Skip to content
FREEcology

FREEcology

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Libertarian environmentalism

  • Home
  • About
  • Contact

Tag: regulation

How to promote federalism and reduce Clean Water Act abuse

The federal government should transfer permitting authority to states under the Clean Water Act 404 program.

404 permit, Clean Water Act 404, Congressional Review Act, CRA, CWA, CWA 404, federalism, fill permit, Rapanos guidance, Rapanos v United States, regulation, wetland

Species recovery depends on establishing better incentives

An Endangered Species Act regulation undermines incentives to conserve and recover species, while also harming property owners and the economy.

conservation, environment, ESA, ESA 4(d), op-ed, property, regulation, take prohibition, threatened species, threatened species take

To protect endangered species, secure property rights

To protect endangered species, we need to rely more on property rights and less on regulation.

endangered species, Endangered Species Act, incentives, Namibia conservancies, Property Rights, regulation, wildlife

If the Endangered Species Act were a doctor, it would lose its medical license

The Endangered Species Act is popular, despite an abysmal recovery rate, because of survey bias, voter ignorance, and poor debate.

Critical Habitat, Endangered Species Act, ESA, ESA reform, Modernize the Endangered Species Act, regulation, take, take prohibition

Regulations should be judged at the margins

Regulations can’t be defended based on overall costs v. benefits, but must be justified on the margins.

economics, environment, libertarian, libertarian environmentalism, marginal analysis, regulation

A monument to presidential excess

The big news this week was the President’s declaration of Bear’s Ears and Gold Butte national monuments, totaling a little … More

Antiquities Act, Bear's Ears, libertarian environmentalism, Magnuson Stevens, monument, Northeast Canyons, President Obama, regulation

A government of laws, and not of men

Early this week, the Boston Globe reported on the nightmare a New Hampshire retailer experienced when he caught the attention … More

administrative agencies, administrative law, arbitrary, bureaucracy, discretion, environment, government of laws not men, libertarian environmentalism, overregulation, regulation, rule of law

Bureaucracy for bureaucracy’s sake

Earlier this week, the Boston Globe reported on the bureaucratic nightmare that a New Hampshire retailer experienced with he caught the … More

Andy Johnson v EPA, bureaucracy, bureaucrats, Clean Water Act, CWA, Johnson v EPA, libertarian environmentalism, overcriminalization, overregulation, permit, regulation

‘Ignorance of the law is no excuse’ leads to bureaucratic nightmares

The Boston Globe reports the nightmare that a small New Hampshire retailer experienced when he caught the eye of bureaucrats … More

bureaucracy, bureaucrats, Endangered Species Act, environment, ESA, ignorance of the law is no excuse, overcriminalization, overregulation, permit requirements, regulation

Why do property owners care about critical habitat?

Recently, 18 states announced that they were challenging the Fish and Wildlife Service’s new critical habitat regulations. For decades, the … More

Critical Habitat, Endangered Species Act, ESA, permission, Permission Society, permit, property, Property Rights, regulation, Sandefur, take

Posts navigation

Older posts
Newer posts

My Tweets
Create a website or blog at WordPress.com
  • Follow Following
    • FREEcology
    • Join 114 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • FREEcology
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...