In this article prepared for the Institute for Study of Economics and the Environment at Lindenwood University, Jane Shaw discusses how advocacy has replaced good science in many school textbooks, and how it can be changed.
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Can We Expect Environmental Progress From the Bush Administration?
President Bush had numerous chances to show that conservative principles include conservation, yet at midterm scores low grades for implementing the tenets of free market environmentalism, which emphasizes establishing incentives and clarifying property rights within a growing economy that values environmental quality. Instead his administration continues an unfortunate trend of making the Republican Party lookContinue reading “Can We Expect Environmental Progress From the Bush Administration?”
Environmental Counterblaze Distorts a Government Report
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”
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.