http://www.catocampus.org/tag info@catocampus.org http://www.pjdoland.com/chai/?v=0.1 http://catocampus.pjdoland.com/tag/show/543.html "Fact: The average surface temperature of the Earth is about 0.8 C warmer than it was in 1900, and human beings have something to do with it. But does that portend an unmitigated disaster? Can we do anything meaningful about it at this time? And if we can't, what should or can we do in the future?" 456@http://www.catocampus.org Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:44:00 EDT http://catocampus.pjdoland.com/tag/show/543.html By Indur Goklany: "On Earth Day, we should renew our promise to keep the environment clean—without adding to human misery or stalling improvements in the human condition." 453@http://www.catocampus.org Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:04:00 EDT http://catocampus.pjdoland.com/tag/show/543.html "The purpose of this PERC Policy Series paper is to show, by examining specific cases in American and English history, that strong legal traditions enabled ordinary citizens to protect their air, land, and water, often against politically potent parties." 299@http://www.catocampus.org Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT http://catocampus.pjdoland.com/tag/show/543.html Jonathan H. Adler explains that "due to the cost and complexity of environmental rules, the environmental policy arena presents an extremely attractive target for those who wish to seek rents in Washington. Indeed, if there is one consistent interest group, it is the inside-the-beltway consultants, lobbyists, and litigators, who benefit from the continuation of a Byzantine regulatory structure, the intimate knowledge of which is incredibly valuable and rare." 297@http://www.catocampus.org Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT http://catocampus.pjdoland.com/tag/show/543.html Experience shows that Common Law and Private Property Rights can be an alternative to top-down regulation on air pollution. In this essay, Christine Meisner Rosen examines nuisance law "from the perspective of an environmental historian who is interested in how people made sense of industrial pollution problems in the past." 289@http://www.catocampus.org Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT http://catocampus.pjdoland.com/tag/show/543.html By Donald R. Leal: "Community-Run Fisheries: Avoiding the "Tragedy of the Commons" presents case after case of communities that have effectively protected their fishing territories and preserved fish for the future." 279@http://www.catocampus.org Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT http://catocampus.pjdoland.com/tag/show/543.html Laura E. Huggins argues that for wildlife conservation to be successful, negative restrictions on landowners must be replaced with positive incentives. 268@http://www.catocampus.org Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT http://catocampus.pjdoland.com/tag/show/543.html "If one takes a position of principle, do those who are harmed by global warming have the right to compensation from those who contributed to it?" 282@http://www.catocampus.org Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT