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Drug Czar: ‘War on Drugs’ Largely Unsuccessful

By | 05.12.10 | 5:50 pm

Gil Kerlikowske, who heads the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, took questions from the foreign press this morning surrounding the administration’s newly issued Drug Control Strategy. And consistent with his approach over the last year, he didn’t have wonderful things to say about the “war More…

State Legislatures: Climate Change Threatens State Economies

By | 10.20.08 | 3:29 pm

My previous post reports on a UC Berkeley study showing how California’s environmental policies have boosted that state’s economy.

The National Conference of State Legislatures, in conjunction with the University of Maryland and the Center for Integrative Environmental Research, is releasing reports that also show that economic and environmental More…