The Weekly StandardApril 25, 2005 By Terry L. Anderson In his new book Collapse, Jared Diamond begins with a chapter on my home state of Montana. Although painting a romantic picture of “Big Sky Country,” he decries environmental tragedies including toxic mining waste, forest fires, soil exhaustion, water shortages, and invasive species. Diamond blames theseContinue reading “Environmental False Alarms”
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Vision through a Narrow Lens
Energy & Environment Vol. 16 No. 3&4 2005 By Jane S. Shaw Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jared Diamond’s new book Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed argues that past societal collapses have occurred in large part because the societies failed to adapt to changing environmental conditions. He warns that modern societies and civilization tooContinue reading “Vision through a Narrow Lens”
How not to fix conservation easements
Writers on the Range March 29, 2005 By Jon Christensen and Terry Anderson One of the most useful, cost-effective methods of conserving land in America is in serious crisis. A series of scandals has revealed major abuses of conservation easements — a legal tool increasingly used to protect private land from development by compensatingContinue reading “How not to fix conservation easements”
The Endangered Species Act Needs a Better Definition
Headwaters News January 5, 2005 By Randy T. Simmons At the Western Governors Association’s two-day Executive Summit on the Endangered Species Act, I told the governors that the Endangered Species Act is broken – that it was born broken. The ESA is based on a flawed understanding of the Americas at Columbian contact and onContinue reading “The Endangered Species Act Needs a Better Definition”
Business and the Environment:
Business Economics January 2005 Evidence of good environmental stewardship is more extensive than most economists and executives recognize. By Jane S. Shaw Actions taken to improve the environment are frequently good for profits, but many executives, including economists, are not fully aware of just how good business’s environmental record is. As a result, they oftenContinue reading “Business and the Environment:”
Save the Environment, Free the Markets
Book Review Eco-nomics: What Everyone Should Know About Economics and the Environment By Richard Stroup Cato 2003 The Journal of the James Madison Institute Winter 2004 Reviewed by Emily Eineman Have you ever considered the relationship between the economy and the environment? I certainly hadn’t given it a lot of thought until I readContinue reading “Save the Environment, Free the Markets”
Enviros Must Modify Strategy as GOP Solidifies Power
Greenwire November 4, 2004 Alex Kaplun Greenwire reporter Having invested huge amounts of financial and political capital in John Kerry’s (D) failed bid for the White House, mainstream environmental groups now face the prospect of overhauling their message and political strategy if they hope to have a voice in the Republican-controlled policymaking over the nextContinue reading “Enviros Must Modify Strategy as GOP Solidifies Power”
Property rights advocates express disappointment with Bush administration
Land Letter October 28, 2004 By Allison A. Freeman Land Letter reporter Four years ago, Terry Anderson saw great potential for an improved environment and property rights under the Bush administration. But now, Anderson, director of the free-market Property and Environment Research Center (PERC) in Bozeman, Mont., says he has probably seen more lost opportunityContinue reading “Property rights advocates express disappointment with Bush administration”
Give governors, residents more say in land designation
Billings Gazette September 11, 2004 By Holly L. Fretwell BEAVERHEAD-DEERLODGE NATIONAL FOREST – As I sit on a knoll on South Willow Creek, the family still snug in the tent, I have a rare moment to reflect on this beautiful spot. Surely this is wilderness. The creek water runs wild and swift, swollen from lastContinue reading “Give governors, residents more say in land designation”
Why our politicized parks suffer
Detroit NewsJuly 18, 2004 By Thomas Bray It’s summertime, and while the political elites are tuning up their fog machines in anticipation of the major party conventions, most Americans are trying to get away from it all. For millions, that means a trip to a national park for a glimpse of the fabled American wilderness.Continue reading “Why our politicized parks suffer”