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Water Conservation
A New Landscape: 8 Ideas for the Interior Department
Eight policy ideas to deliver environmental and economic improvements for the nation’s lands, waters, and other natural resources.
POTUS takes on WOTUS
It took the Obama administration many months to develop, propose, and promulgate its WOTUS rule, and it will take just as long to revise or undo it.
The Power of Prices
An innovative water contract pays farmers to conserve.
A Shot of Climate Change With Your Morning Coffee
What Haiti reveals about the adaptation challenges that face the global coffee sector.
EconTalk: Terry Anderson on Native American Economics
PERC’s Terry Anderson discusses economic life for Native Americans on EconTalk.
Drought and the Mighty Mississippi
Why financial adaptations could be just as important as physical adaptations to climate change.
No Wonder the Standing Rock Sioux Opposed the Pipeline
Federal policies often discourage developers from doing business on Native American reservations, denying tribes the opportunity to benefit from projects such as the Dakota Access Pipeline.
There’s a Way to Settle the Florida-Georgia Water War — Outside of Court
Georgia and Florida have taken their long-standing fight over water to the U.S. Supreme Court. Defining clear, enforceable, and transferable water rights could help ensure that water is allocated to productive uses and finally put an end to this water war.
Presidental Medal Of Freedom Should Come With Freedom For American Indians
It is appropriate that Elouise Cobell be honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, but it would be better yet if the federal government would grant all Native Americans the freedom suggested by the award’s title – especially when it comes to energy development.