Bozeman is remarkable for its many nonprofits devoted to environmental issues. Some, such as the Gallatin Valley Land Trust, are focused on land, water, and trails. Others are devoted to types of animals or fish, for example the Predator Conservation Alliance. In addition, several national organizations have local offices here. Each of these organizations is […]
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This is the fourth summer FREE has offered conferences on environmental stewardship for religious leaders. This year’s are in June and September. The June slots are filled and we have just announced the September 13-17 offering, “Our Environment: Economics, Ecology, and Ethics.” The religious leaders program is popular and the conference location wonderful, Elkhorn Ranch […]
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If you think you’ve seen this column before you are correct. In the interest of promoting “local diversity,” the Bozeman Daily Chronicle no longer runs FREE’s columns each Wednesday but rather once every third week. However, each week we place a FREE Insight on our website. We posted a slightly longer version of this column […]
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A friend has asked me to support federal legislation ostensibly designed to reduce carbon emissions, speed our transition to an alternative energy future, and create green jobs. He believes this can only happen through government intervention. While his intentions are good, his reliance on government is misplaced. Here’s why. Europe’s promotion of green energy has […]
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Several Bozeman friends have traveled to Washington DC to support legislation ostensibly designed to reduce carbon emissions and speed our transition to a green energy future. They are convinced that this can only happen through government intervention. Perhaps. But I’m skeptical. Here’s why. Europe as a model for U.S. energy policy? Europe’s promotion of green […]
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Please click here for Green Jobs: Hope or Hype? by Pete Geddes.
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Climate & Society Last week, returning from a visit with foundation officers and state-supreme court justices in Washington, John, Ramona, and I made it home just as Bozeman was being thumped with two feet of snow and much below normal temperatures. (We did not consider the prospect of an extra night in Great Falls pleasant.) […]
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(1) “Give me half a tanker of iron, and I’ll give you an ice age.” “Most people are aware that CO2 and temperature are positively correlated in the long historical record but fewer people know that iron dust correlates negatively on the same scale — that is, temperature and CO2 levels are low when iron-dust […]
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Plans to create five million “green jobs” took a hit last month with the resignation of Anthony “Van” Jones, the President’s green jobs czar. Jones quit not because his claims regarding creating green jobs became exposed for the myth they are, but rather for a series of impolitic remarks and revelations of associations with unsavory […]
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“The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design.” -F.A. Hayek, The Fatal Conceit On a family trip to Nicaragua we saw workers digging a multi-mile ditch in preparation for laying communication lines. The workers were using picks and shovels; we saw […]
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