Market approaches based in property rights and trade can align incentives in ways that create environmental benefits.
Author Archives: Kat Dwyer
Does Superfund Undermine the Role of Property Rights in Cleaning Up Pollution?
The Supreme Court declines to answer in Atlantic Richfield case.
Looking Ahead Amidst Uncertainty
A Message on the Covid-19 Pandemic from PERC’s CEO Brian Yablonski.
Turning the Problem Into the Solution
This National Wildlife Week, we celebrate the innovative leaders that are getting the incentives right to conserve the wildlife that makes our world so diverse and exciting.
Federal Rules Discourage Cleanup of Abandoned Mines
Although conservation groups and private companies have expressed an interest in pitching in, the risk of liability significantly constrains their ability to do so.
How Will We Pay For the Land and Water Conservation Fund?
As policymakers seek permanent funding for conservation and recreation, the challenge will be to find other, more dependable funding sources to sustain outdoor recreation and conservation.
Coronavirus Pandemic Highlights the Vulnerability of African Wildlife Conservation
The crisis brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic, and its impact on the tourism industry, gives us the opportunity to see the vulnerabilities of conservation models more clearly.
Endangered Species Bear the Costs of Bad Incentives
Free market environmentalism offers many ways to better align the incentives of landowners with the interests of rare species.
Market Solutions to Environmental Problems
A podcast on the merits of free market environmentalism.
It’s (Finally) Time to Restore Our Parks
Fully solving the backlog issue will require tackling the current backlog as well as ensuring that today’s routine maintenance needs do not become tomorrow’s deferred maintenance.