At a time when there’s a spotlight on America’s richest 1%, a look at the country’s 310 Indian reservations—where many of America’s poorest 1% live—can be more enlightening.
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By G. Tracy Mehan III | The wilderness illusion and environmental realism
It isn't easy being green...unless it means more green for the pocketbook
Experience with water leasing reaps success stories for TU
Australia's perpetual drought and increasing demands for water prompt policy change
Nobel Laureate sees promise in the future of the environment using markets
Making environmental protection profitable leads to results
Why free market environmentalism is the magnum opus of a new generation of greens
In Bolivia, bees and barbed wire served as compensation for landowners who protect native vegetation in a water-producing cloud forest.
The Remediators Inc. is proving that mushrooms are a safe and cost-effective way to clean up contaminated soils.
By Andrew Morriss
The first chapter of the Cayman Turtle Farm story did not end happily. But a new phase in this fabled effort to protect wild sea turtles has begun.
China and India are moving in opposite directions in their efforts to keep the wild tiger from disappearing.
If you can't dam, divert, or drill, it's time to consider allocating water through markets.
Quail hunting by wealthy landowners has had remarkable environmental benefits in northern Florida.
These Plains Indians had a legal system based on accepted rules of conduct and individual rights.
A return to property rights and the rule of law would restore economic strength and stewardship to American Indian Economies.
The reservation system, instituted in the nineteenth century, destroyed the successful property rights systems of the past.
Tribal sovereignty is an achievement, but just as important in enabling Indians to be entrepreneurial is recognizing the role of the individual.
British Columbia could resolve its conflicts over salmon by an auction that resembles the 'rivalry potlatches' of the past.
Pigs stink. That fact of life is accepted by all of us who grew up on farms. So imagine the smells around a concentration of nearly 6,000 sows and tens of thousands of baby pigs.
Last year, I began investigating forestry outside the United States, seeking innovations. I found strikingly different approaches just north of the border, in Canada.
Are subsidies for ethanol somewhat different from other subsidies???in other words, not all that bad? In this free-flowing dialogue, free market environmentalists debate the issue.
Are subsidies for ethanol somewhat different from other subsidies???in other words, not all that bad? In this free-flowing dialogue, free market environmentalists debate the issue.
Somehow I had missed the fact that Chuck Leavell was keyboardist for the Allman Brothers Band and, since 1982, for the Rolling Stones. Nor did I know that he is a forester.
Mark Sagoff's piece, 'The Catskills Parable,' (June 2005) recounted the decision of New York City to invest in land management and infrastructure changes in the Catskills and Delaware watersheds rather than build a water treatment plant.
By Jane S. Shaw and Bruce Yandle
With his 2006 budget, President Bush appears to be championing fiscal responsibility. For environmental policy, this change offers hope for new directions.
Thatcher's environmental views from a new perspective.
This selection from a new book reveals some unintended consequences of environmental laws.
The shadowy "precautionary principle" is stopping progress and distorting priorities.
Are entrance charges keeping low-income people from enjoying the outdoors?
A friendly critic questions the justice and practicality of PERC's environmental approach.
Wisconsin leads the way in deconstructing dams that obstruct its many rivers.
Eight great myths about waste disposal still abound. This article refutes them.
Regenerating coastal mangrove forests depends on recognizing the property rights of local people.
The benefits of ethanol are largely a myth, but its political life is nothing short of miraculous.
Bruce Selyem doesn't just photograph old grain elevators, he also saves them.
The federal government pours cash into the Columbia basin, but what fish really need is water.
Private land trusts generally are prudent stewards, but tax advantages can sway their decisions.
PERC issues a "Mid-Term Report Card" on George W. Bush's environmental policy The grade is low.
A professor at Case Western Law School writes about the perverse results of the Cleveland airport's "mitigation" of the loss of a wetland. To build a new runway, the airport must pay to "create" wetlands by damaging a beautiful and serene park sixteen miles away.
A former owner of a small business, shares his grim experience with the tentacles of the Superfund law and its ever expanding liability.
The director of the Inter Region Economic Network (IREN) in Nairobi discusses the problems with government control of wildlife in Kenya
Why have farmers received such largesse from the federal government?
Kelmscott Farm in Maine preserves endangered livestock varieties.
By Gregory B. Christainsen and Brian C. Gothberg
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION: A MASSIVE LOSS OF FREEDOM
At long last, new technology opens the possibility of property rights in whales -- but international whaling regulators prefer "no whaling" over conservation.
A unique system of private rights makes fly-fishing a different experience in England and Scotland.
Senator Tom Daschle takes care of the Black Hills National Forest while much of the West burns.
After years of national control, governments allow local people to share the resource.
Five people share their views. Free market environmentalists wonder why their message sometimes falls on deaf ears.
As fishers flocked to their trout streams, a Montana ranch family discovered how to spur cooperation.
It's fire season again. The blazes signify deeper problems at the Forest Service.
Not the private sector, not the state of Florida. Rather, the people who are supposed to restore it.
Under the name of environmental policy, the British government robs the rights of landowners.
PERC REPORTS interviews Colorado school teacher Marc Johnson about his students' property-rights drama.
Rachel Carson didn't start it; the U.S. government did.
Comments from PERC friends and acquaintances. Noting twenty years of market approaches.
Peter Huber's new book, Hard Green, both supports and challenges free market environmentalism.
A Property Rights Defender Responds Anti-Environmental ?By Carol W. LaGrasse
Modernize The Fossil Trade
by J. Bishop Grewell and Matthew Brown
By Ronald Bailey | Assessing humans' role in nature and the reality of wilderness
By Matt Ridley | Paradoxically, economics has done more for nature than ecology has.
Pens from old-growth forests preserve the forest as well as its history.
Why have forests changed from an asset to a liability?
Could a healthy dose of competition serve our nation's water systems well?
Fires of 1988 serve as a wake-up call for better forest management
Forests guard villages from avalanches and other natural disasters
Even travelers in Patagonia forget that its giant, wild l
Entrepreneurs are capitalizing on ecotourism and environmental amenities to transform an agricultural economy into a nature-based economy.
Markets for ecosystem services such as water filtration, erosion control, and pollination benefit the providers and enhance environmental assets.
Why some ranchers see wildlife as a nuisance while others see it as an asset
Creating a marketplace for fashion designers to use eco-friendly materials
How the large-scale food system can be a midsized farmer's best hope
How a fence and an off-road race are creating a new conservation paradigm in Kenya
A look back on the PERC Enviropreneur Institute from the retiring director
Banzhaf argues that free market environmentalists should applaud the cap-and-trade approach over more government regulation.
Assessing the common law as a replacement for pollution control regulations.
Free market environmentalism has a lot to offer, but Kolstad says the case for FME is weaker when dealing with environmental goods such as clean air.
"Green energy" generation is being curtailed, delayed, or prohibited due to competing environmental goals. For example wind turbines are killing endangered bats.
Capitalism's creative solutions for a changing climate
Can market forces balance efficiency-equity tradeoffs in marine fisheries?
New roads create more demand for driving
A savvy new breed of capitalist is using incentives such as mitigation credits to protect critical habitat and earn profits.
GreenFaith combines free-market and faith-based principles on the environment.
By Daniel Botkin |
Ideology and politics too often get in the way
Enviropreneur Brett Howell is developing a market for coral reef restoration off of Florida's coast.
Matching the size of government to the size of the problem
In a world where only a quarter of all arable land remains viable for agriculture, where population is predicted to increase to nine billion by 2050, and where people are concerned with food safety, new methods of agricultural production are increasingly sought-after. At Verdant Earth Technologies, we are developing agricultural systems to address future challenges and to provide a growing population with fresh produce.
An enviropreneur uses water rights markets to keep water instream
Land management lessons from a rancher turned "enviropreneur"
Founded 30 years ago in Bozeman, Montana, PERC—the Property and Environment Research Center—is the nation’s oldest and largest institute dedicated to improving environmental quality through property rights and markets.
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Research is at the heart of PERC's work, with a focus on the question: What is the link between economic growth and environmental quality?
The goal of PERC’s programs is to fully realize the vision of establishing “PERC University,” where scholars, students, policy makers, and others convene to expand the applications of free market environmentalism.
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