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"Environmental Kuznets curve" and Onion's spoof of China's Status as World’s Number One Air Polluter by TokyoTom

Sorry; this was too good not to share: http://www.theonion.com/content/video/china_celebrates_its_status_as . China has now outstripped the rest of the world in GHG emissions, as well. Government ownership of (and favoritism to) much of industry, a lack...

Environmental damage as theft: report by prominent enviros "highlights the need for secure ownership of wildlife resources by poor people" by TokyoTom

Yes, even enviros recognize the importance of clear and enforceable property rights in protecting wlidlife. A new report by TRAFFIC , the wildlife trade monitoring network, and WWF finds that "Well-managed wildlife trade has the potential to deliver...

Whales and fisheries - "standing up to Japan", or enclosing the commons? by TokyoTom

Dave Neiwert, a thoughtful voice on the left and with an experienced, informed view on America's right-wing racist fringe, has a rather confused post up on whaling on his blog, Orcinus. http://dneiwert.blogspot.com/2008/02/standing-up-to-japan.html...

Bison and the Theft of the Commons by TokyoTom

[Updated, as noted] My attention was drawn today to a letter to the editor published by The Property and Environment Research Center (PERC) , an organization of free-thinkers who pioneered what is now known as " free market environmentalism "...