The Magazine of Free Market Environmentalism
In this article, Simmons argues that many of the act’s problems stem from the concept of “nature in balance,” an idea now rejected by most ecologists and biologists.
The vehicles attracting the most attention these days are hybrids-cars that combine a gasoline engine that is used for highway driving and an electric…
Green building has come in for some hard knocks in recent years as some high-profile projects have proved to be both inefficient and costly. Yet…
This discussion is an edited version of comments made in December 2004 on the Free Market Environmentalism (FME) Roundtable list-serve. Jonathan Adler prodded his colleagues…
In laboratories around the country, scientists are working to alter the genetic working of trees in order to increase their ability to store carbon, absorb…
©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…
In many instances, litigation has been the tool of choice for environmentalists seeking to halt everything from logging to subdivisions. But times are changing and…
A Yellowstone gray wolf. ©Yellowstone National Park The Endangered Species Act (ESA) is broken. Indeed, it was born broken. Enacted in 1973, the act…
Shortgrass prairie, which once extended across vast stretches of the western Great Plains, is largely gone. A Nature Conservancy-owned ranch in Kansas and several National…
With his 2006 budget, President Bush appears to be championing fiscal responsibility. For environmental policy, this change offers hope for new directions. PERC’s Report Card…
A rise in seat belt usage, combined with campaigns against drunk driving, helped reduce highway fatalities in the United States by about 20 percent from…
A proponent of wind power takes on Thomas Tanton's article from December, and Tanton replies.
