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The Root Features Project 21 Commentary on Green Policies Hurting Blacks' Bottom Line
Project 21 Deneen Borelli has a new commentary that was published today on The Root, a black-focused web site jointly operated by The Washington Post and Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. of Harvard University... More...
We Didn't Ask for an Apology, Mr. Pickens
The following is our response to T. Boone Pickens' response when a reporter from the Detroit Free Press asked Mr. Pickens about the National Center's new paper... More...
Slavery Apology and Reparations Debate Neglects Pressing Matters of the Present Day
A commentary by Project 21 staff research associate Stephen Roberts about the reaction to a recent congressional apology for slavery was published by The Washington Times... More...
Public Employee Pensions Endangered by State Officials Playing Global Warming Politics, New Report Says
Already at-risk public employee pension funds are being placed at further risk by state officials lobbying for global warming regulation and by state officials who are ignoring the risks posed by such regulation, says a new report by Steve Milloy and Tom Borelli... More...
Top Corporate Watchdogs Form New Free Enterprise Project at National Center for Public Policy Research
The National Center for Public Policy Research is pleased to announce that the personnel and resources of the Free Enterprise Education Institute have joined the National Center for Public Policy Research... More...
Pickens Plan Requires More Digging
Key questions remain about the "Pickens Plan," an energy plan being promoted across the U.S. in an expensive marketing campaign by T. Boone Pickens... More...
The Pickens Plan: Questions Unanswered
On July 7, Texas billionaire T. Boone Pickens introduced the "Pickens Plan," an ambitious proposal to reduce dependence on foreign oil by one-third over the next ten years.... More...
Pensions in Peril: Are State Officials Risking Public Employee Retirement Benefits by Playing Global Warming Politics?
State and local pension fund administrators who promote or ignore global warming regulation may be contributing to undesirable economic conditions that will adversely impact the portfolios they manage... More...
Project 21 in Washington Times
Project 21 members and staff have been published in the Washington Times' op-ed page several times recently... More...
Cap and Trade Carbon Policies Could Increase Emissions, Says Justin Danhof
If Congress adopts cap and trade, it may not like the results, analyst warns... More...
Businesses Strike Back
Not every business takes an unfair tort system lying down... More...
Secure Their Livelihoods; Secure Their Votes
Theirs is a segregation without perpetrator or benefactor, but it is segregation nonetheless, says Reece Epstein... More...
Congress Investigates EPA for Following the Rules on Clean Water Act Enforcement
EPA adheres to Supreme Court decision on Clean Water Act; Representatives Waxman and Oberstar investigate... More...
Drill
To burst the oil bubble, just use a drill, says David Ridenour... More...
Clean Water Restoration Act Could Trigger Largest-Ever Expansion of Federal Powers Over Private Property
The Clean Water Restoration Act is less about protecting our nation's waters and more about expanding the federal government's power to regulate private property... More...
Weyrich: Congressional Hearings on Land Trusts Needed
Conservative leader Paul Weyrich calls upon Congress to hold hearings to expose the way conservation easements are being abused... More...
Ethanol: A Burden on the Poor
The red-hot Congressional love affair with the alternative fuel ethanol is starting to leave many supermarket customers feeling mighty blue, says David Ridenour... More...
Ethanol: The Fuel to Nowhere
Move over "bridge to nowhere," there's a new poster child of congressional waste and avarice - ethanol, the "fuel to nowhere," says David Ridenour... More...
America Only Oil-Producing Nation That Severely Limits Its Production
With demand for energy skyrocketing and supply subject to incessant instability, we have a clear imperative to develop American oil, says Reece Epstein... More...
Food Crises and Restrictive African Trade Practices
Thompson Ayodele links African food crises to inappropriate government agricultural policies that stifle the continent's great agricultural potential... More...
Farm-Belt Voters Favor Eliminating or Scaling Back Corn Ethanol Mandate, New Poll Finds; 76% of Americans Want Ethanol Law Changed; 41% Want Mandate Repealed Entirely
Most Americans, including those in the Farm Belt, want Congress to reduce or eliminate the corn ethanol mandate, according to a new poll released today by the National Center for Public Policy Research.... More...
Landowners Beware - The Government's Found a New Way to Control Your Land
Under the guise of making more land accessible for the public's use and providing tax relief for land-rich but cash-poor landowners, the government has found a convenient way to restrict the use of private land, says Dana Joel Gattuso... More...
Overwhelming Majority of Americans Oppose Cap and Trade
A National Center for Public Policy Research poll shows an overwhelming majority of Americans oppose the higher energy costs that cap and trade would impose... More...
Americans Reject Proposed Expansion of Clean Water Act, Poll Shows
A majority of Americans oppose the Oberstar/Feingold Clean Water Restoration Act, according to a survey by Wilson Research Strategies for the National Center for Public Policy Research... More...
Sportsmen Should Beware the Clean Water Restoration Act
Under the Clean Water Restoration Act, outdoor activities could be heavily regulated or restricted, says Peyton Knight... More...
Representatives of 53 Organizations Warn Congress, Public about Oberstar/Feingold Clean Water Restoration Act
Farm bureaus, manufacturers, sportsmen, taxpayer advocates, think-tanks and others express concern about expansion of federal power in Oberstar/Feingold legislation... More...
Global Warming Policies Cool Minority Economic Engines
For someone once considered "our first black president," Bill Clinton seems to have particular disregard for the economic well-being of minorities when it comes to energy, says Deneen Borelli... More...
Americans Cool to Global Warming Action: New Poll Finds
Nearly Half Wouldn't Be Willing to Pay Even a Penny More for Gasoline;
Opposition to Taxes Especially Strong Among Minorities
48% of Americans are unwilling to spend even a penny more in gasoline taxes to help reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new nationwide survey released by the National Center for Public Policy Research... More...
54% of Americans Reject Oberstar-Feingold Proposal to Expand Clean Water Act, Poll Finds
A majority of Americans oppose a proposal to expand the Clean Water Act, according to a poll released by the National Center for Public Policy Research.... More...
Oberstar and Feingold Bait-and-Switch: Deceptively-Named "Clean Water Restoration Act" Would Expand, Not Restore Federal Powers
A letter signed by over 100 people representing diverse interests and millions of Americans say the Clean Water Restoration Act would expand the Clean Water Act far beyond its original intent... More...
Congressional Black Caucus Shortchanging Poor and Minority Energy Consumers
Energy is the resource on which everything else depends. It makes our jobs, health and living standards possible, says civil rights leader Roy Innis... More...
"Medicare for All" Universal Health Care Would Not Solve the Problem of Rising Health Care Costs
Putting all Americans under Medicare would not solve this nation’s problem of rising health care costs, says David Hogberg, Ph.D... More...
Would Ronald Reagan Support the Law of the Sea Treaty If He Were President Today?
Supporters of the Law of the Sea Treaty have argued that President Reagan's only objection to the treaty was its deep seabed mining section. But was it? More...
Sweden's Single-Payer Health System Provides a Warning to Other Nations
Like other nations with a single-payer system, Sweden has rationed health care, reports David Hogberg, Ph.D... More...
Life Expectancy and Infant Mortality are Unreliable Measures for Comparing the U.S. Health Care System to Others
Some would have you believe we can determine the quality of the U.S. health care system by comparing infant mortality and life expectancy. Not so fast, says David Hogberg... More...
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