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Air Pollution

 
 How Toxic Was My Valley [link]
  Tech Central Station, April 4, 2006
 EPA's Faith-Based Pollution Standards [link]
   Tech Central Station, January 13, 2006
 Particle Civics  [link]
  Tech Central Station, January 4, 2006
 Air Pollution and Asthma [link]
   Tech Central Station, September 26, 2005
 Rethinking the California Air Resources Board's New 8-hour Ozone Standard [link]
   American Enterprise Institute, September 12, 2005
 Power Plant Pollution and Environmentalists' Power [link]
   Tech Central Station, September 1, 2005
 Inquinamento Atmosferico [Air Pollution] [link]
   Istituto Bruno Leoni, August 31, 2005
 What Charlotte Air Problem? [link]
   Charlotte Observer, August 29, 2005
 Hot Air on Clean Cars [link]
   Oregonian, August 12, 2005
 Smog and Mirrors [link]
   National Post (Canada), June 22, 2005
 Lung Association Chokes [link]
   John Locke Foundation, June 6, 2005
 Air Quality: Much Worse on Paper than in Reality [link]
   AEI Environmental Policy Outlook, May-June 2005
 Beware of Lung Association Alarmists [link]
   Orange County Register, May 20, 2005
 State of the Scare [link]
  
Tech Central Station, May 3, 2005
 2005 Index of Leading Environmental Indicators [link]
   American Enterprise Institute/Pacific Research Institute, April 2005
 Tunnel Vision: How Air Pollution Regulation Shortchanges Californians' Health
   and Welfare [link]

  Air & Waste Management Association Regional Conference, April 5, 2005
 Air Quality False Alarm: An Analysis of the Natural Resources Defense Council's
  Heat Advisory Report [link]

   March 24, 2005
 Clear Foolishness [link]
   Tech Central Station, March 23, 2005
 Ethanol and Air Quality in Minnesota [link]
   American Enterprise Institute, February 2005
 The New York Times Whiffs on Air Pollution [link]
   Tech Central Station, December 1, 2004
 Report Card on the Bush Administration's Air Quality Regulatory Policies
  and Performance [link]
   Property and Environment Research Center, October 2004
 Smog Hits A Record Low [link]
   Tech Central Station, October 12, 2004
 A Regulatory Analysis of EPA's Proposed Rule to Reduce Mercury Emissions from
  Utility Boilers [link]
   AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies, September 2004
 Finding Better Ways to Achieve Cleaner Air [link]
   AEI Environmental Policy Outlook, September-October 2004
 Clearing the Air in North Carolina [link]
   John Locke Foundation, August 2004
 Do 1,700 Torontonians Really Die Each Year from Air Pollution? [link]
   Fraser Forum, August 2004
 More Highways, Less Pollution [link]
   Tech Central Station, July 30, 2004
 Toxic Activism [link]
   Tech Central Station, July 7, 2004
 EPA's Make-Work Project [link]
  Tech Central Station, July 1, 2004

 State of the Scare, Once Again [link]
   American Enterprise Institute, April 30, 2004

 Air Quality in America: A Dose of Reality on Air Pollution Levels,
  Trends, and Health Risks [link]
   American Enterprise Institute, April 28, 2004
 Clearing the Air [link]
   Regulation, Summer 2003
 New Source of Confusion [link]
  Tech Central Station, August 27, 2003
 Public Interest Comment on EPA's Proposed Nonroad Engine
  and Fuel Standards [link]

   Mercatus Center, August 20, 2003
 Damn the Science, Full Speed Ahead [link]
  Tech Central Station, August 20, 2003
 Smart Growth Leads to More Road Congestion,
  Increases Community's Pollution Woes [link]

  Bakersfield Californian, August 10, 2003
 Public Interest Comment on EPA's Proposed Rule for Implementing the 8-hour Ozone Standard [link]
   Mercatus Center, August 1, 2003
 No Way Back: Why Air Pollution Will Continue to Decline [link]
   American Enterprise Institute, July 2003
 Comments on the California Energy Commission’s Report “Reducing California’s Petroleum Dependence” [link]
  Reason Public Policy Institute, June 6, 2003
 Comments on NRDC’s Testimony on Power Plant Regulation [link]
  Competitive Enterprise Institute, May 30, 2003
 Pollution Report Plays Numbers Game [link]
  Los Angeles Daily News, May 7, 2003
 State of the Scare [link]
  Tech Central Station, May 1, 2003
 Clear Skies, Hazy Logic [link]
  Tech Central Station, April 23, 2003
 Particulate Air Pollution: Weighing the Risks [link]
  Competitive Enterprise Institute, April 2003
 Mid-Term Report Card: Bush Administration’s Environmental Policy (Air Quality Section) [link]
  Political Economy Research Center, January 2003
 Air Pollution Con Game [link]
  Washington Times, September 13, 2002
 Don’t Blame Bay Area for Problems [link]
  Bakersfield Californian, June 16, 2002
 Tackle Traffic, Pollution Separately [link]
  Atlanta Journal-Constitution, May 25, 2002 
 ALA Misleads about Air Pollution [link]
  Health Facts and Fears, May 22, 2002
 Gasping at Straws [link]
  Las Vegas Review-Journal, May 5, 2002
 Muddy Statistics Dirty Air [link]
 
Tech Central Station, May 1, 2002
 How the American Lung Association’s “State of the Air 2002” Report Misleads the Public about Air Pollution and Health [link]
 
 Reason Public Policy Institute, April 30, 2002
 Hazy Logic Clouds State's Smog Wars [link]
  San Francisco Examiner, March 29, 2002
 Enhanced Smog Check and Bay Area Air Pollution Transport Fact Sheet [link]
  Reason Public Policy Institute, March 29, 2002
 Breathe Easier on Asthma-Air Pollution Link [link]
  National Center for Public Policy Analysis, March 21, 2002
 Air Pollution and Health: Interpreting the Newest Study Linking Particulate Air Pollution and Mortality [link]
  Reason Public Policy Institute, March 12, 2002
 Grading the Graders: How Advocacy Groups’  “Report Cards” Mislead the Public on Air Pollution and Urban Transport [link]
  Reason Public Policy Institute, December 6, 2001
 Ethanol Mandate: Forcing Outdated Technology that May Not Even Work [link]
  Reason Public Policy Institute, August 30, 2001
 New Study Distorts Health Benefits of Greenhouse Gas Reduction [link]
  Reason Public Policy Institute, August 21, 2001
 Electricity Crisis Short-Circuits Promising Environmental Program [link]
  Reason Public Policy Institute, June 13, 2001
 Autos and Air Pollution Should File for Divorce [link]
  Tech Central Station, May 15, 2001
 Breathe Easier: The American Lung Association’s Misleading "State of the Air 2001"
 [link]
 
 Reason Public Policy Institute, May 4, 2001
 I/M Programs: A Look at Where We've Been and Where We're Going [link]
  Presentation to the National Research Council I/M Panel, February 15, 2000
 Improving Evaluation of Mobile Source Policies (paper [link]; powerpoint [link])
 
 Presentation to the National Research Council Mobile Source Emissions Modeling Panel, March 4, 1999
 Remote Sensing of Vehicle Emissions: State of the Technology, Potential Applications,  Cost Estimates, and Recommendations [link]
  California I/M Review Committee, September 9, 1998
 Clarification of Misconceptions Regarding the Sacramento RSD Pilot Program [link]  
 
 California I/M Review Committee, March 31, 1995
 Reply to "EPA Summary Response to the California Review Committee Report on
 I/M Effectiveness [link]

  California I/M Review Committee, March 20, 1995
 An Analysis of the USEPA's 50-Percent Discount for Decentralized I/M Programs [link
 
 California I/M Review Committee, February 24, 1995