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Kyoto & Our Collective Economic Future: Economic & Energy Underpinnings
Full Document Available in PDF Both supporters and…
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Federal Government Doles Out Millions in Greenhouse Pork
View Full Document as PDF The Kyoto global warming treaty may pose a threat to the U.S. economy, but it has spawned…
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Why Robert Bork Is Wrong:
Is there a clear legal precedent for the successful prosecution of Microsoft? Robert H. Bork seems to think so. He has stated emphatically…
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Warming Without Regrets: A Free-Market Approach To Uncertainty And Climate Change
Vice President Al Gore proclaims that "people are sweltering," recent hot spells demonstrate that human-induced global warming is here, and the world must adopt…
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Computers and Competition: A Primer for Congress
With a new Microsoft hearing in the Senate on Thursday, legislators should keep in mind some crucial facts that argue against interference in…
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Clinton-Gore and the Costs of Kyoto: Numbers Out of Thin Air
View Full Document as PDF How does the Clinton-Gore Administration arrive at its estimate that the Kyoto climate treaty would cost…
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Property Owners Deserve Equal Access To Justice
The Bill of Rights to the United States Constitution was enacted to secure the rights of Americans. It enumerates several rights that may not…
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Saving Species or Saving Face?
On May 5, Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt made a dramatic and much-publicized announcement which — he claimed — showed that the 1973 Endangered Species…
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Natural Bridge of Virginia
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Insuring Against Natural Disasters: Possibilities for Market-Based Reform
Full Document Available in PDF In the 105th Congress, the…
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Mitigation of Climate Change: A Scientific Appraisal
Full Document Available in PDF Contrary to President Clinton, the science…
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Taking Private Land for Private Interests: The Agenda and Policies of the American Farmland Trust
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The Sand County Foundation
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A Disaster Waiting to Happen: Why Washington Shouldn’t Subsidize Disaster Insurance
This Thursday, April 23, the House Banking and Financial Services Committee will examine H.R. 219, the Homeowners Insurance Availability Act sponsored by Rep. Rick…
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Why the UN Desertification Treaty is All Wet
After his recent visit to Africa’s Kalahari Desert, President Bill Clinton proclaimed himself “a greener person” and called for Senate ratification of the United…
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Conservation Through Commerce
Full Document Available in PDF To many people the words “conservation” and “commerce” are anathema. And…
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Electric Avenues: Why “Open Access” Can’t Compete
Full Document Available in PDF The regulation of electricity markets…
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A Texas-Sized Land-Use Plan: The Central Texas Rare Species Conservation Plan
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPW) is developing a new program known as “the Central Texas Rare Species Conservation Plan.” The plan is…
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EPA’s Asthma Miasma
Is the Environmental Protection Agency a friend or enemy of asthmatic children? It all depends on which issue the agency is peddling.
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Destroying Competition in Order to Save It: Predation Rules and the Airline Industry
“We had to destroy the village in order to save it.” According to legend, this rationale was once given by the U.S. army to…
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Flush With Anger: Should Washington Regulate Toilets?
One of Congress’ dumbest ideas was having federal bureaucrats redesign household appliances. Under the 1992 Energy Policy Act, several plumbing fixtures must now meet…
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Michigan’s Insurance Industry: New Directions
Full Document Available in PDF With the coming of the administration of Republican…
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Common and Private Property Rights
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Conservation Easements & Private Land Stewardship
Full Document Available in PDF “Conservation easements” are property rights created to…
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Privileged Polluters: The Case Against Exempting Municipalities From Superfund
Full Document Available in PDF Superfund is widely regarded as…
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The Common Law Approach to Pollution Prevention
Full Document Available in PDF The Cuyahoga River may not catch fire…
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Bill, Bob, and Browsers: Why DOJ’s Case Against Microsoft is Flawed
While Microsoft has been pilloried by newspaper pundits, a trial court judge, and other alleged computer experts for not submitting to the federal government,…
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Network Effects: Does Luck or Talent Rule the High-Technology Market?
Does luck matter more than talent in the marketplace after all? Many of today’s calls for antitrust interference in the marketplace are rooted in a…
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Ten Thousand Commandments: A Policymaker’s Snapshot of the Federal Regulatory State (1998 edition)
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The Roney Land and Cattle Company, Inc.
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Privacy As Censorship: A Skeptical View of Proposals to Regulate Privacy in the Private Sector
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What Makes for a Good Land Trust?
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Risk-Based Homeowners Insurance Under Siege: The Slippery Slope From Redlining Charges To Disparate Impact Claims
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Teaching Environmental Education to Wisconsin Teachers
Full Document Available in PDF Wisconsin is known nationally as a leader…
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The Human Costs of Global Warming Policy
Nine out of 10 Americans don’t know anything about U.S. global climate policy, according to a poll released in June 1997 by the Small Business…
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Atlantic Salmon and the Miramichi River
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The M&T Staten Ranch, Walnut Grove, California
Full Document Available in PDF One of the foremost meccas for…
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Seizing the High Ground: Cautionary Notes on the Rhetoric of Climate Change Policy
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Superfund XVII: The Pathology of Environmental Policy
Full Document Available in PDF Superfund was created in 1980 when…
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Antitrust Policy As Corporate Welfare
Full Document Available in PDF Political party reformers promised to roll back the…
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The Central Planning Of Lifestyles: Automobility And The Illusion Of Full Cost Pricing
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Viansa Winery Wetlands
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The Wood Duck
The wood duck has long occupied a special place in the hearts of waterfowl fanciers, hunters, bird watchers, and others because of the male’s striking…
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Chesapeake Wildlife Heritage
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Antitrust and The Commons: Cooperation or Collusion?
Full Document Available in PDF People have long been aware that unbridled…
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CAFE’s “Smashing Success”: The Deadly Effects of Auto Fuel Economy Standards, Current & Proposed
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The Wood Duck
Full Document Available in PDF The wood duck has long occupied a special place in…
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Calmer Weather: The Spin on Greenhouse Hurricanes
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The Yellowstone Affair: Environmental Protection, International Treaties, And National Sovereignty
Full Document Available in PDF Environmental regulation has…