by Shawn Regan 1. Interactive data on water use by sector and over time. 2. Bruce Yandle says government can’t just plant jobs. They need the right climate to grow. (working paper here) 3. Holly Fretwell in the National Review: “It’s going to end up in a catastrophic wildfire.” (sub req) 4. David Harsanyi, formerContinue reading “PERC Links”
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Lights Out America
by Laura E. Huggins I thought $400 per month to heat my house in Montana was high, but “one month’s electricity bill at the Department of Labor topped a MILLION dollars,” according to D.C. reporter Andrea McCarren. So how much are the federal agencies’ electricity bills costing you? Using the Freedom of Information Act, McCarren andContinue reading “Lights Out America”
Enviropreneur Using Incentives for Conservation
by Shawn Regan Todd Gartner, a 2007 Enviropreneur Institute alum, describes how economic incentives can be used to connect U.S. forests, water, and communities in an essay at the World Resources Institute. Todd discusses his work with WRI on two pilot projects that are connecting the buyers of ecosystem services with the sellers of the services.Continue reading “Enviropreneur Using Incentives for Conservation”
Unleash the Entrepreneur
We don’t need to go back to the failed Nixon-Ford-Carter energy and economic policies. We need to nurture an economy in which entrepreneurs are able to compete to create new technologies, jobs, and wealth, without political interference. That’s how Andrew P. Morriss and I conclude our essay in the Boston Review’s forum on full employment.Continue reading “Unleash the Entrepreneur”
Why So Bad at Science?
by Jane S. Shaw The New York Times reports that U. S. high school students are sadly lacking in their understanding of science. Could that be because they have spent their school days studying how to recycle, why we need wind energy, and one-sided views about global warming?
Read PERC on your Kindle
Got an e-reader? These books from PERC are now available on Kindle or Nook: Property Rights: A Practical Guide to Freedom and Prosperity by Terry L. Anderson and Laura E. Huggins: $6.40 for Kindle You Have to Admit It’s Getting Better: From Economic Prosperity to Environmental Quality ed. by Terry L. Anderson: $6.40 for Kindle GreenerContinue reading “Read PERC on your Kindle”
Societal Change Happens Fast
by Pete Geddes Shanghai 1990 vs. 2010 (via Roger Pielke Jr.)
China’s growing wealth and economic power
bodes well for the US
China’s growing wealth and economic power means it also vested in seeing the US propser as it holds a huge amount of US debt and remains an important trading partner.
Catch Shares Around the World
The Environmental Defense Fund has published a map of all catch share programs around the world. According to the infographic (click to enlarge), as of 2010 there were 275 catch share programs in effect worldwide, affecting 850 different species. New Zealand and Australia lead the world in rights-based fisheries, with 117 and 111 species underContinue reading “Catch Shares Around the World”
The Ruckus on the Range
by Holly Fretwell Bison continue to raise a ruckus on the range in Wyoming and Montana. The bison that leave Yellowstone National Park eat forage on private land and are suspected of carrying brucellosis, a disease known to cause cows to abort their calves. Should the bison be free to roam the range beyond federalContinue reading “The Ruckus on the Range”