In 2014, a nonprofit tried to give thousands of trees to Detroit residents, but many declined the offer. A recent … More
Tag: free market environmentalism
Destabilizing property rights with a canoe paddle
In New York, navigable waterways are open to the public; all other waterways belong to the people whose land they … More
Prospecting for conservation: federal mining law encourages environmental conflict rather than free-market negotiation
After President Trump reduced the size of Utah’s Bears Ears National Monument, environmentalists feared the lands would be opened up … More
Environmental restoration requires better incentives
A driving force behind technological innovation and prosperity is “creative destruction.” Old enterprises and technologies are constantly replaced by new … More
Climate conscious consumers: study suggests better-informed consumers would reduce their climate footprint
Often, environmental challenges are the result of externalities—costs of a good or service that are not borne by the producer … More
How far upstream should federal regulation extend?
Yesterday, the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers published their proposed rewrite of the “waters of the United … More
Cleaning the commons
The ocean is a global commons. It’s owned by no one, controlled by no one, and open to all. Predictably, … More
Property rights can resolve conflict over Chesapeake Bay oysters
The Chesapeake Bay is the nation’s largest estuary, with a watershed that includes six states. Because of its size and … More
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
Are invasive species a menace or a blessing? It depends.
Around the world, many ecosystems have been altered by “invasive species”—nonnative species that migrated or were transported to a new … More
