Op-Eds

CPR Member Scholars and staff are frequent contributors to newspaper opinion pages across the nation. Read what they have to say, below.

Failure to Clean Up Toxic Dumps Leaves Residents at Risk

Failure to Clean Up Toxic Dumps Leaves Residents at Risk, by Rena Steinzor

Type: Op-Eds (July 3, 2006)
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Author(s): Rena Steinzor
Industry Tax Breaks Have Stalled Superfund Cleanup

Industry Tax Breaks Have Stalled Superfund Cleanup, op-ed by Rena Steinzor

Type: Op-Eds (July 3, 2006)
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Author(s): Rena Steinzor
Turtles All the Way Down

Turtles All the Way Down, op-ed by Sandra Zellmer

Type: Op-Eds (July 2, 2006)
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Author(s): Sandra Zellmer
Warming to Houston as a Leader on the Environment

Warming to Houston as a Leader on the Environment, op-ed byVictor Flatt

Type: Op-Eds (April 22, 2006)
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Author(s): Victor Flatt
A federal obligation

A federal obligation, op-ed by Rob Verchick

Type: Op-Eds (Feb. 7, 2006)
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Author(s): Robert Verchick
Endangered Species Act Gets Listed

Endangered Species Act Gets Listed, op-ed by Holly Doremus

Type: Op-Eds (Sept. 25, 2005)
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Author(s): Holly Doremus
Disquieting View on Environment

Disquieting View on Environment, op-ed by Joel Mintz

Type: Op-Eds (July 31, 2005)
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Author(s): Joel Mintz
Obscure Law a Powerful Weapon Against Environment

If you've never heard of the Information Quality Act (IQA), you're not alone. When it cleared Congress in 2000, most senators and representatives didn't even know they were voting for it; the two-paragraph provision had been quietly attached only hours before to a massive appropriations bill. But vote for it they did, and it became law without benefit of congressional hearing or debate. Despite its brevity and furtive entrance onto the legislative stage, the act has come to be a powerful weapon in the Bush administration's attack on environmental, health, and safety protections.

Type: Op-Eds (March 23, 2005)
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Author(s): Sidney Shapiro
On the Environment, Hold Our Ground and Look to the Future

On the Center for American Progress website, Rena Steinzor writes that, when asked about his environmental record during the second presidential debate this fall, President Bush rattled off a series of well focus-grouped phrases – “clean coal,” “clear skies,” and “mak[ing] sure our forests aren’t vulnerable to forest fires” – and touted himself as a “good steward of the land.” The rhetoric ignored reality.

Type: Op-Eds (March 16, 2005)
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Author(s): Rena Steinzor
Clear Facts about Clear Skies

Clear Facts about Clear Skies, op-ed by Catherine O'Neill

Type: Op-Eds (March 9, 2005)
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Author(s): Catherine O'Neill

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