In Eugene, Oregon, the number of trees that are cut down each year goes largely unnoticed. They suffer from a variety of conditions such as disease, rotting of trunks and roots, old age, and others that make them hazardous to city dwellers if the big “fellas” take a tumble onto homes, cars, streets, or sidewalks.Continue reading “Urban Trees Leave a Legacy”
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Impressions
Fifteen years ago, an academic publisher quietly released Free Market Environmentalism by Terry Anderson and Don Leal. At the time, few mainstream environmentalists or politicians saw the book. But since its publication, free-market environmentalism spurred a quiet revolution in environmental policy. Now its views and policy approaches are starting to be taken seriously inContinue reading “Impressions”
Letters to the Editor
PES model needs replicating Coming from another Latin-American country, it was very informative for me to see [in “Bees and Barbed Wire for Water,” December 2006] this case of payments for environmental services (PES) working effectively. When we are talking about property rights in Latin American and Caribbean countries, we always have to deal withContinue reading “Letters to the Editor”
Property and the Public Trust Doctrine
The public trust doctrine is a little-known bit of legal history that is now touted as an ancient rule of law that allows governments to control property long presumed to be privately owned.
These Lands are Your Lands
Why free market environmentalism is the magnum opus of a new generation of greens.
The Road to an Epiphany
The eyes of a keen conservationist are opened.
From Farm to FME
Growing up on a farm in Kansas provided an invigorating childhood—learning about crops and animals, befriending pet chickens, and shooting rabbits for dinner with an 1890 vintage lever action 12-gauge Winchester. My early interaction with the “environment,” coupled with the ideas associated with free market environmentalism (FME), which were so eloquently put forth in TerryContinue reading “From Farm to FME”
A Eureka Moment
Nobel Laureate sees promise in the future of the environment using markets.
Tapping the Market for a Cleaner Environment
Making environmental protection profitable leads to results.
Politics and Environment
Do single-issue voters matter? Recent evidence suggests that, when the issue is the environment, the answer is “yes.”