PERC’s Policy Director, Hannah Downey, sits down with Gabriella Hoffman of the District of Conservation podcast to discuss free market environmentalism. Government is often thought of as the sole arbitrator of any and all environmental issues. However, the market offers innovative answers to our environmental challenges and invokes collaborative solutions. By incentivizing compromise and inspiring ingenuity, free market environmentalism can generate good environmental outcomes that leave all parties (wildlife and human alike) better off.
Market Solutions to Environmental Problems
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Hannah Downey
- Associate Vice President of Policy
Hannah Downey is the policy director at PERC, helping to bring PERC ideas to the policy world.
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New PERC Report: Transferable Tax Credits Expand Participation in Conservation Easements
Research shows market-based reforms make conservation easements more accessible for farmers and ranchers while protecting higher-value lands.
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Trading Green
How transferable tax credits supercharge conservation easements
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The Endangered Species Act Regulatory Reform Pendulum Swings Again—Possibly For the Final Time
If the courts and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service can agree, then the regulatory pendulum might finally come to a stop.
