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Free the Economy podcast: The search for critical minerals with Seaver Wang
In this week’s episode we cover the latest employment data, a new award for academic courage, free speech versus native…
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Endangered Species Act reform restores property rights and common sense species conservation
For decades, the federal government’s misinterpretation of a single word (“harm”) in the Endangered Species Act (ESA) has had severe effects on…
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Permitting Reform for a Freer and More Prosperous Nation
Contents Special Advisors The Importance of Permitting Reform Part 1: 11 Principles for Permitting Reform Part 2: Statute-by-Statute Analysis for Permitting…
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You Bastards: You Killed Bambi!
After recently watching Bambi, I worry that I may never again have an intelligent thought about man and nature. First we killed Bambi’s…
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Half a Cheer for the U.N.
Just when you thought you could count on a group to be consistent – they do something reasonable. The United Nations has rarely been a…
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Privatizing National Parks
Wonders never cease. China, once the poster child for socialist nonsense (remember the backyard steel furnaces?), seems determined to experiment with a wide…
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In Too Deep: Wetland Rules Move Toward Local Control
Freeman Op-Ed in National Review Online<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is in hot water…
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Wildfire Witch Hunt Will Likely Miss The Real Culprits
A witch-hunt is under way in Washington state for the negligent weenie roasters believed responsible for sparking a modest forest fire that suddenly turned deadly…
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Dredging Politics: A Purely Political Decision
Klutz and Riggs Op-Ed in National Review Online<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> With a few highly visible environmental decisions under…
