[…] enhanced habitat for fish and wildlife. Partnering with the City of Wichita, a local conservation district, and state and federal agencies, area farmers have developed a watershed-wide plan to improve water quality by putting environmental outputs in the hands of the farmers. In the end, farmers improve their land use practices and their economic […]
[…] as high as $1,500. San Franciscans, meanwhile, must sort their garbage intoย three color-coded bins โย blue for recycling, green for compost, and black for trash โ and sc offlaws who pitch teabags or coffee grounds into the wrong bin can be fined. In other cities, residents must bag their trash in clear plastic, lest they […]
Freeing up the bidding process will result in a win-win for the environment and energy development.
[…] years. Hank now works with the National Wildlife Federation trying to solve similar resource use conflicts over grazing rights in the Montana, Wyoming, Idaho area. Ranchers with valid steer grazing permits issued by the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management have the legal right to put their cattle on certain public parcels of […]
by Laura Huggins Donโt miss PERCโs Executive Director, Terry Anderson, discussing free market environmentalism on C-SPAN. He models some funny hats too!
[…] requirements were eliminated, the end result being fewer parking spaces and, presumably, stores charging for their use.
Cowenโs observations are intriguingโthey suggest that free market proponents should urge planning boards to free big-box retailers from the yoke of parking requirements. ย Let the market speak and it will say that parkingโunlike information on the internetโdoes not […]
[…] Spencer Banzhaf This year is PERCโs 30th anniversary, and looking back it has many intellectual successes to celebrate, as it has met the challenge of showing how free-market solutions can solve many environmental problems. Looking forward, it will surely have many more successes as it continues to wrestle with new challenges. One of those […]
What do these four symbols have in common? Well, to start with they all cost resources, that is, they are not free. Why in the heck then do practitioners waste their money on them? Why do churches have steeples, and synagogues wonderfully ornate glass windows, and mosques, exquisite wool carpets? Surely the money spent […]
[…] impact pollution has on low-income and minority communities when drafting new rules. Several factors have led to a federal fight against environmental injustices.ย First, a 1983 government study found that hazardous waste landfills in the Southeast were almost entirely located in low-income, minority communities. In 1994, President Clinton signed an executive order promoting nondiscrimination […]
[…] As never before, academic researchers face both the daunting responsibility and refreshing opportunity to examine how to move the theory of service market creation to practice. CASE STUDY: “New Frontiers for a Prairie Economy: Connecting Conservation and Rural Development in the Northern Great Plains.” AUTHOR: Curt Freese, World Wildlife Fund, cfreese@bridgeband.com EXCERPT: Rural communities […]