Salt deposits can destroy farm land, but at long last, one scientist has found a crop that will tolerate irrigation by sea water.
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Eco-Nomics: What Everyone Should Know About Economics and the Environment
Understanding how economic analysis can help protect the environment.
Leasing The Goat
Small family-run farms are facing tough economic times. For many of the families, staying on the farm often means taking another job in town. In 1979, three of these small farmers came up with a better idea. They arranged to have their products delivered directly to urban dwellers. They contracted with other small farmers toContinue reading “Leasing The Goat”
Spinning Trash
The pop cans, plastic cups, cellophane wrappers, and other debris that people toss on streets and sidewalks can end up on the beach or bobbing in the ocean. Oil and grease from cars and trucks can also be flushed into open water by a rainstorm or melting snow. Storm drains are built to catch theContinue reading “Spinning Trash”
Regulators Damage a Park
A professor at Case Western Law School writes about the perverse results of the Cleveland airport’s “mitigation” of the loss of a wetland. To build a new runway, the airport must pay to “create” wetlands by damaging a beautiful and serene park sixteen miles away.
Superfund Destroys a Small Business
A former owner of a small business, shares his grim experience with the tentacles of the Superfund law and its ever expanding liability.
How to Protect People and Wildlife in Kenya
The director of the Inter Region Economic Network (IREN) in Nairobi discusses the problems with government control of wildlife in Kenya
A Mediocre Grade on the Environment
PERC issues a “Mid-Term Report Card” on George W. Bush’s environmental policy The grade is low.
The Costs Of Clean Air
A major study of the Clean Air Act confirms that — as businesses often claim — the costs are high.
Toward Better Environmental Education
In this article prepared for the Institute for Study of Economics and the Environment at Lindenwood University, Jane Shaw discusses how advocacy has replaced good science in many school textbooks, and how it can be changed.