Energy & Environment
Can We Save Nature by Making It Economically Useless?
"Decoupling" human economy from ecology could render large areas of pastures, croplands, and managed forests too remote for exploitation.
Naomi Klein Changes Nothing
The laws of nature do not mandate a progressive paradise.
Federal Agencies Outline Plans on Climate Change
Step one: Ask for lots and lots of money.
Is Capitalism Environmentally Unsustainable?
The goal must be to find ways for liberty and the environment to flourish together, not to sacrifice one in the vain hope of protecting the other.
The City of South Miami Wants to Split Florida in Two
Climate-change fears don't always lead to calls for centralization.
Government Agencies Use Their Power to Bolster Their Own Budgets
A northern California legal case involving state and federal efforts to secure a massive financial settlement from the state's largest land owner is rife with allegations of fraud, corruption, and official misconduct
Lockheed Martin Makes Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough
Reactors may soon be small enough to fit on the back of a truck
SCOTUS Declines Challenge to California Foie Gras Ban
Opponents argued the law violated the Commerce Clause
Farmers' Markets and Organic Farms: More Special Interests Get Millions in Government Handouts
From farm grants to "green" technology subsidies, politicians hand out goodies while taxpayers get stuck with the tab.
China and America Climate Change Blame Game
Discord on who's responsible for fixing the weather at U.N. climate confab.
Capitalism and Climate Change
The problem today is not that capitalism can't function without ruining the environment, but that the public isn't demanding serious action against global warming.
Global Warming's Real and Capitalism's the Best Antidote: Ron Bailey at Flood Wall Street
Reason's science correspondent on climate change, markets, and Naomi Klein.
Chris Hedges at Flood Wall Street: "Capitalism Exploits Humans"
Is global warming a defect of free market capitalism?
Flood Wall Street Climate Change Protest Is a Washout
Imposing equality is the goal; climate change is the excuse