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Celebrate Freedom
PERC is hosting a party to celebrate
The Friedman Legacy of Freedom
Join us Friday, July 30 at 9 a.m.
in the PERC conference room

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When ideas have sex

Mat Ridley

British author Matt Ridley visited PERC in July to discuss his most recent book, The Rational Optimist. Watch Matt and feel the optimism.
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How does PERC compare?
PERC compares itself to bigger, flashier environmental policy organizations. The results are looking good.
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Anderson speaks out on BP oil spill in WSJ

Terry Anderson

If more lands were open to development, risky deep ocean drilling would not be necessary.
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Outdoor initiative puts feds in charge
This top-down approach does not give locals a voice in recreation decisions.
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Recycling
PERC Sr. Fellow Dan Benjamin explains the myths of recycling.
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Eminent domain and delegated power
The history of public domain in the US shows citizens repeatedly delegate the same powers and then repeatedly react with anger to its misuse.
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Water Markets: Why Not More?
Scholars from several disciplines examine why water markets have not developed further than they have and explore how institutional and political barriers might be lowered.
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Interior Dept. wasting public resouces
Executive Director Terry Anderson criticized the Department of Interior for poor land stewardship and lack of return on billions of dollars in public resources.
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>Recycling in early times

Recycling Myths Revisited

Many insist that saving the environment requires mandatory recycling. PERC Senior Fellow Daniel Benjamin's careful analysis shows many of these claims are bogus and the recycling process often uses more resources than it saves.
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Joe Biden

Joe Biden lauds questionable green jobs, ignores deficits

Vice President Joe Biden has been touring national parks in the West, slapping backs over the successes of the stimulus package, while ignoring the defocot spending that is throwing good money after bad.
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PERC Reports heralds 30 years of bold thinking in the environmental arena

The originators of free market environmentalism and the founders of PERC reflect back on their successes, their stumbles, the passion they see for a new approach to achieving environmental quality in the next generation.
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National TV broadcasting led to increased social regulation

The rise of national markets associated with national TV networks led to the expansion of federal social regulation and a simultaneous decline of federal economic regulation.
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National experts at property rights forum

Speakers at the Property Rights Forum sponsored by the PERC and the Montana Policy Institute included Randal O'Toole of Cato, Steve Hayward of the American Enterprise Institute and Terry Anderson of PERC. If you missed the conference or want a refresher—
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Beware unseen costs of expanding stream access

The loss of spawning habitat on the Mitchell Slough, once funded by private landowners, will drive down trout numbers in the Bitterroot’s main channel.
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Not the time to cap and trade

Reducing emissions through a cap-and-trade program would be costly and probably ineffective on a global scale, say PERC fellows Bruce Yandle and Jody Lipford. Instead, improve incentives for discovering new, cleaner technologies by eliminating the capital gains tax.
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