

Churchill on Leadership

Sat, 01 May 2004 00:00:00 +0100

This book examines, for the first time, Winston Churchill's executive side. Here he is portrayed not as a mythic historical figure but rather as a role model for today's executives and managers.

2004 Index of Leading Environmental Indicators

Wed, 14 Apr 2004 00:00:00 +0100

This bookexamines government data on numerous environmental conditions, most of which show consistent improvement.

2003 Index of Leading Environmental Indicators

Mon, 21 Apr 2003 00:00:00 +0100

Contrary to the public's perception of negative environmental trends, little-noticed government data suggest considerable progress in recent decades.

The Age of Reagan, 1964-1980

Sat, 01 Sep 2001 00:00:00 +0100

This book brings to life the tumultuous decade and a half that preceded Ronald Reagan's ascent to the White House.

U.S.-India Relations: Regional Security and Energy Cooperation

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:00:00 +0100

The New Progressivism?

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:30:00 +0100

Rebuilding the Ark: New Perspectives on ESA Reform

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:00:00 +0100

The Reagan Revolution and Its Discontents

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:30:00 +0100

Rendezvous with Destiny: A Panel on Ronald Reagan

Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:00:00 +0100

Presidential Command

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:00:00 +0100

Deconstructing the Republic: Voting Rights, the Supreme Court, and the Founders' ...

Fri, 02 May 2008 13:15:00 +0100

Energy Independence: Good Goal or Muddled Myth?

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:00:00 +0100

The Obama Challenge

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:30:00 +0100

The "Right" Books: The Past, Present, and Future of Conservatism

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:00:00 +0100

Environmental Forecasting and the Policy Process

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:00:00 +0100

Where To Next for Air Pollution Policy?

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:45:00 +0100

Camelot and the Cultural Revolution: How the Assassination of John F. ...

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:00:00 +0100

Where We Stand: A Surprising Look at the Real State of Our Planet

Mon, 05 Nov 2007 10:00:00 +0100

Darwinism and Conservatism: Friends or Foes?

Thu, 03 May 2007 09:00:00 +0100

Ronald Reagan: Fate, Freedom, and the Making of History

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 16:00:00 +0100

Ethanol: Boon or Boondoggle?

Wed, 08 Nov 2006 09:30:00 +0100

Is Nuclear Power a Solution to Global Warming and Rising Energy Prices?

Fri, 06 Oct 2006 10:00:00 +0100

Clean Development and Climate

Mon, 22 May 2006 13:00:00 +0100

The Fate of the Earth

Tue, 16 May 2006 09:30:00 +0100

Why Do Incumbent Senators Win?

Fri, 18 Nov 2005 10:00:00 +0100

The Economics of Climate Change

Thu, 06 Oct 2005 11:00:00 +0100

The New New Left: How American Politics Works Today

Wed, 08 Jun 2005 17:30:00 +0100

Time for the Environment's Annual Checkup

Wed, 20 Apr 2005 10:00:00 +0100

The Bottomless Well

Thu, 10 Feb 2005 11:30:00 +0100

Bullish on Bush

Mon, 20 Dec 2004 12:00:00 +0100

A Review of the Economic Foundations of Climate Change Models

Tue, 16 Nov 2004 09:00:00 +0100

American Economic Way

Fri, 22 Oct 2004 08:00:00 +0100

Air Quality in America

Wed, 28 Apr 2004 10:00:00 +0100

The Bushes

Tue, 27 Apr 2004 10:00:00 +0100

Time for the Environment's Annual Checkup

Wed, 21 Apr 2004 10:00:00 +0100

Ronald Reagan

Tue, 01 Jul 2003 09:00:00 +0100

The Real Environmental Crisis

Thu, 08 May 2003 18:00:00 +0100

Time for the Environment's Annual Checkup

Mon, 21 Apr 2003 10:00:00 +0100

The State of the Nation's Ecosystems

Wed, 22 Jan 2003 11:00:00 +0100

Ronald Reagan

Thu, 16 Jan 2003 17:00:00 +0100

Reagan's War and the War on Terrorism

Wed, 13 Nov 2002 14:00:00 +0100

Earth Day 2002: Status and Trends in Environmental Quality

Mon, 22 Apr 2002 10:00:00 +0100

Earth Day Thirty Years On

Thu, 20 Apr 2000 09:30:00 +0100

Growing U.S. Trade in Green Technology

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100

The two main issues that should be considered when assessing the prospects for increased export potential for American energy technology are the actual dynamics of the present market environment and the cross-cutting factors that will come to bear on how trade flows will unfold in the real world.

The Reagan Revolution and Its Discontents

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Over the last decade, many conservatives have forgotten aspects of the Reagan presidency that disappointed or frustrated them to various degrees.

Kyoto and the Constitution

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100

The climate change issue highlights the constitutional defects of the modern administrative state.

Consumer Protection Policies in Climate Legislation

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent by 2050 essentially requires replacing the entire energy infrastructure of the United States over the next four decades.

The Unseriousness of Climate Change Policy

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Contrary to some rhetoric, climate change cannot be solved by decree; there are revolutionary--albeit controversial--ways to address the problem.

The Use and Abuse of Churchill in History

Sat, 02 Sep 2006 01:00:00 +0100

Nietzsche's framework for understanding the use and abuse of history are helpful in reflecting on some of the contemporary uses to which Churchill’s memory is now put.

Is "Conservative Environmentalist" an Oxymoron?

Mon, 20 Jun 2005 00:00:00 +0100

Why can't conservatives and conservationists get along?

Elevation of the EPA to Department Level Status

Fri, 06 Jun 2003 00:00:00 +0100

Putting the EPA on commensurate footing with other cabinet agencies will make it more accountable to the President, informative to the public, and efficient in its operations.

The Conservative Movement Since 1950

Thu, 01 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0100

The time has come for a representative of the next generation of interpreters or advocates of the conservative cause to step forward and take the reins.

Waxman-Markey: An Exercise in Unreality

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Waxman-Markey is a bundle of contradictions.

The United States and the Environment: Laggard or Leader?

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0100

The consistent improvement in America's energy efficiency is an untold and underappreciated long-term story.

Politics Posing as Science

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0100

The IPCC moves too slowly and its reports omit too much recent evidence on key climate variables to provide up-to-date input into climate policy debates.

Climate Change: Caps vs. Taxes

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Which climate policy approach will succeed the Kyoto Protocol: cap-and-trade or a carbon tax?

The Fate of the Earth in the Balance

Thu, 19 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0100

A close reading of Al Gore’s views on the linkages between environmental issues and broader social and philosophical currents reveals their problematic political and policy implications.

Fate of the World Redux

Sun, 19 Mar 2006 23:00:00 +0100

The UN Millennium Ecosystem Assessment inclusion of human resiliency and adaption suggests that it may represent a turning point from old-style Malthusian fatalism on the environment.

The China Syndrome and the Environmental Kuznets Curve

Wed, 21 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0100

Recent environmental news out of China has lent new momentum to the gloomy view of China's environmental future amidst its rush for economic growth, butthe gloom may be overstated.

Katrina and the Environment

Fri, 23 Sep 2005 00:00:00 +0100

The issue of hurricanes and climate change--a linkage not established in current climate science--distracts from the most significant environmental lessons of the Katrina disaster.

A Cross of Green?

Fri, 01 Jul 2005 00:00:00 +0100

What do environmentalists and evangelicals share in common, and how can they learn from each other?

Climate Change Science

Tue, 15 Feb 2005 00:00:00 +0100

Perhaps the time has come to consider competition as the means of checking the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's monopoly and generating more reliable climate science.

That Old Time Religion

Sun, 31 Oct 2004 23:00:00 +0100

A slew of environmental books in 2004 is testimony to the persistence of environmental apocalyticism, despite environmental progress in the United States and the developing world.

Changing All the Rules, Ignoring All the Facts on New Source Review

Sat, 01 May 2004 00:00:00 +0100

New Source Review is going to be the red herring environmental issue for 2004's presidential campaign.

Emissions Down, Smog Up. Say What?

Thu, 01 Jan 2004 00:00:00 +0100

Acloser look at the data reveals that high ozone levels are found to be occurring on weekends, when emissions of nitrogen oxides are often 40 percent lower than weekdays.

Environmental Justice

Fri, 31 Oct 2003 23:00:00 +0100

Environmental justice seeks to integrate civil rights concerns with environmental regulation, but much of the research purporting to show racial bias in environmental regulation is slipshod.

Making Sense of "New Source Review"

Tue, 01 Jul 2003 00:00:00 +0100

The Environmental Protection Agency hasannounceda controversial decisionto reopen public hearings over its proposed changes to the Clean Air Act's New Source Review regulations.

Eco-Hysteria Then and Now

Sun, 01 Jun 2003 00:00:00 +0100

Many current criticisms over the George W.Bush administration environmental policyare founded on data from the Reagan administration in the 1980s.

New Doubts about the Dominant Climate Change Models

Mon, 31 Mar 2003 23:00:00 +0100

Scientists question the methodology by which the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has made its long-term estimates of man-made carbon dioxide emissions for the twenty-first century.

A Blow to Chemophobia

Sat, 01 Mar 2003 00:00:00 +0100

While we need several more years of data to resolve questions about many chemicals, the early results suggest that fears of human exposure to chemicals are exaggerated and unwarranted.

Lomborg Gets the Galileo Treatment

Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 +0100

Bjørn Lomborg's real sin is environmental incorrectness.

Fading Green

Sun, 01 Dec 2002 00:00:00 +0100

Despite vigorous public support for environmental protection, the environment is a decisive issue for only a tiny segment of the electorate.

The State of the Nation's Ecosystems

Thu, 31 Oct 2002 23:00:00 +0100

The State of the Nation's Ecosystems analyzes environmental trends, provides a check-up on environmental conditions and identifies problems in assessing environmental trends.

The New Corporate Balance Sheet

Tue, 01 Oct 2002 00:00:00 +0100

Numerous corporations have embraced the concept of the triple bottom line: financial, environmental, and social.

Sustainable Development in the Balance

Thu, 01 Aug 2002 00:00:00 +0100

This issue of the Environmental Policy Outlook examines some basic aspects of sustainable development and reviews recent attempts to quantify the sustainability of the world economy.

AEI's Environmental Policy Outlook

Mon, 01 Jul 2002 00:00:00 +0100

This issue introduces the Environmental Policy Outlook, a monthly essay on trends and controversies in environmental policy.

Scenes from the Climate Inquisition

Thu, 22 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100

A growing worldwide effort to stifle anyone with doubts about the proposed causes of global warming is proving to be very troubling.

Acclimatizing

Mon, 12 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0100

The campaign to fight global warming--often based on exaggerations and conjecture rather than science--obscures effective steps that could be taken to address the issue.