Backgrounder posted August 9, 1991 by Milton Copulos
Securing America's Energy Future: A Primer on the National EnergyStrategy
Introduction
After eighteen high-level hearings, and a review of 29,000 pages
of written material and hundreds of proposals, the Energy
Department earlier this year released its National Energy Strategy.
Known as the NES, this is a wide-ranging list of particular
recommendations for every type of energy and just about every
energy issue.
The report comes at a…
Backgrounder Update posted August 8, 1986 by Milton Copulos
Why Reagan Should Give a Green Light to Private Space Launchers
(Archived document, may contain errors) 8/8/86 WHY REAGAN SHOULD GIVE A GREEN LIGHT TO PRIVATE SPACE LAUNCHERS (Updating Backgrounder No. 500, "What Next for NASA,H April 4, 1986, and Backgrounder Update No. 12, "Private Launchers Can Ease America's Space Vehicle Crisis," June 5, 1986.) The Cabinet-level Economic Policy Council…
Backgrounder Update posted June 10, 1986 by Milton Copulos
Improving Toxic Waste's Superfund
(Archived document, may contain errors) 6/10/86 14 INPRMNG TO)OC WAMS SUPEFFUND. (Updating Back_grounder No. 440,, "The Many Hazards of a Mega-Superfund.11 June 10, 1985.) As House and Senate conferees move toward final agreement on the legislation to reauthorize the Superfund toxic waste cleanup law, a number…
Backgrounder Update posted June 5, 1986 by Milton Copulos
Private Launchers Can Ease America's Space Vehicle Crisis
(Archived document, may contain errors) 6/5/86 12 PRIVATE LAUNCHERS CAN EASE AMERICA'S SPACE VEHICLE CRISIS
(Updating Backgrounder No. 500,, "What Next for NASA," April 4, 1986.)
The loss of the Challenger Space Shuttle has resulted in
such a severe shortage of space launch capability that U.S. companies are turning even to the…
Issue Bulletin posted July 10, 1985 by Milton Copulos
Reagan's Tax Revolution: Fair Play for Energy
(Archived document, may contain errors) 115 July 10, 1985 REAGAN'S TAX REVOLUTION: FAIR PLAY FOR ENERGY INTRODUCTION Ronald Reagan's tax reform proposal could affect the U.S. energy industry profoundly. It would go far to extend the rules of fair play to energy by untangling the jumble…
Issue Bulletin posted June 20, 1984 by Milton Copulos
The Perils of a NASA Space Monopoly
(Archived document, may contain errors) 109 June 20, 1984 THE PERILS OF A NASA SPACE MONOPOLY INTRODUCTION President Ronald Reagan signed an Executive Order this February designating the Department of Transportation (DOT) as the lead federal agency with responsibility for expendable launch vehicles (ELVs), the unmanned…
Issue Bulletin posted June 12, 1984 by Milton Copulos
H.R.4227: How to Keep Natural Gas Supplies Short and Prices High
(Archived document, may contain errors) 108 June 12, 1984 H.R..4277: HOWTO KEEP NATURAL GAS SUPPLIES SHORT AND PRICES HIGH INTRODUCTION Congress has been embroiled for three decades in a bitter controversy over federal price controls on natural gas. Lawmakers believed in 1978 that they had resolved…
Issue Bulletin posted April 6, 1984 by Milton Copulos
H.R.3966: Reconsidering Energy Audits
(Archived document, may contain errors) 105 April 6, 1984 H.R. 3966 RECONSIDERING ENERGY AUDITS INTRODUCTION Many programs passed by Congress with the best of motives produce unintended consequences. Next week the House of Represen- tatives has an opportunity to reconsider one such mistaken program, when the…
Issue Bulletin posted February 9, 1984 by Milton Copulos
CLEC: Hidden Agenda, Hidden Danger
(Archived document, may contain errors) 26 February 9, 1984 CLEC HIDDEN AGENDA HIDDEN DANGER INTRODUCTION When Congress adjourned last year with the natural gas issue still unresolved, political analysts placed much of the blame for the legislative impasse on efforts of a group of activists which…