A hazardous waste tax is assessed on generators when the waste is shipped, or when facilities recycle, treat, store, or dispose of hazardous waste. The...
The State of Indiana has a good example of a corporate "Good Character Law" when it comes to environmental protection. Accordingto Indiana’s law, a company...
According to the Center for Municipal Solutions, there have been more than 150,000 communication tower facilities erected in the last 5 years and industry estimates...
Jim Keating, Executive Director of Rainforest Relief has been engaging communities to limit their use of tropical hardwoods in waterfront development. To that end the...
Some communities have banned the use of pesticides whereas others have used taxes to reduce the use of fertilizers and pesticides. While the level of...
The European Commission approved a framework for the Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals (REACH) (COM(03) 644 (01)) in October 2003. Following two years of...
In 1989 the U.S. Congress enacted a tax on eight ozone depleting chemicals (ODC’s) as part of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act. It extended this...
Utah Telecommunications Open Infrastructure Agency (UTOPIA) is aninter-governmental agency, representing about one-third of Utah’spopulation. UTOPIA is building a fiber-to-the-home network that willdeliver speeds of at...
The Internet as we know it developed within a framework of "open access" or “common carriage.” That is, people could choose their own Internet service...
Centered around Sebastopol, California, the Western Sonoma County Internet Cooperative Corporation has a membership of around 50, offering wireless Internet access main to those who...
Rules to encourage wireless networks – offering both universal and hotspot coverage. Some are owned by the local government, other are groups of citizen activists...
Zero Waste is becoming the new conventional wisdom when it comes to handling municipal solid wastes. Public and private sector investors are staking claims to...
Some 30 years ago NASA came up with another BIG idea. Assemble vast solar electric arrays in space and beam the energy to earth. The...
Editor’s Note: Below is a review by David Morris of the book, Break Through by Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger. In the spirit of debate,...