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To Preserve It, Buy It
Tacoma News Tribune August 13, 1998 By Matthew Brown and Jane S. Shaw Chaining yourself to a tree in the forest just doesn’t work any more. Environmentalists who want to save forests have found a less confrontational way to achieve their goals–and a more effective one, too. They reach for their checkbooks. Abandoning court battlesContinue reading “To Preserve It, Buy It”
Make Forest Service Pay Its Own Way
Rocky Mountain NewsJune 7, 1998 By Terry L. Anderson The threat of budget cuts for the Forest Service is some of the best fiscal and environmental news yet out of this congress. Angered by years of declining timber sales, Western conservatives are threatening to wield the budget ax. The net result could be a breathContinue reading “Make Forest Service Pay Its Own Way”
Market Plan Can Ease State Water Shortage
The Orange County RegisterFebruary 16, 1998 By Terry L. Anderson The Issue: Our water programs don’t work well because they are predicated on politics, not market factors. Just as El Nino rains are sending rivers over their banks, the Resources Agency of California has released a draft of the California Water Plan predicting statewide shortagesContinue reading “Market Plan Can Ease State Water Shortage”
The Rise of the Enviro-Capitalists
Wall Street JournalAugust 26,1997 By Terry L. Anderson and Donald R. Leal A quiet revolution taking place across the country and around the world is dispelling the myth that environmental quality must emanate from government. A new breed of environmental entrepreneurs, using the tools of capitalism instead of command-and- control tactics, are working to preserveContinue reading “The Rise of the Enviro-Capitalists”
Forest Service Roads Opened for Recreation Would Defray Costs
Sacramento BeeAugust 5, 1997 Forest Service Roads Opened form Recreation Would Defray Costs By Donald R. Leal Not long ago, Congress flirted with the idea of making the timber industry pay for the roads it builds on national forests. The decision ended in a compromise, but the environmentalists and fiscal conservatives pushing for payment willContinue reading “Forest Service Roads Opened for Recreation Would Defray Costs”
Winter Kill in Yellowstone
Wall Street JournalJanuary 28, 1997 By Holly Lippke Fretwell and Linda Platts BOZEMAN, Mont. – So far this winter more than 700 Yellowstone National Park bison have been shot on sight or shipped to slaughterhouses as they searched for food outside the park. The purpose of this bloodletting is to prevent the spread of infectiousContinue reading “Winter Kill in Yellowstone”
The ABCs of Environmental Myths
Wall Street JournalSeptember 4, 1996 By Michael Sanera and Jane S. Shaw Without fanfare (or even public hearings) a cadre of environmental activists is quietly pushing for reauthorization of the 1990 National Environmental Education Act, which has passed the Senate and will soon face a vote in the House. The 1990 act created the EnvironmentalContinue reading “The ABCs of Environmental Myths”
National Parks Can Pay Their Way
Chicago TribuneSeptember 3, 1996 By Terry L. Anderson and Mark Liffman A new day is dawning in our national. Congress has passed a law allowing the National Park Service to begin a two-year pilot program at 10 designated parks. These parks may charge higher fees and, more important, each park will keep 80 percent ofContinue reading “National Parks Can Pay Their Way”
Georgia’s Groundwater:
Savannah Morning NewsMay 19, 1996 Georgia’s Groundwater: Own It or Lose It By Terry L. Andersonand Pamela S. Snyder The days of cheap, plentiful groundwater are over for Savannah. Heavy pumping in the city and surrounding Chatham County is affecting wells as far away as Hilton Head Island. Both areas share groundwater from the FloridanContinue reading “Georgia’s Groundwater:”