admin, Author at PERC | Page 138 of 210

Let the Sunshine In

While wealthy industrialized countries are struggling to convince their populations to adopt solar energy, dozens of villagers in rural Laos are standing in line to sign up with a small energy company that provides solar power.

Dance Revolution

On the European front, a battle is raging over the rights to the title of first ecological nightclub.

Fast Food Finds a New Groove

When America’s favorite and most garish eateries begin serving burgers made from grass-fed beef at the drive-through window, prepare for a revolution.

Private Rights, Public Benefits

Economists devote page upon page of their textbooks to discussions of “public goods,” arguing that markets won’t supply them.

Court’s stream-access decision could backfire on anglers

By Randy L. Simmons Anglers are doing back flips over a recent Utah Supreme Court Decision that makes public all waters in the state and permits recreationists to use streams that cross private property. But what is now being cheered as a victory for anglers could backfire, leading to eroded banks, degraded streams, and aContinue reading “Court’s stream-access decision could backfire on anglers”

Shooting the Wild

There is a crossroads in Texas. Down along the Mexican border, in a four-county area, sits the Lower Rio Grande Valley—a merger of tropics and subtropics.

Markets for Water Quality

In the late 1990s, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) began encouraging the use of market forces to improve water quality in rivers, streams, and coastal waters.

It’s Our Earth, Now What Do We Do With It?

Political movements are often built on literary foundations. Books, fiction or not, have the power to convince us impressionable readers that we face dire threats, such as unclean meat or pesticides.