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Recycling:A Success Story
It works in Guatemala, for good reasons.
Unwelcome Visitors
Along with ecosystem services, wetlands bring mosquitoes.
A New Fishing Tragedy?
The tragedy of the commons explains why ocean fisheries are prone to overuse (Hardin1968).1 The good news is that individual fishing quotas, called IFQs or ITQs (for individual transferable quotas), have overcome this tendency in a growing number of fisheries around the globe. I am currently working with the Reason Public Policy Institute and EnvironmentalContinue reading “A New Fishing Tragedy?”
Why our politicized parks suffer
Detroit NewsJuly 18, 2004 By Thomas Bray It’s summertime, and while the political elites are tuning up their fog machines in anticipation of the major party conventions, most Americans are trying to get away from it all. For millions, that means a trip to a national park for a glimpse of the fabled American wilderness.Continue reading “Why our politicized parks suffer”
Decamping Politics From Public Lands
Tacoma News TribuneJuly 4, 2004 By J. Bishop Grewell When a Western Republican senator and the head of the Sierra Club share sound bites, alarms should ring. Currently, just such a duo is undermining one of the most successful initiatives we have seen on our public lands. The two men oppose the congressionally initiated FeeContinue reading “Decamping Politics From Public Lands”
Economic success, ingenuity a recipe for a better environment
Rocky Mountain NewsJuly 3, 2004 By Terry L. Anderson Dip into the current environmental news, American’s most reliable river of hysteria. Just this month, the Save Our Wild Salmon Coalition is fretting that the Bush administration is “spurning science.” The Sierra Club asks if we “really want bulldozers in our national forests.” And Greenpeace imaginesContinue reading “Economic success, ingenuity a recipe for a better environment”
The Wealth of Indian Nations
Hoover Digest 2004 No.3 Summer It is said that a rising tide raises all boats, but that has not been true for American Indians. Despite recent growth partly due to gambling, per capita income for Native Americans living on reservations in 1999 was $7,846 compared to a U.S. average of $27,880. This puts reservation IndiansContinue reading “The Wealth of Indian Nations”
Why Economic Growth is Good for the Environment
Hoover Digest2004 No.3 Summer Cooling the Global Warming Debate: By Terry L. Anderson In the March 2004 issue of Scientific American, National Aeronautics and Space Administration global-warming expert James Hansen notes that greenhouse gas emissions and global-warming projections are “consistently pessimistic.” Hansen suggests that projections do not take into account the lower carbon dioxide andContinue reading “Why Economic Growth is Good for the Environment”
The Private and Public Economics of Land Trusts
North Carolina State Economist July/August 2004 By Dominic P. Parker and Walter N. Thurman As people become increasingly concerned about the effects of urbanization on their quality of life, the land conservation movement has moved to center stage. Land trusts are key actors in the movement and their influence is rapidly expanding. Almost 1,300 landContinue reading “The Private and Public Economics of Land Trusts”