Hey, Congress: If You Really Want to Help Puerto Rico Recover, Dump the Jones Act
Crony law benefitting U.S. shipping companies will drive up costs, extend hurricane crisis.
Crony law benefitting U.S. shipping companies will drive up costs, extend hurricane crisis.
Mayor says the town doesn't ban food trucks, but only allows them on certain days. And that's one rule that can't bend even in the wake of a major hurricane.
A federal appeals court raises California's unconstitutional ban from the dead.
The river doesn't need rights if people have strong property rights to its water.
Silly mobile game pisses off nannies, costs company $300,000.
A Nature Geoscience study finds that humanity has more time to avert dangerous man-made warming.
Fighting for a piece of the action
The 'Do Not Flush' fight provides a perfect case study in arbitrary regulation and government incompetence.
Global per capita income now is $10,000. How much should we spend to prevent climate change losses in 2100?
Activist happy talk that transitioning to renewables will be cheap is entirely specious.
Who will have the courage in the face of tragedy to change the government's disastrous policies?
Ninth Circuit rules state's ban doesn't conflict with federal agriculture regulations.
From Walmart to Uber to AirBnB, businesses should be lauded for their generosity and effectiveness in the wake of Hurricanes Irma and Harvey.
Environmental Protection Agency
A controversial rule on water pollution allowed the agency to micromanage private land use.
Reason editors discuss the debt ceiling, Hurricane Irma, and the 9/11 anniversary.
As Hurricane Irma pummels Florida, and armchair scientists blame global warming, a reminder from Reason Science Correspondent Ronald Bailey that data does not yet support the hypothesis of stronger hurricanes.
Say it with me: natural disasters are not good for economic growth.
They just build whatever they want, wherever they want, like a bunch of savages.
An engineer explains why that's wrong.
Polk County's hurricane shelters will not be open to all.
So-called price gouging helps send important signals to buyers and sellers.
The cost of Africa's refusal to grow GMO crops are incredible in human health and economic terms.
Existing regulations impoverish our cities, and perverse subsidies increase the damage done by catastrophic storms.
The "development kills" crowd has failed to take into account the very creation of Houston and its long and colorful history of being underwater.
As greens rush to blame Harvey's devastation on global warming, the real culprit - subsidizing coastal development - goes unmentioned.
Extreme weather events attribution science yields murky results
Hurricane Harvey has made a life-threatening mess too serious to rely on just government-managed aid.
Don't build in flood plains, and especially don't rebuild in flood plains
Reason editors discuss Hurricane Harvey, the pardon of Joe Arpaio, Al Franken 2020, Antifa, and more.
If history is any indicator, it's going to be a long and very expensive siege.
A lawsuit alleges Poland Spring Water amounts to "a colossal fraud perpetrated against American consumers."
Because the important thing during a hurricane is making sure evacuees aren't undocumented immigrants.
Denial and panic aren't the only responses, folks. (Works for climate change, too.)
States like Massachusetts attempt to control how farms outside their borders operate.
West Virginia governor says that Trump is "really interested. He likes the idea."
A vital lesson, as we confront calls for more regulation and government control in all aspects of our lives.
It would be ridiculous for the Trump Administration to try to suppress it now.
Millions lost when political influence overrules financial acumen.
Greens are more interested on assigning blame than looking for fixes.
Next year U.S. oil production will exceed its 1970 peak.
All its solutions suffer from the collective action problem
An entrepreneur has a plan to save the rhinos from poachers, but environmental groups hate his idea.
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