July 12, 2002 By Holly Lippke Fretwell BOZEMAN, Mont. – As cool, moist air at last reaches the Rocky Mountain West, some of the largest fires in Colorado and Arizona history are finally fading. Remaining fresh in our minds, however, are the bitter debates over the causes of those fires. By misusing a government report,Continue reading “Environmental Counterblaze Distorts a Government Report”
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Individual Fishing Quotas:
Last week, the Pacific Fisheries Management Council announced it will prohibit fishing in major sectors of the groundfish fishery along the Pacific Coast. Donald Leal explains how individual fishing quotas (IFQs) can solve the overfishing dilemma.
Why is the West Always Burning Down?
June 26, 2002 By Linda Platts and Holly Lippke Fretwell BOZEMAN, Mont. – A journalist from an eastern newspaper called our offices in Bozeman, Montana, last week to ask “Why is the West always burning down?” For those of us who live here, it is an exasperating question because we already know the answer. TheContinue reading “Why is the West Always Burning Down?”
Bootleggers, Baptists, and the Global Warming Battle
By Bruce Yandle and Stuart Buck
Is Free Market Environmentalism “Mainstream”?
This essay explains how the well-accepted principles that explain market behavior and underlie prosperity also explain environmental problems and offer ways to solve them.
Opinions on Environmental Education
One of four experts who offer differing opinions on environmental education.
Opinions on Environmental Education
One of four experts who offer differing opinions on environmental education.
Opinions on Environmental Education
One of four experts who offer differing views on environmental education.
Opponents of “Urban Sprawl” should use market-based solutions
Full Text HTML WASHINGTON, DEC. 21, 2000 – Two high-profile, "anti-sprawl" ballot initiatives in Arizona and Colorado were defeated Nov. 7, but the debate over how-and even whether-to limit suburban growth continues. Enter a new manifesto on the topic: the Lone Mountain Compact. Signed by more than 100 academics, scholars and public policy officials, theContinue reading “Opponents of “Urban Sprawl” should use market-based solutions”
The Lone Mountain Compact:
Lone Mountain Coalition The phenomenon of urban sprawl has become a pre-eminent controversy throughout the United States. Recently a number of scholars and writers, gathered at a conference about the issue at Lone Mountain Ranch in Big Sky, Montana by the Political Economy Research Center, decided to distill their conclusions into the following briefContinue reading “The Lone Mountain Compact:”