If the new administration really aims to start to displace fossil fuel money with proceeds from renewables, it should be leading a charge to get rid of the anachronistic Jones Act.
Author Archives: Kat Dwyer
The Case for Conservation Leasing
Federal rulse make it illegal for environmentalists to lease oil-and gas-rich lands in order to protect them. It’s time for that to change.
Let Tribal Nations Manage Bears Ears
True tribal authority requires more than the empty promise of an advisory role.
Federal Regulations Sometimes Stymie Efforts to Recover Formerly Endangered Species
Maintaining a realistic offramp from the Endangered Species Act is essential to spurring long-term recovery efforts.
Will Parks Receive Full Maintenance Funding From GAOA?
Another drop in energy revenues could threaten park maintenance funding.
Regulations Won’t Save America’s Favorite Butterfly
The default approach to endangered-species policy should be to reward—or at the very least, to avoid punishing—people who provide important and hospitable habitats.
Biden’s ‘100% Clean Energy Economy’ Will Require Huge Trade-Offs
All energy sources come with environmental tradeoffs and extractive activities. Even when it comes to wind and solar, there is no free energy lunch.
The Key to Recovering the Monarch is to Reward Private Landowners
While the monarch’s plight is cause for alarm, that the species has not been formally listed may not be.
40 Years of Free Market Environmentalism
For the past four decades, PERC has been sharing the ideas of free market environmentalism around the world.
It’s Time to Unshackle Recreation From Oil and Gas
If Democrats want to unshackle outdoor recreation programs from fossil fuel money, then it’s time to consider alternatives.