The elephant trophy ban that wasn’t: after dizzying flip-flops, will the US continue to support hunting-based conservation programs?

Although the Endangered Species Act generally forbids the hunting of rare species, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service can permit … More

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

Settling lawsuit brought by 20 states, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to reconsider critical habitat regulations. What will this mean for conservation?

Last week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it had settled a lawsuit brought by 20 states against … More

Sharing-economy conservation: why technology solves complex environmental problems better than regulation

Technology is dramatically reducing informational costs and making it easier for large groups of people to communicate and collaborate. Consequently, … More

The role of property rights in steering climate adaptation

Charleston, South Carolina is particularly vulnerable to the impacts of sea level rise due to climate change. A low lying … More

Voluntary conservation to the gopher tortoise’s rescue

So many environmental issues lead to conflict that it’s easy to think that such conflict is inevitable. But it needn’t … More

Supreme Court to review shy frog case, decide whether land that isn’t habitat can be regulated as “critical habitat”

On Monday, the Supreme Court granted review in Weyerhauser v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services—a closely watched case about a federal … More

The knowledge problem is pervasive in environmental regulation, but could be solved by markets

The people affected by an environmental issue are usually in the best position to know how significant the issue is … More

Can states be trusted to protect rare species?

Proposals for reforming the Endangered Species Act to rely more on state regulation and private incentives are usually met by … More

A river walks into a courtroom . . .

The title above may sound like the setup to a mediocre joke. But, this fall, the Deep Green Resistance, which … More