130 billion pints for fish Right about the time that the streams and rivers in the Deschutes River Basin started to look a little dry, the summer 2007 issue of PERC Reports arrived and reminded me just how much progress has been made in the past ten years toward instream flow restoration using markets andContinue reading “Letters to the Editor”
Author Archives: admin
Impressions
To Tell The Truth “The greatest challenge facing mankind is the challenge of distinguishing reality from fantasy, truth from propaganda.” —Michael Crichton, scientist and author “In the long run, the replacement of the precise and disciplined language of science by the misleading language of litigation and advocacy may be one of theContinue reading “Impressions”
Fossil Farming Blooms Where Barley Withers
Once upon a time, an original Picasso on the living room wall was more than adequate proof that the owner had successfully summited the economic peaks. Now, the work of famous artists is no longer proof of stratospheric wealth. Instead, high-end decorators hired by the wealthy are busily tracking down T. Rex teeth on eBay,Continue reading “Fossil Farming Blooms Where Barley Withers”
Do Profits Promote Pollution? The Myth of the Environmental Race to the Bottom
Environmentalists, politicians, and scholars express concern about a "race to the bottom" in environmental policy. Yet economic theory indicates that a race to the bottom in environmental policy is highly unlikely, and there is little evidence that such races have, in fact, occurred.
Saving Our Streams: Harnessing Water Markets
A guide on restoring instream flows through voluntary water markets.
Trading Forest Carbon: A Panacea or Pipe Dream to Address Climate Change?
Irrespective of the uncertainties surrounding the causes of climate change, the United States is poised to join the rest of the developed world in a fight against rising carbon dioxide levels.
Owens Valley Revisited: A Reassessment of the West’s First Great Water Transfer
Insights to guide the ongoing conversation about water politics and the future thereof.
A Tub of Soy Please
By now, most of us have heard that using vegetable oil to run diesel engine cars is the clean way to drive—reducing carbon emissions. And, we have heard about those handy folks who manage to switch their cars to vegetable power, make friends with the local McDonald’s, and soon are buzzing around town with theContinue reading “A Tub of Soy Please”
Impressions
Earth Day “Last Sunday was marked by an orgy of celebrations of Earth Day, the worldwide annual event intended ‘to spark a revolution against environmental abuse’…[But it is] human ingenuity and technology that not only raise living standards, but also restore environmental amenities. How about a day to celebrate that… Economic Progress Day?” –John Stossel,Continue reading “Impressions”
Letters to the Editor
Ideas travel far and fast I read with interest, as usual, the Spring edition of PERC Reports, I remember the book very well, and not only that, it seems to me that we may have one of the first quotations of the book in an article in Spanish. Together with Alberto Benegas Lynch we bothContinue reading “Letters to the Editor”