by Miles_Mason | Jan 29, 2013 | Economy, Environment
There is an astounding shortage of academic studies that analyze the negative economic impacts of environmental policies. Anyone who has ever worked for an industry that has been decimated by the stroke of a pen knows full well the damage that can result from the...
by Miles_Mason | Jan 12, 2013 | Environment, Genetic Engineering, Technology
I recently read the book Regenesis, by George M. Church. This book provides a good preview of where the breakthroughs in genetic engineering are going to take us in the near future. We have written before about how genetic engineering will create a tectonic shift...
by Miles_Mason | Jan 6, 2013 | Environment
I like that Elizabeth Nickson is actively managing the dialogue that is occurring in the blogosphere surrounding her book, Eco-Fascists. It is also worth noting that she maintains a blog at elizabethnickson.com. She recently wrote a post that sets the record...
by Hailey_Whelan | Jan 2, 2013 | Energy, Environment
A recent report from the International Energy Agency projects that the U.S. will be the world’s largest oil producer by 2020. Industry Experts point to the hydraulic fracturing technologies that have opened the Bakken oil reserve in North Dakota as an abundant...
by Miles_Mason | Jan 1, 2013 | Economy, Environment
In a recent opinion editorial in the Idaho County Free Press, Jim Chmelik, makes the strong case that Idaho needs to take control of its public lands. This call echoes the concern we raised in our inaugural post, the Post Scarcity Mindset, that federal management of...
by Hailey_Whelan | Dec 27, 2012 | Environment, Fighting Scarcity, Walls of Scarcity
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is an executive branch agency that has been extremely active over the last two years adding new species to the list of threatened and endangered species under the Endangered Species Act. This new flurry of activity is largely a...
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