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Tag: water pollution

Markets, not ill-fitting regulatory mandates, are the solution to bycatch

Since Congress has not updated many federal environmental laws in decades, we’ve grown accustomed to federal agencies and courts twisting … More

catch shares, Clean Water Act, fisheries, fishermen, fishing, free market environmentalism, libertarian environmentalism, PERC, Property Rights, water pollution

Five years after the Gold King mine spill, we still need reforms to cleanup abandoned mines

This week was the 5th anniversary of the Gold King mine spill, in which contractors working for the Environmental Protection … More

abandoned mines, CERCLA, free market environmentalism, good samaritan, good samaritan legislation, libertarian environmentalism, mining, superfund, water pollution

Supreme Court wades back into the murky Clean Water Act

Since the 1980s, Maui County’s wastewater treatment plant has discharged millions of gallons of recycled water into groundwater. Over several … More

Clean Water Act, CWA, free market environmentalism, groundwater, libertarian environmentalism, Maui County v. Hawaii Wildlife Federation, Supreme Court, water pollution, water qualiity, water quality trading

Markets for clean water

Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency published a memo encouraging states, tribes, and local governments to look to markets for … More

agricultural runoff, federalism, free market environmentalism, libertarian environmentalism, water pollution, water quality, water quality trading

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

404 permit, Clean Water Act, CWA, CWA 404, federalism, free market environmentalism, water pollution, Waters of the United States, WOTUS

Can states inject more local knowledge into water permitting?

Many federal environmental laws seek to leverage local knowledge by inviting states and local governments to participate in the federal … More

Clean Water Act, cooperative federalism, CWA, federalism, free market environmentalism, libertarian environmentalism, permitting, water pollution, WOTUS

If the goal is to guide human action, environmental markets work better than indecipherable regulations

One of the greatest strengths of free market environmentalism approaches to environmental problems is that they facilitate the development of … More

Clean Water Act, free market environmentalism, libertarian environmentalism, overcriminalization, overregulation, Rapanos, Supreme Court, water pollution, Waters of the United States, WOTUS

Who should pay for scenic rivers: the public that enjoys them or a handful of property owners?

In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, many questioned whether the city’s lack of formal zoning and recent growth were responsible … More

buffers, free market environmentalism, libertarian environmentalism, Monocacy River, Monocacy River plan, riparian, riparian buffers, water pollution

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