California Governor Jerry Brown declared a drought emergency. Political emergencies give governments additional power to regulate, coerce, and otherwise make people change behavior. California government agencies want people to use less water until the...
To see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour. – William Blake, Auguries of Innocence...
Marine natural resources like other natural resources have multiple uses. Coastlines and offshore lands can be left alone, or can be developed for housing, fishing, recreation and other uses. Offshore lands can be improved...
by Gregory F. Rehmke “This movement should create a situation in which authorities will control empty stores, but not the market; the employment of workers, but not their livelihood; the official media, but not...
George C. Scott brought Charles Dickens’ Ebenezer Scrooge to life in the 1990s on a television special. Scott played Scrooge as a competent and thoughtful businessman who finds both Christmas and philanthropy a waste of time...
BigThink features a video by Mark Tercek of The Nature Conservancy, titled Green Infrastructure Outperforms Gray. I thought it might be about bicycle paths vs. roads or forests vs. gravel pits. Instead, the topic...
It is true that hydraulic fracturing causes irreversible environmental damage. But also true that the damage is thousands of feet down, well below the water table. Gravel pits cause irreversible environmental damage blasting, digging,...
Eco-nomics by Richard L. Stroup Review by Lauren Blankenship If you asked most people what they think of capitalism, they will likely Look Inside on Amazon… conjure images of the little man from the Monopoly game exploiting...
Michael McConnell, in his Yale Law Journal article “Reconsidering Citizens United as a Press Clause Case,” notes both leading politicians and the press strongly opposed the Supreme Court decision: The President of the United...
The world’s oceans hold many treasures. As students debate reforming marine natural resource policy, should policy for sunken treasures be included? The Economist’s March 2013 article “Fortunes ahoy” reports on various disputes over recovering...
