On the first Earth Day, predictions of famine and catastrophe dominated the news. Today, forty years later, PERC’s Laura Huggins tells us that we have much to celebrate. Human ingenuity continues to produce new ideas and technologies that have led to environmental advances, not disasters.
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Laura Huggins, Part 6
On the first Earth Day, predictions of famine and catastrophe dominated the news. Today, forty years later, PERC’s Laura Huggins tells us that we have much to celebrate. Human ingenuity continues to produce new ideas and technologies that have led to environmental advances, not disasters.
Earth Day: 40 years of imminent catastrophe
By Laura E. Huggins On this 40th anniversary of Earth Day, prepare to be bombarded with apocalyptic tales of disaster. But don’t let the gloom-and-doom-fest get you down. Odds are the doomsters will be wrong. To help "celebrate" the first Earth Day in 1970, biologist Barry Commoner wrote, "We are in an environmental crisis whichContinue reading “Earth Day: 40 years of imminent catastrophe”
Enviropreneur Institute 2010
Agenda Readings Faculty PERC’s 10th Enviropreneur Institute begins June 27, 2010. From among the many qualified applicants, the faculty has selected 16 participants for this year’s program. Their information and CVs are available to view as well as those of faculty members and mentors, who are past participants in the institute. The readings are password protected; onlyContinue reading “Enviropreneur Institute 2010”
New Frontiers in Western Land Institutions
A PERC Workshop with scholars presenting papers on on land use conflicts in the West and raising questions about the governing institutions.
Environmental Water Markets: Restoring Streams Through Trade
Water rights have evolved in recent years as parties express desires to sell, lease, or give water for environmental or recreational purposes.
Terry Anderson on Fox News
Terry Anderson took on the Department of Interior during a Fox News segement called "Cabinet Wrecking Ball." Appearng Friday, March 19 on Scoreboard with David Asman, Terry says that the Department of Interior holds billions of dollars in assets in our national parks and vast public lands, yet it loses billions of dollars every yearContinue reading “Terry Anderson on Fox News”
Trash Cans Twitter Too
One man’s trash is another man’s entrepreneurial vision.
Paper Company Preserves Trees
Incentives make strange bedfellows or, in another light, encourage cooperation.
Water Out Of Thin Air
A looming global water crisis has been a springboard for new water generating technology.