FYI – Wast Tire Recycling Development Fee
PDF of full Paper Scribd version of full Paper DEFINITIONS “Tire” means a tire sold by a retailer for any passenger vehicle. “Motor vehicle” Means any self-propelled vehicle designed primarily travel on the public highways which is generally used to transport persons and/or property over the public highways [§42-1-102(58), C.R.S.] This includes automobiles, minivans, all […]
Corn Ethanol: Right Problem, Poor Solution
IP-5-2008 (June 2008) Author: Gary A. Young PDF of full Issue Paper Scribd version of full Issue Paper Executive Summary The corporate welfare program for corn ethanol is inefficient and environmentally harmful. Energy independence is a genuine problem, but subsidizing corn ethanol is a bad solution: • Burning corn ethanol instead of gasoline releases 1.7 […]
James M. Taylor The Heartland Institute Speech
Environment Policy Speech (February 2010) Author: James M. Taylor PDF of full Paper Scribd version of full Paper Thanks you very much for the kind introduction and for the opportunity to speak here today. Thanks you, also, Dr. Gray and Dr. Hayden, for the very informative presentations on climate science. What I would like to […]
The Faulty Economics of Colorado's Climate Change Action Plan: A Peer Review
IP-1-2008 (February 2008) Author: Benjamin Powell PDF of full Issue Paper Scribd version of full Issue Paper Executive Summary “Climate change is our generation’s greatest environmental challenge. It threatens our economy, our Western way of life and our future. It will change every facet of our existence, and unless we address it and adapt to […]
Governor Bill Ritter Climate Change Action Plan
OE-1-2008 (January 2008) Author: Energy Policy Center PDF of full Option Editorial Scribd version of full Option Editorial Executive Summary “Climate change is our generation’s greatest environmental challenge. It threatens our economy, our Western way of life and our future. It will change every facet of our existence, and unless we address it and adapt […]
Wasted in Denver Abstract of Study Brief on Denver's Contract for Waste Disposal
IB-2004-O (June 2004) Author: Beth Skinner PDF of full Issue Backgrounder Scribd version of full Issue Backgrounder Executive Summary Across the nation, cities that have switched from monopolies to open market systems for solid waste collection and disposal have, almost without exception, enjoyed better service, lower prices and a better-compensated workforce. On December 22, 1997, […]
Let Colorado Water Markets Work
IP-6-2004 (March 2004) Author: J. Craig Green PDF of full Issue Paper Scribd version of full Issue Paper Introduction For 150 years, Colorado Water Law has been developed with a healthy respect for property rights – protecting the prior rights to water use established by the hard work of those who came before. Most attempts […]
The False Panacea of Renewable Energy
IB-2004-B (February 2004) Author: The Center for the American Dream PDF of full Issue Backgrounder Scribd version of full Issue Backgrounder Renewable energy — wind, solar, hydro, and biomass — is advertised as superior to coal, gas, and other non-renewables. But renewable energy comes at a high environmental and economic cost. Moreover, government subsidies to […]
Should Colorado Go Green?
Analyzing and Debunking the Myths of Colorado’s Renewable Energy Policy IP-5-2003 (March 2003) Author: Matthew R. Edgar PDF of full Issue Paper Scribd version of full Issue Paper Executive Summary Some Colorado politicians are attempting to develop policies to promote renewable energies (so-called green energies)* because of the perceived health and environmental risks of coal […]
Drowning in Legislation
A Review of Water Bills Before the 2003 General Assembly IP-1-2003 (March 2003) Author: J. Craig Green PDF of full Issue Paper Scribd version of full Issue Paper Executive Summary Colorado water law developed over the last 150 years to recognize and protect private property rights in water use, despite repeated attempts to centralize and […]
Use It Or Lose It: Colorado's Oldest and Best Recycling Program
IP-3-2002 (October 2002) Author: J. Craig Green PDF of full Issue Paper Scribd version of full Issue Paper Executive Summary The subject of water rights in Colorado often generates confusion, anger and hysteria, even among those experienced in dealing with it. According to one old timer, “Whiskey’s for drinkin’. Water’s for fightin’.” Colorado is notorious […]
Power Drain: PUC Regulations Could Dim Colorado’s Lights
IP-6-2001 (November 2001) Author: Matthew Edgar PDF of full Issue Paper Scribd version of full Issue Paper Executive Summary Three main regulations unnecessarily restrict the supply of electricity in Colorado. First, regulations from the Colorado Public Utilities Commission force utilities to create an inflexible plan for building power plants in Colorado, using forecasts based on […]
