ISIL Freedom Network: Global > Scholarly and In-Depth Studies > Environment

Fur and freedom: In defense of the fur trade
Source: The Institute of Economic Affairs
Author: Richard North
Country: United Kingdom

An in-depth review of the facts about the world fur trade. (1/00)

How the Common Law Protects the Environment
Source: Political Economy Research Center
Author: Roger E. Meiners and Bruce Yandle
Country: United States

Policy analysis examining common-law approaches to resolving environmental disputes. An excellent introduction to the theory.

Simplify, Simplify: Alternative Permitting at the State Level
Source: Reason Public Policy Institute
Author: Christopher Hartwell
Country: United States

Contrary to unfair criticism from federal sources, state environmental regulators are enjoying success with a more flexible approach according to this new study from RPPI. Available for $15. (2/99)

Enhancing Environmental Protection While Fostering Economic Growth
Source: Center for Study of American Business
Author: Kenneth Chilton
Country: United States

Reviews the progress made in environmental protection, discusses the shortcomings of the current system, analyzes a variety of approaches to reform, and concludes with a summary and set of recommendations. Also available in PDF format. (3/99)

Run Them Like Businesses: Natural Resource Agencies in an Era of Federal Limits
Source: the Thoreau Institute
Author: Randal O'Toole
Country: United States

A research paper showing how national forests, parks, and BLM lands would be better off if agency managers had an incentive to earn profits instead of losses.

Progressive Environmentalism: A Pro-Human, Pro-Science, Pro-Free Enterprise Agenda for Change
Source: NCPA
Author: NCPA Environmental Task Force
Country: United States

Task force report in the form of several linked Web pages. Sets forth a vision of progressive environmentalism that is fundamentally different from standard, reactionary environmentalism.

New Environmentalism
Source: NCPA
Author: Lynn Scarlett
Country: United States

Policy report in the form of several linked Web pages. Presents a commonsense approach toward environmental public policy based on a covenant between citizens and their government.

>Public Lands: The Price We Pay
Source: Political Economy Research Center
Author: Holly Lippke Fretwell
Country: United States

Study advocating greater flexibility in federal land management along with the requiring funding of operations solely from various user fees rather than tax-subsidization. Available online in both full-text and summary versions. (8/98)

Fixing the Endangered Species Act
Source: Independent Institute
Author: Randy T. Simmons
Country: United States

The author offers eight guiding principles in an effort to overcome the failure of endangered species policy. From The Independent Review, the Institute's quarterly journal. Available online in PDF format. (Spring/99)

Overcoming green guilt
Source: Reason Public Policy Institute
Author: Lynn Scarlett and Jane S. Shaw
Country: United States

Business executives need to be aware that as a group, they have been far more responsible for environmental progress than government or statist environmental groups have. A collaboration by authors from RPPI and the Political Economy Research Center and available on both sites. In Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. (6/99)

Road to Hague: A desperate effort to salvage a flawed climate change treaty
Source: Heritage Foundation
Author: Angela Antonelli
Country: United States

Antonelli discusses how supporters within the UN and Western Europe are hoping that progress at The Hague will propel the Kyoto Protocol toward final ratification. However, there is ongoing difficulty in working out implementation details due to its fundamental problems that the U.S. Senate recognized even before the Clinton Administration agreed to the treaty. (11/17/00)

The greening of the World Bank: A lesson in bureaucratic survival
Source: The Cato Institute
Author: James M. Sheehan
Country: United States

The World Bank is attempting to pacify critics of its lending policy by enlisting environmental groups. But "the bank has been unable to show that the quality of its environmental lending has fundamentally improved." This report is available in Adobe PDF. (4/12/00)

Green Wars: Making Environmental Degradation a National Security Issue Puts Peace and Security at Risk
Source: The Cato Institute
Author: Paul Benjamin
Country: United States

"Instead of being relegated to the recycling bin of fad concepts as many observers expected, 'environmental security' has become an important component of current national security policy. Various [federal] agencies are involved." Paul Benjamin examines the dangers of this new policy. The report is available in Adobe PDF. (4/20/00)

Liberty and the place of man in nature
Source: Acton Institute/Markets & Morality
Author: William C. Dennis
Country: United States

"From the very beginning of humanity, it has been human nature to strive to create more favorable environments in which to live. It is in our nature, then, to live in artificial environments." (Fall 2000)

Eat, drink and be merry
Source: Cascade Policy Institute
Author: Gregory Conko
State: OR, Country: United States

Good introduction to biotechnology and food production. The work also explains why the labeling initiative on the ballot in Oregon this year is a bad idea. (PDF file) (10/14/02)

Index of leading environmental indicators 2001
Source: Pacific Research Institute
Country: United States

"[a] great many areas of environmental concern are showing marked improvement. In many other areas, we are unfortunately still operating behind a veil of poor information or uncertain interpretation of facts." (2001)

2002 index of leading environmental indicators
Source: Pacific Research Institute
Author: Steven Hayward and Julie Majeres
Country: United States

Environmental quality continues to improve dramatically in the U.S., according to Steven Hayward and Julie Majeres. They show that environmental quality has been improving since the first Earth Day 32 years ago, despite the public perception that it is getting worse. (Adobe Acrobat) (04/02)

The fascism of environmentalism
Source: LewRockwell.com
Author: Bernard Switalski
Country: United States

"Over the decades, the German Youth Movement eventually splintered into competing factions, flickered, then, with the coming of World War I, sputtered out. But the ideas were there! firmly planted in millions of young minds, primed and ready for action: down with capitalism! down with the Jews! ... lacking only a new Fuehrer to come guide them..." (8/26/04)

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