. Idea incubator There was no lack of breadth or scope to the projects proposed at the 2009 Enviropreneur Institute. From grazing reforms leading to landscape scale soil conservation to hydropower generated by conserved irrigation water, the projects ranged from the Patagonia steppe to Oregon rivers and Indonesian forests. PERC will be following the progressContinue reading “Enviropreneur Institute 2009”
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How to stop desertification
By Wycliffe Muga
The Cuyahoga River Fire 40 Years Later
In the forty years that have passed since oily debris on the banks of the Cuyahoga River caught fire, the river has been transformed from a sewer of industrial waste to habitat for fish, bird , beaver, and other wildlife. The burning river became a symbol to a new and growing environmental movement in the 1970s,Continue reading “The Cuyahoga River Fire 40 Years Later”
Enviropreneur-in Residence: Tom Iseman
By Tom Iseman The Washington Post, Business Week, and other high-profile publications have recently asked the question, “is water the new oil?” Well, let’s hope we never see freshwater at $140 a barrel . But in the arid West, explosive population growth and scarce water supplies suggest the emerging tensions over water allocation. Throw in theContinue reading “Enviropreneur-in Residence: Tom Iseman”
Thoughts on the Relative Merits of Cap-and-Trade versus Emission Taxes for Controlling Carbon Emissions.
By Bruce Yandle
The tragedy of the commons
Property rights and markets as solutions to resource and environmental problems.
Saving wild tigers could mean eating them
On ABC’s “20/20” with John Stossel, Terry Anderson sugests eating tigers could be the best way to save them.
The ‘illusion’ of green jobs
By Andrew P. Morriss "Green jobs" are touted as the universal cure-all, saving the environment and the economy at the same time. Congress included more than $80 billion in spending and tax incentives to promote them in the recent stimulus bill. Van Jones, President Barack Obama’s green jobs adviser, even recently called for using ex-convictsContinue reading “The ‘illusion’ of green jobs”
On Earth Day, Think Thoreau
By Laura E. Huggins Earth Day is upon us, and with it, several “green” events, including the broadcasting of “Walden: The Ballad of Thoreau” on public television and in schools. This is surprising at a time when government involvement in the environment is all the rage. Henry David Thoreau, who wrote that “government is bestContinue reading “On Earth Day, Think Thoreau”
Public Land Mismanagement
Environmental, fiscal and economic irresponsibility in the name of protection.