By Frank F. Limehouse,Peter C. Melvin,andRobert E. McCormick The analysis uses an exhaustive golf course database that contains over 100 golf course variables on more than 15,000 golf courses in the United States combined with data from the Audubon International Cooperative Sanctuary Program to examine the market setting of environmental certification on golf courses. UsingContinue reading “The Demand for Environmental Quality: An Application of Hedonic Pricing in Golf”
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Milton Friedman Legacy for Freedom Day
Read more about Milton Friedman The economic turmoil of today provides an appropriate time to pause and remember the many accomplishments of Milton Friedman. Friedman may have passed away in November of 2006, but his tremendous accomplishments – and our debt to him – must not be forgotten. To help us all remember Dr. Friedman’sContinue reading “Milton Friedman Legacy for Freedom Day”
Enviropreneur Institute 2009
. Idea incubator There was no lack of breadth or scope to the projects proposed at the 2009 Enviropreneur Institute. From grazing reforms leading to landscape scale soil conservation to hydropower generated by conserved irrigation water, the projects ranged from the Patagonia steppe to Oregon rivers and Indonesian forests. PERC will be following the progressContinue reading “Enviropreneur Institute 2009”
How to stop desertification
By Wycliffe Muga
Two Forests Under the Big Sky: Tribal v. Federal Management
In this policy series, Alison Berry contrasts forest management in Montana. In her comparison one forest is operated by the United States Forest Service under the watchful eye of Congress. The other is run by Indian tribes on reservation lands.
The Cuyahoga River Fire 40 Years Later
In the forty years that have passed since oily debris on the banks of the Cuyahoga River caught fire, the river has been transformed from a sewer of industrial waste to habitat for fish, bird , beaver, and other wildlife. The burning river became a symbol to a new and growing environmental movement in the 1970s,Continue reading “The Cuyahoga River Fire 40 Years Later”
Enviropreneur-in Residence: Tom Iseman
By Tom Iseman The Washington Post, Business Week, and other high-profile publications have recently asked the question, “is water the new oil?” Well, let’s hope we never see freshwater at $140 a barrel . But in the arid West, explosive population growth and scarce water supplies suggest the emerging tensions over water allocation. Throw in theContinue reading “Enviropreneur-in Residence: Tom Iseman”
Green Jobs: Boom or Bust?
An aggressive push for a green economy is underway in the United States. Policymakers routinely assert that “green jobs” can simultaneously improve environmental quality and reduce unemployment.
Fueling the Future
Saws are buzzing on national forests, but these are not your typical logging operations. Instead of taking down big trees for shipments to lumber mills, loggers are cutting saplings and clearing brush from the understory.
Unquenchable: America’s water crisis and what to do about it
The United States must come to terms with its lavish use of water and, at the same time, figure out serious solutions to the immediate problem related to access to water.