The Intrinsic Value of Nature and the Proper Stewardship of the Climate

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Ross McKitrick[1] Department of Economics University of Guelph For presentation to “Exploring the theological, economic, cultural and political assumptions for faith groups (and others) dealing with climate change.” Conference at Huron College, University of Western Ontario, May 29, 2012. Abstract: Historically there have been three broad ways of viewing the natural world. Primitive cultures viewed […]

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Does Government Really Need to Regulate Everything?

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In high school and college, I competed in debate tournaments across the state and country. I clearly remember many occasions when a debate team’s plan would include abolishing some government program. Inevitably, the opponents would ask, “What will you replace it with?” Only once did I hear any debater respond with, “Nothing at all. Government

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Did Hurricanes Florence and Michael Provide New Evidence for Manmade Global Warming?

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Apparently acting on the principle that you never let a good crisis go to waste, the Washington Post on October 18 published a breathless story titled “In North Carolina, hurricanes did what scientists could not: Convince Republicans that climate change is real.” Tracy Jan, a young reporter covering “the intersection of race and the economy,” which

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11 Months and Counting—Wrapping our Heads around Florida’s Raging Red Tide

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The latest red tide outbreak on Florida’s Gulf Coast, with its awful stench, is in its 11th straight month. The noxious bloom started in November 2017, and the latest reports from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission before Hurricane Michael, whose effects we won’t know for some time, showed that the end was not

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