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New Primer Urges Economic Analysis Rather Than Ideology When Formulating Environmental Policies
Submitted on 6.23.1998
San Francisco -- A newly published book by the Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy makes available to judges, lawyers, academicians, and the general public, the collection of classic readings in environmental economics -- including works by Nobel Prize winners Milton Friedman, Ronald Coase, Friedrich Hayek, Gary Becker, and James Buchanan.
Delhi Fly and Property Rights Can Coexist
Submitted by Erin Schiller on 6.19.1998
The Supreme Court may soon bring the Endangered Species Act of 1973 back into the legal limelight. A coalition of property rights activists, developers and farmers has asked the court to consider a San Bernardino case over the Delhi Sands Flower-Loving Fly that would restrict the scope of the controversial Act. The challenge emphasizes that by excluding property rights, the Endangered Species Act fails to save endangered species.
Kyoto Agreement To Impose Enormous Costs
Submitted on 6.15.1998
Sacramento – A new study shows that the costs of the Kyoto Protocol agreed to by the Clinton Administration last December in Japan would be enormous and felt by every individual, family, organization, and community in California. If approved and implemented, the impact would be particularly severe in states like California with a heavy dependence on fossil fuels, the treaty’s key target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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