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Will Oregon reopen its water market?

Water markets are an essential tool for promoting efficient use of water and increasing water available for fish and other … More

conservation, free market environmentalism, libertarian environmentalism, water, water markets, water rights, water trading

A flood of red tape: why is it harder to buy out flood prone properties than to rebuild?

This year, the Mississippi River experienced its longest flood on record, with parts of the river exceeding flood levels for … More

climate change, flood insurance, flooding, free market environmentalism, incentives, libertarian environmentalism, national flood insurance, natural resources defense council, NRDC, Property Rights

Property rights are key to addressing pollution

For nearly 100 years, a copper smelter near Opportunity, Montana dumped tons of toxic metals, arsenic, and lead on its … More

CERCLA, common law, environment, free market environmentalism, libertarian environmentalism, nuisance, Pacific Legal Foundation, PERC, preemption, Property and Environment Research Center, Property Rights, Supreme Court, Supreme Court of the United States, trespass

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

Can cities contribute more to conservation?

Often, conservation discussions focus on rural and undeveloped areas. When cities come up, it’s largely in the context of reducing … More

Endangered Species Act, free market environmentalism, habitat, libertarian environmentalism, monarch, Property Rights

Can property owners be barred from seeking restoration against neighboring polluters? The Supreme Court will soon decide.

Over a century, a copper smelter in Opportunity, Montana emitted thousands of tons of toxic metals, polluting its neighbors’ properties … More

brownfields, CERCLA, cleanup, conservation, free market environmentalism, libertarian environmentalism, preemption, Supreme Court of the United States

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

Environmental markets work best when they incentivize compliance, rather than relying on enforcement

Last week, ProPublica published an article questioning whether carbon credits for forest preservation are “worse than nothing.” The article cites … More

carbon offsets, conservation, deforestation, Forests, free market environmentalism, libertarian environmentalism

This Endangered Species Day, we should celebrate species’ recovery and imagine innovative ways to encourage more recoveries

Today is the thirteenth Endangered Species Day, a day marked by Congress to celebrate the efforts of a wide variety … More

conservation, endangered species, ESA, free market environmentalism, Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem grizzly, grizzly, libertarian environmentalism, species recovery, Yellowstone

A bug’s life: the American burying beetle’s recovery should be a cause for celebration, not alarm

Should a species’ improvement be a cause for celebration or concern? That question is posed by the response to this … More

4(d), American burying beetle, endangered species, Endangered Species Act, ESA, ESA 4(d), free market environmentalism, libertarian environmentalism, threatened species

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