Energy & Environment
How Green Are Your Nukes?
Environmentalists Stewart Brand and Al Gore debate nuclear power in two new books.
SuperFreaking Out Over Climate Engineering
Freakonomics authors freak out environmental activists by suggesting a technical fix for global warming
Self-Governance Works
Elinor Ostrom's research shows that free people can overcome the "tragedy of the commons"
Elinor Ostrom on the Market, the State, and the Third Sector
The remarkable achievements of the Nobel Prize-winning economist
Criminal Records
The federal ban on depictions of animal cruelty violates the right to free speech.
Alaskan Oil Abundance Versus Washington's Wasted Billions
The case for new oil drilling in Alaska and off America's coasts
Doubling Down on Climate Change
Activists want America to reduce emissions to 1960s levels. Is that even possible?
Is Government Action Worse than Global Warming?
Why policy nihilism may be the only rational response to climate change
Bjorn Lomborg & The Copenhagen Consenus: What's The Best Way to Live With Global Warming?
Geo-engineering is most cost-effective; carbon taxes the least.
Warming Up for a Climate Change Fight
Obama's getting ready for the U.N. global warming conference. So is Bjorn Lomborg.