Rhinos have been hunted to the verge of extinction because of their valuable horns. Most governments have responded, as they … More
Category: regulation
Endangered species depend on private land for habitat, so why treat landowners as the enemy?
Designating uninhabitable private land as “critical habitat” discourages private conservation with no compensating benefit for species.
The boy who cried wolf grew up to be an environmental alarmist
Environmental alarmists may grab headlines, but they’ve repeatedly proven spectacularly wrong. Environmental issues require sober analysis and problem solving, not overheated rhetoric.
Worried about droughts? Embrace water markets
In the last few years, California experienced a long, severe drought. It was extremely painful, but not as painful as … More
Will regulation undermine the sharing economy’s environmental potential?
The sharing economy holds tremendous environmental potential by making it easier for people to make more with less.
We need monumental creativity to resolve Antiquities Act conflicts
We need monumental creativity to resolve Antiquities Act conflicts, which is threatened by both sides digging in.
Property rights to the rescue of Maine’s seaweed
Concerns about the sustainability of Maine rockweed have an easy solution: property rights. If landowners also own these plants, they will be able to express their environmental values by conserving it and have an incentive to prevent overharvesting.
Will Pennsylvania’s trust approach to public lands reduce conflict?
Pennsylvania’s trust approach to managing public lands may give environmental groups an incentive to support productive use, to generate revenue for higher value conservation projects.
Zoning regulations harm the economy and the environment
Zoning harms the economy by frustrating interstate migration and the environment by encouraging sprawl and undermining climate mitigation.
Supreme Court’s muddled definition of property undermines and politicizes conservation
The Supreme Court’s vague definition of “property” undermines free-market environmentalism.
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