This summer PERC welcomed 14 entrepreneurs from all over the world for its 13th annual Enviropreneur Institute. One of our enviropreneurs, David Hoffman, is an avid outdoorsman with a particular interest in air quality.
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Q&A with Michael ‘t Sas-Rolfes on Why Legal Rhino Horn Trade Will Save Rhinos
It’s a conservation debate that’s as fiery as it gets: Will a legal rhino horn trade save rhinos? Michael ‘t Sas-Rolfes believes a well-regulated trade is the right answer, and here’s why.
How to avoid a range war over sage grouse
A system of positive incentives to motivate environmental stewardship prior to listing under the Endangered Species Act could enhance the nation’s framework for species conservation.
Get Used to It: Coal Is Here to Stay
Coal burning is not the dirty process it was decades ago and restricting sales only hurts our economy.
Everyone calm down, there is no “bee-pocalypse”
On Atlantic Media’s business news site, Quartz.com, research fellow Shawn Regan explores the resurgence of worry over colony collapse disorder.
A Will for the Woods
A new documentary, A Will for the Woods, highlights a growing trend in what is known as “green burials.” The Green Burial Council was launched with the help of PERC Enviropreneur Institute alum Joe Sehee.
Board Profile
Martin Hostettler, a forest economist and engineer, lives in Switzerland. He provides practical insight to how PERC can build on more than thirty years of success solving environmental problems with market solutions.
Transaction Costs and Environmental Markets: The Role of Entrepreneurs
As published in Oxford Journal’s “Review of Environmental Economics and Policy,” Terry Anderson and Nick Parker show that entrepreneurs guide the evolution of property rights, which in turn can lower the transaction costs of using markets to solve environmental problems.
Food Safety: A Market Solution?
The command-and-control viewpoint isn’t illogical. The American food supply is one of the safest in the world. But I submit that the current system fails to tap creative, market-based incentives to further improve food safety.
Steve Hayward Talks Climate on CNBC
President Obama unveiled drastic new regulations on Tuesday to curb greenhouse gas emissions. PERC board member Steve Hayward previewed the president’s speech earlier this week on The Kudlow Report.