[…] more appropriate species. Alternatively, if impaired regeneration is the key effect, the process will take many decades if natural forces are left alone to adjust. By selectively planting adaptable species, landowners can greatly accelerate the transition. Under either scenario, profit-seeking human action confers ecological benefits. Such action has another effect. Because the species that […]
[…] old underground fuel tanks with two new above-ground tanks. They have also installed state-of-the-art sewage pumping equipment and allow boaters to pump out their inboard tanks for free. Dozens of trash containers dot the piers at Wormley Creek Marina so fewer gum wrappers and paper cups end up floating in the bay. Reiser and […]
“The concern for forests today is not simply that trees will die from bugs or diseases–it is that entire forest systems are so far out of normal ecological range that virtually every element in the system is affected, and may be at risk.”
The Market Meets the Environment Economic Analysis of Environmental Policy Bruce Yandle Editor What does free market environmentalism have to say about Love Canal, Clevelandβs burning Cuyahoga River, golf course pollution, the EPAβs Toxic Release Inventory Requirement, nonpoint source pollution, and river basin associations? In this revealing book, Bruce Yandle has compiled eleven original […]
[…] Minnesota would make beautiful, virtually care-free landscapes for homes and businesses. Wild rye and thimbleweed, pussytoes and prairie sage, blazing stars and porcupine grass, these were the plants that Bowen wanted to tend. His summer job as caretaker had opened his eyes to a career as a native plant landscaper, and he set his […]
[…] of Water Resources, the Boise Parks Department, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, and the Army Corps of Engineers. Fortunately for OβNeill, once Idaho wildlife officials saw his plan for increasing spawning beds, they dropped their objection to his water right application. And more importantly, they became strong supporters because more trout would ease the […]
DOWNLOAD THE FULL REPORT As nations argue over global warming policies, PERC economist Bruce Yandle brings fresh insights to the discussion. In βBootleggers, Baptists, and Global Warming,β a new paper from PERC, Yandle sheds light on puzzling features of the international negotiations over climate change. Yandle looks at the post-Kyoto negotiations in the […]
[…] having a water market you make that water a bit more fluid in a sense that it can be transferred from one use to another use very easily. The second benefit to allowing water rights to be transferable is that individuals are able to better deal with risk in relations to variations to water […]
Last spring, thousands of Brazilian free-tail bats found a home at the New York Mets training facility in Port St. Lucie, Fla. About the size of a manβs thumb with a wingspread of four inches, these little fellows are harmless, but certainly not tidy. In the evening, they would pour out of the crevices […]
[…] people do make mistakesβhardly surprising in a world of costly information. The point is that people do not make systematic mistakes, that is, mistakes that might be easily corrected by information readily available to government bureaucrats. None of this means there is no role for government regulation of environmental, health, or safety risks. But […]