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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.
Unnatural Bounty: Distorting the Incentives of Major Environmental Groups
Most environmental statutes allow citizens to sue companies for violating the statutes or their regulations. Most such citizen suits are not filed by individuals, however, but by environmental organizations.
State Parks’ Progress Toward Self-Sufficiency
DOWNLOAD THE FULL REPORT Introduction Although our national parks are considered the crown jewels of our country, state parks also are stunningly beautiful and play a key role in protecting our natural resources. Providing recreation close to home, state parks receive three times more visitors than national parks. The variations among the state park systemsContinue reading “State Parks’ Progress Toward Self-Sufficiency”
Playing with the Big Rocks
For many years, rock climbers in western North Carolina could gaze upon Laurel Knob from afar, but could not climb it. Laurel Knob is the largest crag in the eastern United States, rising 1,200 feet from its base. Standing just at the edge of the Nantahala National Forest, the rock itself is on private propertyContinue reading “Playing with the Big Rocks”
Backlash
The backlash from the Supreme Court’s Kelo decision could relax land-use regulation around the country. And well it should.
Survival of the Sea Turtle
The first chapter of the Cayman Turtle Farm story did not end happily. But a new phase in this fabled effort to protect wild sea turtles has begun. Wild sea turtles were declining rapidly when Cayman Turtle Farm Ltd. was created in the West Indies in 1968. The farm, located on Grand Cayman Island, hatchedContinue reading “Survival of the Sea Turtle”