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Enviropreneur-in-Residence

At a young age Chris Corbin was told, “Do what you love.” He has been pursuing his passion for water ever since. He left his home in Northwest Arkansas to explore the fabled waters of Montana and pursue an education. He graduated from the University of Montana with high honors in Aquatic Wildlife Biology andContinue reading “Enviropreneur-in-Residence”

THE ENVIRONMENT:
Greener Than Thou

By Terry L. Anderson and Laura E. Huggins Special to the Hoover Digest It’s impossible to read a newspaper or magazine, turn on the radio or television, or engage in a cocktail party conversation without the words “green” or “eco” popping up. There are green television stations, green termite killers, green cars, eco-moms, eco-fashion, andContinue reading “THE ENVIRONMENT:
Greener Than Thou”

Do we pay to reverse climate change?

By Andrew P. Morriss CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – China wants wealthier nations to pay a fixed percentage of their gross domestic product to help developing countries reduce greenhouse gas emissions, with a suggested contribution of a mere 1 percent for a total of$300 billion a year. China also wants to create an international mechanism to transferContinue reading “Do we pay to reverse climate change?”

Encumbering harvest rights to protect marine environments:

By Robert T. Deacon and Dominc P. Parker Abstract We adapt the concept of a conservation easement to a marine environment and explore its use to achieve conservation goals. Although marine environments generally are not owned, those who use them for commercial fishing often are regulated. These regulations grant harvesters rights to use marine environmentsContinue reading “Encumbering harvest rights to protect marine environments:”

Warming up to water markets

The article excerpt below is from the Cato Institute’s Regulation magazine. Author Jonathan Adler is a former Julian Simon Fellow at PERC and Professor of Law at Case Western Reserve University. He argues in favor of water markets as the most efficient and environmentally sound approach to water scarcity as climate change exacerbates an already direContinue reading “Warming up to water markets”

Economic development lessons from and for North American Indian economies

By Terry L. Anderson and Dominic P. Parker Abstract [Full PDF] This paper reviews the literature on economic development as it relates to indigenous people in the United States and Canada, and focuses on how institutions affect economic development of reservation and reserve economies. Evidence shows that strong property rights to reservation and reserve landContinue reading “Economic development lessons from and for North American Indian economies”