, , Free-Market Environmentalism, Bernhardt, Environmental Policy Innovation Center, species conservation, Tim Male, Trump, 0 Long gone are the days of Walter Cronkite where one need not worry, or worry less, about the accuracy...
, , Conservative Conservationism, EPA, Free-Market Environmentalism, Species Protection, The Environment and Politics, Water Issues, Andy McCarthy, Big Data, Big Government, Cass Sunstein, conservative, environmental, F.A. Hayek, freedom, John Stuart Mills, Jonah Goldberg, liberty, Next Generation Compliance, NRO, Nudge Theory, Russell Kirk, 0 The recent controversy over the U.S. Government’s increased proclivity to secretly paw through the electronic communications and telephone records of Americans has...
, , Climate Change, Free-Market Environmentalism, Art Laffer, BMW, Bob Inglis, Clean Power Plan, climate change, climate deniers, Dan Kahan, Earth Stewardship, Energy Poverty, free enterprise, GOP and climate change, Jim Presswood, Trey Gowdy, 0 I had the pleasure of recently sitting down with Bob Inglis to discuss his views of life, liberty and...
, , Free-Market Environmentalism, Brian Yablonski, PERC, Reed Watson, 0 Brian Yablonski will succeed Reed Watson as the Executive Director of the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC), the...
, , Free-Market Environmentalism, Benjamin Grumbles, Chesapeake Bay, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Governor Hogan, interstate water quality trading, Lynn Buhl, nutrient pollution, water quality trading, 0 Governor Hogan this week, under the leadership of Benjamin Grumbles, Secretary of Maryland’s Department of Environment, released draft regulations...
, , Free-Market Environmentalism, Alliance for the Bay, clean water, Corinne Stephens, impaired waters, Jim Hagedorn, RiverWise Communities, Scott's Miracle-Gro, Water Positive Landscapes, water quality, 0 Everyone loves a green lawn, until that green turns local streams and waterways green with nasty algae. And then the...
, , Free-Market Environmentalism, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, Chesapeake Bay Restoration, Eco-Brew, Flying Dog Brewery, Old Bay Summer Ale, Oyster Stout, water quality, 0 Seems to be a malt theme running through some of these positive developments. Recently, we reported here regarding the...
, , Climate Change, Free-Market Environmentalism, clean energy, ClearPath Foundation, climate change, conservatism, conservative principles, energy independence, environment, environmentalism, hydropower, Jay Faison, Nuclear, solar, wind, 0 I’ve long argued that the GOP’s ceding of environmental issues to the political left was not only bad for...
, , Free-Market Environmentalism, Clean Water Act, Crunchy Con, environmental markets, environmental protection, EPA, farmers, Food & Water Watch, Greenpeace, impaired waters, non-point sources, NRDC, point sources, Rod Dreher, TMDL, water quality trading, Zach Corrigan, 0 Rod Dreher, one of my favorite conservative authors, once wrote the following as part of his 10-point crunchy con...
, , Free-Market Environmentalism, Brent Fults, Chesapeake Bay, Chesapeake Bay Nutrient Land Trust, Environmental Banc & Exchange, EPA, George Kelly, Gina McCarthy, Maryland, nutrient trading, Tom Vilsack, Tracy Mehan, USDA, Virginia, 0 Maryland’s recent election was about change. It was about improving the economy, creating more jobs, and reducing government spending...
, , Free-Market Environmentalism, Ben Grumbles, Brian Van Wye, Chesapeake Bay, DDOE, development, District Department of Environment, green infrastructure, Jeff Seltzer, market-based solutions, stormwater impairments, stromwater trading, U.S. Water Alliance, Washington DC, water quality trading, 0 For those interested in and following emerging market-based solutions to environmental protection and restoration, I offer another exciting data point...
, , Free-Market Environmentalism, accelerating environmental restoration, Benjamin Grumbles, BNA, Brooks Smith, Chesapeake Bay, conservation, EPA, Gulf of Mexico, market-based environmentalism, TMDL, Tracy Mehan, water impairments, water quality, water quality trading, 0 Linking here to an article this past week that my friend and law partner, Brooks Smith, and I wrote for...
, , Free-Market Environmentalism, Alexis de Tocqueville, Bill Birchard, Charles Eliot, conservation, conservation easements, environmental stewardship, free-market environmentalism, Land Trust Alliance, Potomac Conservancy, The Nature Conservancy, Wendy Koch, wildlife habitat, 0 The growth of the private land trust movement in the United States has often been cited as a premier...
, , Free-Market Environmentalism, Breakthrough Institute, Clemson University, David Hawking, Death of Environmentalism, Duke University, environmentalism, Enviropreneurship, free-market environmentalism, government solutions, Nordhaus, NRDC, PERC, Reed Watson, Shellenberger, Terry Anderson, water markets, 0 UPDATE: Conservefewell welcomes Reed Watson to its team of conservation bloggers. * * * I had a chance recently...
, , Free-Market Environmentalism, Ben Grumbles, Bob Perciasepe, Congressional hearing, Ellen Gilinsky, environmental markets, EPA, House T&I, James Pletl, Mike Shapiro, Nancy Stoner, Peter Tennant, The Role of Water Quality Trading in Achieving Clean Water Act Objectives, Tracy Mehan, water quality trading, 0 I’m honored to have the opportunity to testify next week before Congress on the topic of water quality trading...
, , Free-Market Environmentalism, Chesapeake Bay, Dava Sobel, dead zone, Gulf of Mexico, hypoxia, Phyllis Taylor Foundation, Tulane, 3 In 1995 Dava Sobel wrote a fascinating book, Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the...
, , Free-Market Environmentalism, AgInFomatics, clean water, Clean Water Act, conservation, dead zone, Elinor Ostrom, Great Lakes, Gulf of Mexico, Lynn Scarlett, Mississippi River, network governance, Ohio River, Peter Nowak, Sand County Foundation, The Nature Conservancy, trust, water quality, water quality trading, watersheds, WRI, 5 The essence of the Clean Water Act (CWA) is its prohibition of the discharge of any pollutant into the...
With the recent passing of Ronald Coase, much tribute has rightly been given to his inordinate contributions to the...
, , Free-Market Environmentalism, Water Issues, Ben Grumbles, bioswales, Echo Park, green infrastructure, green roofs, Los Angeles, One Water Management, raingardens, stormwater pollution, U.S. Water Alliance, water pollution, 0 By Brent Fewell I love this picture – as it puts into perspective the importance of Earth’s finite water...
, , Animals, Free-Market Environmentalism, Species Protection, 2 Very sad news to learn of the confirmed extinction of Africa’s western black rhino. The black market for rhino...
, , Conservative Conservationism, Free-Market Environmentalism, Competitive Enterprise Institute, conservation, Eli Lehrer, free-market environmentalism, national parks, national wildlife refuge, Old Faithful, PERC, private ownership, R Street Institute, Robert Smith, Ronald Reagan, Ryan Cooper, Yellowstone National Park, 0 By Brent Fewell Interesting article in American Spectator this week by Robert Smith titled, An Environmentalist Deception, wherein Smith...
, , Climate Change, Free-Market Environmentalism, The Environment and Politics, Boston Globe, climate change, conservation, decline of environmentalism, Decline of Republican Environmentalism, Democrat, Eli Lehrer, environmentalism, George Bush, Good Samaritan, GOP, Nordhaus, Paul Sabin, politicization of environmentalism, politics, R Street Institute, Republican, Shellenberger, The Breakthrough Institute, 7 By Brent Fewell Paul Sabin has an article in this weekend’s Boston Globe titled “The Decline of Republican Environmentalism.” Sabin,...
, , Agriculture and Environment, Free-Market Environmentalism, Water Issues, anearobic digester, blue crabs, Chesapeake Bay, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, chickens, conservation, Governor O'Malley, incentives, Maryland Eastern Shore, water quality, 0 We have a lot of chickens in Maryland. And, in fact, we humans are outnumbered 1,000 to 1 along...
, , Climate Change, Conservative Conservationism, Free-Market Environmentalism, Art Laffer, Bob Inglis, carbon tax, climate change, GOP, 0 By Brent Fewell Art Laffer, former Reagan economic advisor, and Bob Inglis, former GOP Congressman from South Carolina, discuss...
, , EPA, Free-Market Environmentalism, Water Issues, Clean Water Act, Federal Advisory Committees, Gina McCarthy, Ken Kopocis, market-based approaches, nonpoint source pollution, water pollution, water quality trading, 0 As many of you who read this blog know, I talk a lot about the water problems that still plague...
, , Conservative Conservationism, EPA, Free-Market Environmentalism, Species Protection, Water Issues, American Farmland Trust, Andrew McElwaine, Ben Grumbles, Brent Fults, Brooks Smith, Chesapeake Bay Nutrient Land Trust, Dave Paylor, Dave White, Ellen Gilinsky, EPRI, Freshwater Trust, Iowa Soybean Association, Jessica Fox, Joe Whiworth, Peter Hughes, Red Barn Trading, Roger Wolf, USDA, water, water quality trading, Willamette Partnership, 7 By Brent Fewell I spent some quality time this week in the wonderful city of Cincinnati, home of the...
, , Climate Change, Conservative Conservationism, Energy and Resource Extraction, EPA, Free-Market Environmentalism, Species Protection, The Environment and Politics, Water Issues, China, conservation, conservative, Craig Simons, Diane Rehm, environmentalism, NPR, pollution, Russell Kirk, The Devouring Dragon, 1 Listened to a sobering interview yesterday on NPR’s Diane Rehm Show, with Craig Simons, author of the new book, The Devouring Dragon, which...
, , Conservative Conservationism, Free-Market Environmentalism, The Environment and Politics, conservation, Eli Lehrer, environment, free-market environmentalism, Ronald Reagan, 0 By Brent Fewell Eli Lehrer has a great piece today in The Blaze on the conservation legacy of President...
, , Free-Market Environmentalism, The Environment and Politics, 0 For you weekend warriors, before you go out and purchase “plastic wood” for that next deck project, you may want...
, , Conservative Conservationism, Free-Market Environmentalism, Species Protection, The Environment and Politics, critical habitat, free-market environmentalism, Laura Huggins, market-based conservation, PERC, Property and Environmental Research Center, T&E species, threatened and endangered species, Todd Gartner, wildlife, World Resources Institute, WRI, 0 Props to Todd Gartner, of the World Resources Institute, and Laura Huggins, of the Property and Environmental Research Center, for joining efforts...
, , Conservative Conservationism, Free-Market Environmentalism, Species Protection, The Environment and Politics, Water Issues, 2 Spent several days this week in Racine, WI, at the Johnson Foundation’s Wingspread, which the H.J. Johnson Family (think SC Johnson...
, , Climate Change, Free-Market Environmentalism, The Environment and Politics, climate change, Dena Gromet, energy efficiency, Energy Star, environmental, Fuqua, green labeling, Grist, Howard Kenreuther, National Academy of Sciences, Richard Larrick, Tim McDonnell, Wharton, 0 By Brent Fewell Apparently so, if you’re a political moderate or conservative. A new study from the National Academy of...
, , Conservative Conservationism, EPA, Free-Market Environmentalism, Species Protection, The Environment and Politics, Water Issues, Ben Grumbles, Freshwater Trust, Joanie Mahoney, Joe Whitworth, Kim Marotta, Matt Millea, MillerCoors, Onodaga County, Save the Rain, U.S. Water Alliance, William Reilly, 0 By Brent Fewell The pros and cons of living in Washington DC are receiving all sorts of invitations to political...
, , Free-Market Environmentalism, Uncategorized, capitalism, conservationism, conservative, environmental stewardship, environmentalism, Green, misanthropy, Ross Robertson, 0 I begin with an apology for the title of this post, but no other title quite captures the gist...
, , Free-Market Environmentalism, climate change, conservatives, EDF, Forest Trends, free-market environmentalism, Jonathan Adler, market-based conservation, nutrient trading, Washington Post, water, water quality, WRI, 3 By Brent Fewell Great article today by Brad Plumer of WaPo regarding my friend, Jonathan Adler, arguing why conservatives can...
, , Conservative Conservationism, Free-Market Environmentalism, Water Issues, Alex Beehler, Alex Echols, Ann Mills, Arlen Lancaster, Benjamin Grumbles, Bruce Knight, CBF, Chesapeake Bay, conservation, Cy Jones, Dan Nees, EPA, Katie McGinty, market-based conservation, nutrient trading, PADEP, Paul Faeth, Peter Hughes, Pinchot Institute, Ricardo Bayon, stormwater, Tracy Mehan, water quality, water quality trading, wildlife, WRI, 2 By Brent Fewell Promising news flowing from the Chesapeake Bay. U.S. EPA is reporting that pollutants, such as phosphorous,...
, , Conservative Conservationism, Free-Market Environmentalism, Species Protection, Canada, cod fishery, conservation, environment, fisheries, ITQs, ocean, private markets, tragedy of the commons, wildlife, 2 By Brent Fewell We each have them, those childhood experiences that shape our life perspective and canvas our memories of youth. ...
, , Free-Market Environmentalism, The Environment and Politics, conservation, conservatism, Edmund Burke, environmental stewardship, Roger Scruton, 8 By Brent Fewell I’ve just finished a new book that is a must read for the political right (and...
, , Free-Market Environmentalism, The Environment and Politics, conservation, endangered species, Heritage, liberty, private property, 0 By Brent Fewell In a newly released article, The Heritage Foundation offers the following eight principles for conservation: People are the...
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