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Deception & Misdirection, Green Watch
Icons, big animals, and the “cute”: Why environmentalists focus on polar bears
[Continuing Steven J. Allen's series on the use of deception in politics and public policy.] This year will mark the 40th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act, which passed the…
by Dr. Steven J. Allen on February 1, 2013

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What’s Next? Energy and the environment in President Obama’s second term
(Green Watch, January 2013 – PDF here) Re-elected and ineligible…
by Chris Prandoni, James M. Taylor on January 2, 2013

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The Environmental Movement vs. the Marcellus Shale
From the December 2012 issue of the Capital Research Center’s Green Watch: (PDF here) Environmentalists often depict themselves as scrappy underdogs fighting the power of entrenched special…
by Kevin Mooney, Dr. Steven J. Allen on December 11, 2012

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Green Jobs: How unions and environmentalists came together to damage the U.S. economy
From the November 2012 issue of the Capital Research Center’s Green Watch: (PDF here) The definition of “Green Jobs” is very slippery, especially in…
by Diana Furchtgott-Roth on November 7, 2012

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Scales over our eyes: Using graphs to frighten people about global warming
We’ve been led to believe that the earth faces a global warming catastrophe that will flood coastal cities, turn farmland into desert, and unleash the forces of nature to punish…
by Dr. Steven J. Allen on October 25, 2012

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The Green Pipeline
From the October 2012 issue of the Capital Research Center's Green Watch: (PDF here) The Keystone XL pipeline to transport Canadian oil to…
by Brian Seasholes on October 1, 2012

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Algae Energy — Dead in the Water?
(PDF here) In February, President Obama touted his plan to fund algae biofuel as a…
by Alison Morris on September 1, 2012

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Green Tides
(PDF) The Tides Foundation and Center have long been known as the place where foundations and even government agencies can send their money…
by Gretchen and Tom Randall on August 3, 2012

Featured Items, Green Watch
Attack of the Scare Ads!
(Green Watch, July 2012 - PDF here) Since Barack Obama took office in January 2009, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a suite of anti-coal regulations,…
by William Yeatman on July 2, 2012

Green Watch, Monthly Notes
June 2012 Green Notes
Forget the Taliban, China, or a nuclear Iran. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told a gathering of the Environmental Defense Fund in Washington, DC on May 2nd that he’s worried about…
by Matt Patterson on June 1, 2012