Beware the Wooly Menace
A 3-minute audio segment from the December 19, 1997, edition of NPR's All Things Considered. In this commentary, Bill Harley suggests that global warming is a method the earth is using to replace environmentally destructive humans with environmentally friendly sheep. here's not a lot of economic analysis here, but it is rather amusing.... To hear this segment, you must have a sound card and the RealPlayer plugin must be installed in your browser. A free copy of the RealPlayer software may be downloaded from:
Real.com.
Ecological Tax Reform
This online document describes the ecological tax reform movement that advocates tax reforms that encourage environmental and energy conservation.
Robert J.P. Gale,
Ecological Tax Reform
This online document describes the ecological tax reform movement that advocates tax reforms that encourage environment and energy conservation.
Sustainable Minnesota,
Ecological Tax Reform Resources
This web site provides extensive information about recent and proposed ecological tax reforms in Minnesota.
Environmental Defense Fund
Links and information on a wide range of environmental issues are contained on this page.
Global Change Electronic Edition
Global Change is a magazine that contains articles dealing with climate change and ozone depletion. The online edition has a wide variety of materials and links to numerous articles, and links to relevant online audio and video materials.
Law and Economics
This page contains an extensive collection of links dealing with the intersection of economics and law.
Pollution Rights Trading Game (by Rachel Nugent)
An interesting classroom experiment that can be used to illustrate the incentives existing under a system of tradeable pollution rights.
President Clinton's Climate Change Proposal
An overview of President Clinton's Climate Change Proposal designed to reduce global emissions of greenhouse gases.
The Sierra Club
The wep site of this organization contains information about current environmental and resource issues.
USGS Fact Sheets (listed by Environmental Theme)
This page contains links to a variety of studies on environmental issues.
Janet Yellen, "Statement before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
In this testimony, Janet Yellen discusses some of the major economic issues associated with global climate change.