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Category: overcriminalization

Five years after the Gold King mine spill, we still need reforms to cleanup abandoned mines

This week was the 5th anniversary of the Gold King mine spill, in which contractors working for the Environmental Protection … More

abandoned mines, CERCLA, free market environmentalism, good samaritan, good samaritan legislation, libertarian environmentalism, mining, superfund, water pollution

Recovering endangered wolves means addressing impacts on communities and landowners

In 1976, the last wild Mexican wolves were captured and put into a captive breeding program. Over the last half-century, … More

endangered species, Endangered Species Act, ESA reform, experimental populations, free market environmentalism, libertarian environmentalism, Mexican gray wolf, Mexican gray wolves, Mexican wolf, Mexican wolves

Should every cat owner, car owner, and home owner be a potential criminal?

Billions of birds are killed every year in the United States, many of which are protected by the Migratory Bird … More

airbnb for birds, birds, Endangered Species Act, free market environmentalism, libertarian environmentalism, Migratory Bird Treaty Act, migratory birds, overcriminalization

Will sea otters soon be returned to San Francisco bay?

California sea otters have come a long way from the 50-member population discovered off Big Sur in the early 1900s, … More

california, california sea otter, conservation, endangered species, Endangered Species Act, free market environmentalism, libertarian environmentalism, sea otter, southern sea otter, trade-offs, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Insuring a future for apex predators

Where wildlife poses risks to those who live and work near them, people predictably take steps to reduce their liability. … More

endangered species, free market environmentalism, insurance, libertarian environmentalism, Property Rights, snow leopard, wildlife, wildlife insurance

Will the Supreme Court decide whether the Clean Water Act applies to groundwater?

In February, the Supreme Court agreed to decide whether the federal Clean Water Act regulates pollutants that migrate through groundwater. … More

Clean Water Act, conduit theory, free market environmentalism, groundwater, Hawaii, libertarian environmentalism, Maui, overcriminalization, pollution, WOTUS

As wildfires become more catastrophic, are we overlooking free-market ways to lower the cost of reducing them?

Like many people, I’ve been monitoring, with dread, updates on the wildfires burning in California. The Camp Fire, which is … More

economic liberty, economics, federal lands, forest resiliency bond, free market environmentalism, libertarian environmentalism, wildfire

If the goal is to guide human action, environmental markets work better than indecipherable regulations

One of the greatest strengths of free market environmentalism approaches to environmental problems is that they facilitate the development of … More

Clean Water Act, free market environmentalism, libertarian environmentalism, overcriminalization, overregulation, Rapanos, Supreme Court, water pollution, Waters of the United States, WOTUS

In 2018, will the federal government be an ally in the fight against overcriminalization?

In this year’s pre-Christmas news dump, the Department of Interior announced it was reversing the agency’s prior interpretation of the … More

Endangered Species Act, habitat, incidental take, McKittrick Policy, Migratory Bird Treaty Act, migratory birds, overcrim, overcriminalization, take

Protecting the environment does not require us to abandon the rule of law

This week, briefing began in WildEarth Guardians v. U.S. Department of Justice, a case of critical importance to anyone concerned about … More

environment, free market environmentalism, incentives, knowledge, libertarian, libertarian environmentalism, McKittrick, McKittrick Policy, overcrim, overcriminalization, overregulation, Property Rights, regulation

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