An interesting perspective from The Atlantic. In Miami, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Seattle, and Tampa, one-hour car-sharing reservations are taxed at more than twice the local sales tax rate. One-hour trips are among the most economically inefficient, since...
Environment
The Green Plague: How Biofuels Are Damaging the Environment
Frontier Centre Intern Eric Merkley argues that the subsidization of biofuel production has unintended consequences which harm the natural environment.
Media Release – How Biofuels are Damaging The Environment: The Unintended Consequences of Biofuel Subsidization
Frontier’s Eric Merkley argues that increased biofuel production can have negative consequences for the environment, including harm to water quality.
17 Reasons to be Cheerful
April’s Reader’s Digest carries an article based on excerpts from my book and an interview with me: “The world has never been a better place to live in,” says science writer Matt Ridley, “and it will keep on getting better.”
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Higher Mortgage Hurdles Beat up on Working Class
There is no mystery in why Canada has seen a record-setting housing spike in the past year: negative real interest rates and monetary debasement from federal deficits. Rather than considering fiscal austerity and getting inflation under control, Ottawa has opted to...
Free-Market Environmentalism Works
It’s time to challenge the advocates of state planning and recapture the environment issue through market friendly approaches.
An Open Letter To Robert Kennedy, Jr.
Foreign activists fail to appreciate the harm their crusades can do in rural Canada.
More Regulatory Woes For Rural Communities
Ottawa’s regulatory jihad against rural communities now includes the “Fish Police” and a poorly conceived law to protect endangered species.
Urban Heat Islands
More evidence from the Heartland Institute that theories of man-made global warming are bunk.
Challenging Eco-Imperialism
Environmental activists now face scrutiny for how their actions are impacting poor third world citizens.
A Future of Safe Swimming
Trading schemes encourage cleaner water
Canada’s Electricity Efficiency vs. the OECD (FC013)
Manitobans consume almost 9 times as much electricity compared to the global average per capita or 2.6 times the OECD average.
No Spray of Hope
Massive insecticide spraying of adult mosquitoes won’t stop West Nile virus, says pesticide expert Barrie Webster. Let’s get them when they’re young
Clean Blue Water
Globally, the poorest countries face the worst environmental problems. They are poor because they lack the political, economic and cultural institutions necessary for economic growth.