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Download PowerPoint presentation Presentation to the Pennsylvania House Committee on Environmental Resources and Energy. Preview of Findings Reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 7 percent below 1990 levels would cost Pennsylvania state government $440 million a year. The slower economic growth due to higher energy ...

Philanthropists who want to make the world a better place to live have many choices of worthy groups and causes. One of those opportunities is to contribute to nonprofit public policy think tanks, organizations devoted to studying public policy issues (such as taxes, environmental protection, and school reform) and bringing their ...

This analysis, revised and updated to reflect national and local changes during the past two years, finds the case for municipal ownership of broadband networks is even weaker than it was then. Broadband services that were scarce two years ago are now plentiful and reasonably priced. New data from communities that attempted ...

State greenhouse gas programs aimed at reducing emissions to 7 percent less than 1990 levels could cost the average state government $3.2 billion in direct expenses and lost revenues, or 28.6 percent of an average state government’s entire 2001 revenues. Consumers would have to pay even more: approximately $10,000 a year per ...

State greenhouse gas programs aimed at reducing emissions to 7 percent less than 1990 levels could cost the average state government $3.2 billion in direct expenses and lost revenues, or 28.6 percent of an average state government’s entire 2001 revenues. Consumers would have to pay even more: approximately $10,000 a year per ...

State greenhouse gas programs aimed at reducing emissions to 7 percent less than 1990 levels could cost the average state government $3.2 billion in direct expenses and lost revenues, or 28.6 percent of an average state government’s entire 2001 revenues. Consumers would have to pay even more: approximately $10,000 a year per ...

State greenhouse gas programs aimed at reducing emissions to 7 percent less than 1990 levels could cost the average state government $3.2 billion in direct expenses and lost revenues, or 28.6 percent of an average state government s entire 2001 revenues. Consumers would have to pay even more: approximately $10,000 a year per ...

Download PowerPoint presentation The real goal of environmental activists calling for greenhouse gas programs is to reduce emission to at least 7 percent below 1990 levels, the Kyoto Protocol goal. Instead of attempting to reduce emissions, states should focus on voluntary programs, repeal laws that discourage energy conservation ...

Download PowerPoint presentation Economic activity migrates from countries and states that impose emission controls to those that do not, since the latter now have lower energy costs and/or fewer regulatory burdens. Leakage rates will vary widely depending on the type of program and from state to state based on a variety of ...

For the past two years, city officials from the Tri-Cities have been discussing ways to improve telecommunications services telephone and cable as well as Internet access. The major providers of these services AT& T and SBC Ameritech have been slow to make the three main types of broadband access DSL, cable modem, and fiber ...

Quick Links Policy Study (html) Policy Study (pdf) New Source Review: Report to the President (pdf) New Source Review: Recommendations (pdf) On June 13, 2002, the Environmental Protection Agency released New Source Review: Report to the President , describing the need to reform that part of the Clean ...

Quick Links Executive Summary (html) Policy Study (pdf) New Source Review: Report to the President (pdf) New Source Review: Recommendations (pdf) On June 13, 2002, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its Report to the President on New Source Review (NSR), a program created by the Clean ...

Policy Study (pdf) -- On June 13, 2002, the Environmental Protection Agency released New Source Review: Report to the President , describing the need to reform that part of the Clean Air Act regulating emissions from new or substantially modified factories and power plants. EPA followed the report with seven reform recommendations ...

This policy report describes a model voucher bill, The Heartland Plan for Illinois, drafted by the author with assistance from several others, notably George Clowes and the Illinois Legislative Reference Bureau, in 1996-97. Opinion polls indicate that significant majorities of the American public support allowing parents to choose ...

This study reports the results of an independent examination of the likely fiscal impact of two proposed tuition tax credit plans for New Jersey. The author was not asked to comment on any aspect of these bills other than their likely fiscal impacts on the state of New Jersey. This report neither endorses nor questions the ...

This study examines the sustainability of cars and trucks in the first decades of the twenty-first century. The authors find that private ownership of cars and trucks produces benefits that far exceed their costs to society. Moreover, concern over future shortages of oil, loss of farmland, air quality, and global warming does ...

Taxpayer subsidies to professional sports teams amount to some $500 million a year. The decision to subsidize a team is driven by competition among cities for a limited number of teams, league policies that reward relocation, and lobbying by special interest groups. The solution is for fans and taxpayers to campaign for nonprofit ...

To understand how tax policies in the U.S. ought to be changed, it is necessary to know how and why they have changed in the past. This report traces major trends in government revenue and spending priorities from 1950 to 1996. Major findings include: Total tax burden is high and very progressive by historical standards ...

In his January 1996 State of the State address, Governor Jim Edgar told legislators: " We rely too heavily on property taxes to fund education in Illinois. It is time to squarely address these issues. And I am optimistic you and I can do so during this legislative session." One month later, the Governor's Commission on Education ...

Tax policies in Wisconsin are often the subject of long and frequently acrimonious debates. People disagree as to how high taxes are, who pays them, and what effect they have on economic development in the state. The authors' goal in this paper is to answer these questions, and more, with an objective and factual review of ...