The Delicate Balance: Environment, Economics, Development | Spring 2000

Nuclear Weapons

Issues — Sat, 01 Apr 2000 05:00:00 +0000

Since India and then Pakistan exploded nuclear devices in May 1998, the world has been grappling with the consequences. In this hefty history of Indian nuclear policy from its origins until the… Read More

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The Endocrine Disrupter Hypothesis

Issues — Sat, 01 Apr 2000 05:00:00 +0000

Concerns about chemicals possibly affecting human and animal health through mimicry of or interference with normal hormonal processes (so-called “endocrine disruption”) have grown among environmental scientists and toxicologists and have increasingly been… Read More

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Paying for the Next Big One

Issues — Sat, 01 Apr 2000 05:00:00 +0000

Our system for financing recovery from natural disasters is in shambles. New policies that promote shared risk and responsibility are needed.

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Let Them Eat Pixels

Issues — Sat, 01 Apr 2000 05:00:00 +0000

President Clinton says, “Our big goal should be to make connection to the Internet as common as connection to telephones is today . . . We want to join with the private… Read More

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The Illusion of Integrated Pest Management

Issues — Sat, 01 Apr 2000 05:00:00 +0000

USDA and EPA struggled to come up with a workable definition of IPM and a suitable way to assess its level of adoption. This is not surprising, given the apparent confusion among… Read More

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Forum – Spring 2000

Issues — Sat, 01 Apr 2000 05:00:00 +0000

Airline deregulation
I agree with John R. Meyer and Thomas R. Menzies that the benefits of deregulation have been substantial (“Airline Deregulation: Time to Complete the Job” (Issues, Winter 2000).… Read More

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From the Hill – Spring 2000

Issues — Sat, 01 Apr 2000 05:00:00 +0000

Clinton again proposes big budget increases for NIH, NSF
President Clinton would boost total spending on federal research and development (R&D) by 3 percent to $85.3 billion in the fiscal year (FY)… Read More

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U.S. Fighter Modernization: An Alternative Approach

Issues — Sat, 01 Apr 2000 05:00:00 +0000

During the next few decades, the Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps plan to buy three new types of fighters, some 3,700 aircraft altogether, at a cost likely to reach nearly $340… Read More

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Can Peer Review Help Resolve Natural Resource Conflicts?

Issues — Sat, 01 Apr 2000 05:00:00 +0000

Congress, businesses, environmental organizations, and religious groups are all calling for peer review systems to resolve conflicts over the protection of this nation’s natural resources. A recent opinion poll found that 88… Read More

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Forging Environmental Markets

Issues — Sat, 01 Apr 2000 05:00:00 +0000

To achieve a truly sustainable environment, we must recognize that environmental improvement and economic growth can and do go hand in hand–that environmental improvement is a market just like any other. Indeed,… Read More

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