ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION: A MASSIVE LOSS OF FREEDOM Your symposium on the energy bill, Ã’Why Did the Greens Win?Ó intrigued me, even if it opened with a false premiseÑthat environmentalists won much of what they wanted in the Senate energy bill. While environmentalists did succeed in blocking oil development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, weContinue reading “WHY DID THE GREENS WIN?”
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It’s A Wrap
The search for bio-friendly food packaging material may have finally come to an end. EarthShell has developed a product from limestone, sand, and starch from potatoes or corn that will decompose within a few weeks when exposed to air. This packaging, Ali-ITE, has two distinct advantages over many other new products. Production costs are theContinue reading “It’s A Wrap”
Water Logged
An unlikely treasure lies buried in the cold dark depths of Lake Superior. Its golden hues emanate not from precious metal, but rather old-growth oak, maple, birch, and elm. Scott Mitchen, a professional treasure hunter, is thrilled with his find. During the late 1800s, millions of trees were cut and floated across the lake; however,Continue reading “Water Logged”
Dung Power
British dairy farmers are on the cutting edge of a new power source. The dung from their 5,000 cows is fueling a biogas plant on the north coast of Devon, England. The project is a joint venture between Farmatic of Germany and twenty-eight Devon dairy farmers. The waste is collected and then allowed to fermentContinue reading “Dung Power”
Computer Career
James Burgett, a 350-pound biker and ex-heroin addict, runs one of largest nonprofit computer recycling centers in the United States. Most of the money he makes is poured back into nonprofit activities. He has supplied refurbished computers to nearly every school in Oakland, Calif., human rights organizations in Guatemala, orphanages in Mexico, and disadvantaged peopleContinue reading “Computer Career”
Hunting — and Saving — Whales
At long last, new technology opens the possibility of property rights in whales — but international whaling regulators prefer “no whaling” over conservation.
South Carolina’s Jocassee Gorges –
RS-02-2: 2002 By Jody Lipford, Jerry Slice, and Bruce Yandle About the Authors About PERC Research Studies Executive Summary In 1997, the state of South Carolina acquired from Duke Energy Corporation 33,000 acres of undeveloped land known as the Jocassee Gorges. The $54 million property is part of the Blue Ridge Escarpment in the southern AppalachianContinue reading “South Carolina’s Jocassee Gorges –”
Environmental Counterblaze Distorts a Government Report
July 12, 2002 By Holly Lippke Fretwell BOZEMAN, Mont. – As cool, moist air at last reaches the Rocky Mountain West, some of the largest fires in Colorado and Arizona history are finally fading. Remaining fresh in our minds, however, are the bitter debates over the causes of those fires. By misusing a government report,Continue reading “Environmental Counterblaze Distorts a Government Report”
Individual Fishing Quotas:
Last week, the Pacific Fisheries Management Council announced it will prohibit fishing in major sectors of the groundfish fishery along the Pacific Coast. Donald Leal explains how individual fishing quotas (IFQs) can solve the overfishing dilemma.
Golfing Gone Wild
Golf courses, once considered wicked over-watered stews of pesticides, fertilizers, and alien plant life, have gained new luster with the environmental community. As homes and businesses continue to spread across the landscape, golf courses are often providing the open spaces that communities crave. Increasingly, these open spaces are offering up wildflowers, native plants, bluebirds, turtles,Continue reading “Golfing Gone Wild”