[…] todayβs society, a key element that empowers those who possess it to better take care of their own lives and responsibilities to society. In clear, powerful language free of jargon or obscurity, they illuminate the basic principles of supply and demand, private ownership, trade, and more. In a world where free trade, taxes, and […]
[…] turbine, that 73-year-old Professor Alexander Gorlov believes will βsomeday help turn hydroelectric power into one of the most important and environmentally benign renewable energy sources on the planet.β Β This turbine, which was awarded the Thomas A. Edison Patent Award by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, is designed to harness the energy of […]
Β One of the most useful, cost-effective methods of conserving land in America is in serious crisis. A series of scandals has revealed major abuses of conservation easementsββa legal tool increasingly used to protect private land from development. Landowners who donate easements to nonprofit conservation groups promise that the land will not be used […]
[…] trusts hold easements on properties for which the costs of enforcing such easements against violations are fairly low. For example, easements for open space and scenery are easily enforced, especially when ranchers and farmers own the land and want to preserve their heritage. On the other hand, land trusts tend to buy land for […]
[…] North Carolina Β Jane S. Shaw, Senior Fellow, PERC, Bozeman, Montana Β Julian Morris, Executive Director, International Policy Network, London Β Kenneth W. Chilton, Director, Institute for Study of Economics and the Environment, Lindenwood University, St. Charles, Missouri Β Jonathan Adler: If one accepts conservative predictions about climate change such as those championed by […]
A proponent of wind power takes on Thomas Tanton’s article from December, and Tanton replies.
[…] nation has gone about as far as it can go in improving river water quality by regulating βpoint sourcesβ of contaminants such as industrial and municipal treatment plants. Now we must involve others, including farmers, whose fertilizer washes into streams without much control. The president should push for legislation that encourages and expands trades […]
Β©Mammoth Water/Richael Young A new technology could make use of excess heat and at the same time produce millions of gallons of fresh water from power plants. The novel idea originated with two professors at the University of Florida, James Klausner and Renwei Mei. What the two academics saw was power plants using huge […]
DOWNLOAD THE FULL REPORT In the early twentieth century, Los Angeles purchased water rights by buyingΒ up farmland in Owens Valley on the eastern side of California and conveying theΒ water to Los Angeles. These purchases created a legacy of distrust and suspicion, as people over time began to view the trades as theft. Memorialized […]
[…] exploring ways to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in case global warming should become an overriding danger. Among other technologies, they are studying more efficient combustion; the use of hydrogen and other alternative fuels; and methods of carbon sequestration, which prevents carbon from mixing with the air to form […]