A rise in seat belt usage, combined with campaigns against drunk driving, helped reduce highway fatalities in the United States by about 20 percent from the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s. But since 1998, highway fatalities have been rising. Recent research suggests that some of this rise is due to the proliferation of light trucks onContinue reading “Lethal Light Trucks”
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Letters to the Editor
A proponent of wind power takes on Thomas Tanton’s article from December, and Tanton replies.
The Ecological Role of IFQs in U.S. Fisheries
IFQs improve the health of fish stocks and the broader marine environment. Examining the data on the ecological role IFQs can play.
The Endangered Species Act Needs a Better Definition
Headwaters News January 5, 2005 By Randy T. Simmons At the Western Governors Association’s two-day Executive Summit on the Endangered Species Act, I told the governors that the Endangered Species Act is broken – that it was born broken. The ESA is based on a flawed understanding of the Americas at Columbian contact and onContinue reading “The Endangered Species Act Needs a Better Definition”
Rescuing Water Markets: Lessons from Owens Valley
A look at the problems that surrounded the Ownes Valley water transfers and the lessons that can be applied to water trades today.
Business and the Environment:
Business Economics January 2005 Evidence of good environmental stewardship is more extensive than most economists and executives recognize. By Jane S. Shaw Actions taken to improve the environment are frequently good for profits, but many executives, including economists, are not fully aware of just how good business’s environmental record is. As a result, they oftenContinue reading “Business and the Environment:”
A Whirlwind of Troubles
Wind energy poses a wide range of difficulties.
The Fable of Federal Regulation
Contrary to common perceptions, many measures of environmental quality were already improving prior to the advent of federal environmental laws.
A Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editor, From Ben F. Vaughan IV.
Mining the Waste
By some estimates, mining waste has polluted the headwaters of 40 percent of the West’s watersheds. Forest Service Chief Dale Bosworth says that cleaning up as many as 38,000 abandoned mines on national forests is a high priority, but certainly not one that his agency can tackle on its own. Ironically, the Superfund law hasContinue reading “Mining the Waste”