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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”
Finding Common Ground
Komodo National Park is located on one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, just one of 10,000 islands in the Indonesian archipelago. Best known for the famous land-dwelling Komodo Dragons, Grist says it is also home to an underwater environment containing some of the greatest concentrations of marine diversity on the planet. It has more thanContinue reading “Finding Common Ground”
California Cow Power
In a state with no shortage of daily manure, Reuters News Service reports that a major utility has signed an agreement to augment its energy supplies with natural gas generated from cow patties. Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E). has signed a deal with Micrology Inc., a subsidiary of Portsmouth, New Hampshire-based Environmental Power Corp.,Continue reading “California Cow Power”
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”
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”