Rocky Mountain News July 9, 2005 By C. Kenneth Orski and Jane S. Shaw "Smart-growth" policies, which became popular nationwide during the 1990s, are regulations designed to reduce suburban sprawl and control growth. They encourage people to live close together within walking distance of shops and offices. One goal is to reduce the use ofContinue reading “Smart Growth?”
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Smart Growth?
Rocky Mountain News July 9, 2005 “Smart-growth” policies, which became popular nationwide during the 1990s, are regulations designed to reduce suburban sprawl and control growth. They encourage people to live close together within walking distance of shops and offices. One goal is to reduce the use of the automobile. Another is to create neighborhoods fullContinue reading “Smart Growth?”
Soaring High: New Strategies for Environmental Giving
Donors are seeking fresh approaches to conservation that could prove more effective, efficient, and long lasting.
Let’s lift the burden
Scottsdale Tribune June 27, 2005 Paying modest fees would enablenational parks to cover costsof protection and upkeep By Holly L. FretwellSpecial to the Tribune Load up the car. Throw in the pillows, the DVD’s, the CD’s, and headphones. The season for cross-country travel is upon us. Carloads by the millions are heading for national parksContinue reading “Let’s lift the burden”
The Mild, Mild West
The New York Times Opinion June 25, 2005 By John Tierney Deadwood, S.D. — The actors from HBO’s "Deadwood" are coming to the scene of their crimes today, and they can expect a hero’s welcome when they pose for pictures on Main Street. Some people in the real Deadwood are offended byContinue reading “The Mild, Mild West”
Letters to the Editor
GLOBAL WARMING AND ETHICAL ISSUES There is much to celebrate and a mite to mourn in PERC’s dialogue on whether the victims of global warming are, by free market principles, entitled to compensation (March 2005). That the dialogue took place is the big celebration – a sign that the right is emerging from its longContinue reading “Letters to the Editor”
Success Overdue at The Quincy Library
Enthusiasm surged recently in southwestern Washington when a community coalition announced that it had come up with a plan for logging Gifford Pinchot National Forest that was supported by environmentalists and industry officials alike. “We’ve identified the common ground . . . and hope the Forest Service will use this model,” said coalition memberContinue reading “Success Overdue at The Quincy Library”
What Ever Happened To Smart Growth
“Smart growth” policies, which became popular nationwide during the 1990s, are regulations designed to reduce suburban sprawl and control growth. They encourage people to live close together within walking distance of shops and offices. One goal is to reduce the use of the automobile; another is to create neighborhoods full of interesting “streetscapes”; andContinue reading “What Ever Happened To Smart Growth”
How To Avoid Tax Cheating
One of the most useful, cost-effective methods of conserving land in America is in serious crisis. A series of scandals has revealed major abuses of conservation easements–”a legal tool increasingly used to protect private land from development. Landowners who donate easements to nonprofit conservation groups promise that the land will not be used forContinue reading “How To Avoid Tax Cheating”
The Owens Valley ‘Water Grab’
Buying or selling water faces serious hurdles. An infamous episode in California can help us understand what they are so that entrepreneurs can begin to overcome them. Gary Libecap, an economic historian at the University of Arizona, studied the Los Angeles Water Board purchases of land and water in Owens Valley, California, between 1905Continue reading “The Owens Valley ‘Water Grab’”