ENVIRONMENT POLICIES, ANALYSIS, AND RESOURCES
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Leds May Signal Brighter Times Ahead
Brief #160 – Environmental Policy Brief
by Todd J. Broadman
The average annual operating cost of a 60-watt incandescent bulb is $8.74, the operating cost of an equivalent 13-watt CFL is $1.89.
The Increased Clout of Youth Climate Activists: The Case of Montana
Brief #159 – Environmental Policy Brief
by Inijah Quadri
In a world demanding urgent action on climate change, youth activists are going beyond marching…Are we on the cusp of a new era of environmental litigation?
Extreme Heat Ravages Arizona
Brief #158 – Environmental Policy Brief
by Carlos Avalos
NASA reported July 2023 as Hottest Month on Record Ever Since 1880…
Carbon Taxes: Balancing Climate Change Mitigation with Sustainable Economic Growth
Brief #157 – Environmental Policy Brief
by Inijah Quadri
Carbon tax implementation has emerged as a pivotal tool for promoting a transition towards a greener economy.
Temperatures are going up as the trees are coming down
Brief #156 – Environment Policy Brief
by Todd J. Broadman
There is good research to suggest that there is a tipping point in which the Amazon can become too dry due to lack of rainfall and turn into savanna.
Wetlands Protection Under Attack as a Result of New Supreme Court Decision
Brief #155 – Environment Policy
by Todd J. Broadman
SCOTUS has been taking up cases that concern the scope of EPA (as well as other agencies’) authority. The Court’s ruling on a recent case – Sackett vs. EPA – will have environmental protection implications for decades to come.
Can a UN Treaty Curtail Industrial Revolution on the High Seas?
Brief #154 – Environmental Policy
by Todd J. Broadman
Oceans make up over 70% of the Earth’s surface and contain 95% of total habitat – only 9% of which has been classified. Most of that watery habitat lies unprotected from human exploitation.
A Third of the Population Continue to Cook our Planet
Brief #153 – Environment Policy
By Todd J. Broadman
The methods that many humans apply to cooking their food are proving to have a substantial effect on our environment and health. About 2.4 billion people cook food using a “dirty” biomass method of cooking which uses wood, animal dung, and charcoal fire pits or kerosene stoves.
America’s Old-Growth Forests in Need of New Protections
Brief #152 – Environment Policy
By Todd J. Broadman
Just over a third of what remains as forested land in America is classified as “old-growth forest,” equivalent to 167 million acres. By definition, old-growth is at least 80 years old, and just 24% of old-growth forest is fully protected – the balance exposed to the risk of logging. 58 million acres of this old-growth forest are on federal lands under management by either the U.S. Forest Service or Bureau of Land Management.