Free people and free economies have repeatedly shown they’re up to the task of solving environmental problems. Earth Day should be a celebration of that fact.
Category: Property Rights
Should government permits override property rights?
Environmental permitting should supplement property rights, not destroy them.
Conservation easements must be interpreted to encourage cooperation not conflict
Biased interpretations of conservation easements sacrifice long-term conservation benefits for short-term gain.
Do people have a right to protect their property through climate adaptation?
If we’re entering a period of sustained sea level rise, property owners’ rights to protect their property must be secure and they must be compensated when that right is taken from them.
Does the environment trump constitutional limits on federal power?
In Utah prairie dog decision, the Tenth Circuit undermined cooperative conservation of the species and tore up constitutional limits on federal power.
How to promote federalism and reduce Clean Water Act abuse
The federal government should transfer permitting authority to states under the Clean Water Act 404 program.
Fact checkers should steer clear of difficult legal questions
[Update: The Washington Post’s Fact Checker has updated the article to acknowledge this response.] Last week, President Trump issued an … More
Executive order on WOTUS signals start of Clean Water Act reform
The President’s WOTUS executive order has begun the process for reforming the Clean Water Act, so that fewer people find themselves in the nightmare experienced by a Wyoming property owner threatened with $20 million in fines for building a pond.
Species recovery depends on establishing better incentives
An Endangered Species Act regulation undermines incentives to conserve and recover species, while also harming property owners and the economy.
To protect endangered species, secure property rights
To protect endangered species, we need to rely more on property rights and less on regulation.
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