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.
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Letters to the Editor
A Case of Government Discrimination I note an important oversight in Robert Glennon’s tentative endorsement of market solutions for settling claims to water rights. Toward the end of the article he qualifies his endorsement with an argument that is as old as the environmental movement—that “Markets have difficulty internalizing environmental values.” He then proceeds toContinue reading “Letters to the Editor”
Malthus Reconsidered: Population, Natural Resources, and Markets
Malthus will always be associated with the idea of a social and economic trap, in which population grows faster than food production. But Malthus did not believe in a population apocalypse, as many of his followers do today.
Bees and Barbed Wire for Water
In Bolivia, bees and barbed wire served as compensation for landowners who protect native vegetation in a water-producing cloud forest.
Mushrooms Meet Brownfields
The Remediators Inc. is proving that mushrooms are a safe and cost-effective way to clean up contaminated soils.
Deadbeat Dams
A dam brokerage house plans to convert fixed liabilities liquid assets.
Enviropreneurs in Action
Converting agricultural land into recreational property
Nothing Oxymoronic About Free Market Environmentalism
Building the university of free market environmentalism will require a combination of business acumen and environmental passion.
Air Pollution and Infant Mortality
Reducing pollution is not the only factor to be considered when it comes to lowering infant mortality rates passion.
Green to the End
Dying is big business in the United States to the tune of $26 billion dollars annually. Yet a growing number of people and their next of kin are seeking an alternative path to the final resting spot. Ramsey Creek Preserve in South Carolina, a privately owned 32-acre plot of old growth woods, offers its land forContinue reading “Green to the End”