If You Can't Stand the Heat…Don't Blame Global Warming
IP-8-2000 (September 2000) Author: Ron Bain PDF of full Issue Paper Scribd version of full Issue Paper Seventeen consecutive days with high temperatures above 90o that wilted Denver. Raging forest fires that threaten homes and parklands throughout the Western United States. Heatwaves in California and Colorado that have utility bills soaring and tempers flaring. It […]
Federal Land Acquisitions Need Better Cost Controls
IP-20-93 (May 1993) Author: David Petteys PDF of full Issue Paper Scribd version of full Issue Paper Independence Institute Issue Briefs are short essays dealing with public policy questions. The Issues Briefs are meant to be suggestive rather than definitive, and to serve as starting points for further thoughts and inquiry. “Our endangered plant and […]
Look to Markets, not Bureaucrats for More Recycling
Legislative Waste Control Efforts could Prove Wasteful IP-8-93 (March 1993) Author: James P. McMahon PDF of full Issue Paper Scribd version of full Issue Paper In Brief… Recycling in the United States has hit record levels in recent years. While market-based incentives can help drive recycling even higher, some environmentalists support increased bureaucratization and regulation […]
