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Tag: Property Rights

Transaction costs matter

Will Harris, a free-range chicken farmer in Georgia, recently learned first hand the importance of transaction costs. In the last … More

endangered species, environment, free market environmentalism, incentives, libertarian environmentalism, markets, predator conflict, Property Rights, transatction costs

Beach access: opportunity for compromise or recipe for conflict?

Summertime means longer days and, for many families, a trip to a little slice of paradise: the beach. Most flock … More

beach access, easement, Florida, free market environmentalism, incentives, libertarian environmentalism, Property Rights, public access

Lesser prairie chicken continues to recover thanks to collaborative conservation. Could such efforts soon help more species?

The lesser prairie chicken, a species of grouse found in Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, continues to recover … More

4(d), conservation, endangered species, Endangered Species Act, ESA, ESA 4(d), ESA reform, PECE, Property Rights, species recovery, take prohibition, threatened species

No suit for you: Federal court dismisses California climate change cases against oil companies

Cities across the country have brought novel lawsuits seeking to hold oil companies responsible for climate change—in particular, the city’s … More

Clean Air Act, climate, climate adaptation, climate change, climate mitigation, emissions, litigation, Property Rights, tort reform

Markets for conservation, by assigning a price to environmental values, can help protect land from eminent domain

Concern about eminent domain has traditionally been a concern of property rights activists, not the environmental community. But that may … More

conservation, conservation easement, eminent domain, free market environmentalism, just compensation, libertarian environmentalism, pipelines, Property Rights, public use, takings clause

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

Critical Habitat, dusky gopher frog, free market environmentalism, libertarian environmentalism, Markle, Property Rights, Supreme Court, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Weyerhauser v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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

Charleston, climate adaptation, climate change, lucas v south carolina coastal council, Property Rights, sea level rise, takings clause

Protecting the environment does not require us to abandon the rule of law

This week, briefing began in WildEarth Guardians v. U.S. Department of Justice, a case of critical importance to anyone concerned about … More

environment, free market environmentalism, incentives, knowledge, libertarian, libertarian environmentalism, McKittrick, McKittrick Policy, overcrim, overcriminalization, overregulation, Property Rights, regulation

The Supreme Court wrestles again with the Clean Water Act’s due process deficit

Last week, the Supreme Court heard argument in the case challenging the WOTUS rule—the controversial rule defining the scope of … More

clean water, Clean Water Act, Due Process Clause, environment, Property Rights, regulation, WOTUS, WOTUS rule

Can the government use tax foreclosures to destroy conservation easements without compensation?

Not paying your taxes should and does have serious consequences. Governments, and most people, have little sympathy for tax delinquents. … More

conservation, conservation easement, environment, libertarian environmentalism, property, Property Rights, tax foreclosure, taxes

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