When it comes to the treaty negotiations over climate change, Baptists are the environmental groups, and bootleggers are the companies, trade associations, and nations that are seeking favors through the global warming negotiations.
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How Markets Save Salmon
I am a native of Iceland, where the entire economy is based on fishing. I have enjoyed fishing for salmon with a fly rod all my life. As a child, I can remember the rivers of Iceland teeming with fish. Today, we still have some of the best sport salmon fishing in the world,Continue reading “How Markets Save Salmon”
Looking Before We Leap
People are knowledgeable about the hazards faced by individuals in their age group. It is widely argued that individuals cannot accurately assess the environmental and workplace risks they face .1 One typical claim is that people poorly assess the hazards of dying: They wildly overestimate the likelihood that they will die of lightning strikes orContinue reading “Looking Before We Leap”
PERC Research Associate Clay Landry Talks About Water Marketing
NWRA (National Water Resources Association): What is PERC’s mission and how are you included in groundwater marketing? LANDRY: We’re a non-profit organization – a think-tank is what some people like to call us– that looks at market solutions to environmental problems. PERC was a pioneer in the approach known as free market environmentalism. This isContinue reading “PERC Research Associate Clay Landry Talks About Water Marketing”
Straw Houses Withstand Huffs And Puffs
The EcoEnterprises Fund offers a new twist on venture capital by targeting environmentally responsible and conservation-minded businesses. The fund will invest an average of $100,000 to $200,000 in small start-up ventures in Latin America and the Caribbean. The fund, also known as Fondo EcoEmpresas, is a joint effort of the Inter-American Development Bank and theContinue reading “Straw Houses Withstand Huffs And Puffs”
Saving Our Streams Through Water Markets
A Summary A new handbook by Clay J. Landry, Saving Our Streams through Water Markets, is likely to become an essential guide for those interested in using water markets to protect fish and other wildlife in streams and rivers. Saving Our Streams gives practical advice about this rapidly emerging market for environmentalists, agency officials, ranchers,Continue reading “Saving Our Streams Through Water Markets”
Green Venture Capital
The EcoEnterprises Fund offers a new twist on venture capital by targeting environmentally responsible and conservation-minded businesses. The fund will invest an average of $100,000 to $200,000 in small start-up ventures in Latin America and the Caribbean. The fund, also known as Fondo EcoEmpresas, is a joint effort of the Inter-American Development Bank and theContinue reading “Green Venture Capital”
Bats In The Stadium
Last spring, thousands of Brazilian free-tail bats found a home at the New York Mets training facility in Port St. Lucie, Fla. About the size of a man’s thumb with a wingspread of four inches, these little fellows are harmless, but certainly not tidy. In the evening, they would pour out of the crevices inContinue reading “Bats In The Stadium”
Ragweed To Riches
As many midwestern farm families struggle to make a living off the land, the Jones family of Afton, Iowa, has found a new source of revenue growing in their pastures. For two summers, the family has been picking the flowers off the ragweed plants that flourish in their fields and corrals. The flowers are groundContinue reading “Ragweed To Riches”
Treetop Walkway
High above West Africa’s Upper Guinean rain forest, tourists on gently swaying walkways stroll cautiously through the forest canopy. It is a nature experience still rare even in the realms of eco-tourism. Kakum National Park, the 140-square-mile preserve where the walkway is located, is home to several endangered species including the forest elephant. It isContinue reading “Treetop Walkway”