As fishers flocked to their trout streams, a Montana ranch family discovered how to spur cooperation.
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The Fires this Time
It’s fire season again. The blazes signify deeper problems at the Forest Service.
Trading in Trash
If congressional efforts to curtail interstate trash disposal succeed, costs will go up.
Government vs. Environment
Contrary to popular belief, government is not the ultimate protector of the environment.
Full Steam Ahead
As energy efficiency has become a top priority for many companies, cogeneration power plants are supplying some solutions. Cogeneration provides electricity to customers along with steam that can be used in their production or manufacturing processes. In Orange County, Texas, Conoco Energy Solutions and NRG Energy Inc. have begun operations at a 420-megawatt cogeneration powerContinue reading “Full Steam Ahead”
Australian Flower Power
Flower power has taken on a new meaning in western Australia. Kate Delaporte, a horticulturist at Adelaide University, is cultivating native plants and flowers in an attempt to jump-start a new industry along the Murray River. Once well known as a fruit-growing area, the region is losing agricultural production because of increasing soil salinity, decreasingContinue reading “Australian Flower Power”
Who Drained the Everglades?
Not the private sector, not the state of Florida. Rather, the people who are supposed to restore it.
Controlling the British Countryside
Under the name of environmental policy, the British government robs the rights of landowners.
Saving Fish and Teaching Economics
PERC Reports interviews Colorado school teacher Marc Johnson about his students’ property-rights drama.
Is Free Trade Good for the Environment?
Benjamin. Daniel K. Benjamin reports that economists have come up with persuasive evidence that free trade reduces pollution.