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Charging User Fees To Save Coral Reefs 24 Aug 2013 | 01:20 am
Despite their ecological and economic importance, Florida’s coral reefs are teetering on the verge of collapse. Writing in Sea Technology, Reed Watson explores a market-based restoration plan to save ...
Roads As Economic Development 6 Aug 2013 | 01:28 am
Roads are a bedrock of the modern world, but recent research suggest that the “roads as economic development” policy deserves careful scrutiny.
Meet PERC's Newest Board Member Brian Yablonski 3 Aug 2013 | 03:21 am
Brian Yablonski is currently External Affairs Director for the Gulf Power Company, a subsidiary of the Southern Company, one of the largest electric energy companies in the nation. Yablonski has been ...
The Myth of 'Bee-pocalypse' | Stossel 3 Aug 2013 | 02:31 am
Are bees really vanishing? Watch as PERC's Wally Thurman busts the myth with John Stossel on the FOX Business Network. As Thurman explains, market forces have kept honey bees buzzing.
Prices, Not Politics Should Allocate Water 2 Aug 2013 | 09:46 pm
Roman Polanski’s 1974 classic Chinatown starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway demonized water transfers in Southern California as the scam de jure of corrupt politicians and greedy land speculators...
Entrepreneurs in Environmental Markets 30 Jul 2013 | 03:12 am
On the John Batchelor Show, Terry Anderson discusses the important role entrepreneurs play in solving environmental issues. Learn more about how environmentalists are becoming entrepreneurs as they lo...
Funding the National Park System for the Next Century 25 Jul 2013 | 04:08 am
PERC research fellow Shawn Regan provides testimony for the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing on "Funding the National Park System for the Next Century."
Climate Change and Free Markets 19 Jul 2013 | 10:31 pm
If our challenge is “change,” we might do better by turning to America’s strength in financial services rather than its relative inexperience in centrally directing resources.
Q&A with Enviropreneur David Hoffman on Air Quality Technology 19 Jul 2013 | 10:15 pm
This summer PERC welcomed 14 entrepreneurs from all over the world for its 13th annual Enviropreneur Institute. One of our enviropreneurs, David Hoffman, is an avid outdoorsman with a particular inter...
Q&A with Michael 't Sas-Rolfes on Why Legal Rhino Horn Trade Will Save Rhinos 18 Jul 2013 | 12:59 am
It’s a conservation debate that’s as fiery as it gets: Will a legal rhino horn trade save rhinos? Michael 't Sas-Rolfes believes a well-regulated trade is the right answer, and here's why.
