Econ 6535: Resource and Environmental Economics
Readings Available Online and Links to Related Web Sites:
Web Sites that Dish Dirt on Polluters
Web Site Dishes Dirt on Major Polluters - NYT April 22, 1998
Chemical Scorecard This site is maintained by the Environmental Defense Fund. Use it to find out the amount of toxic pollutants in your neighborhood
Other Sites of General Interest
EPA (Environmental Proctection Agency)
The "Clean Air Act" as amended in 1990
Home page for Resources for the Future (RFF)
Home page for AERE (Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
Link to ENVIRO-ECONOMICS GATEWAY
Professor Kahn's webpage for his text, The Economic Approach to Environmental and Natural Resources. It has links to a lot of other sites.
To what extent does the finiteness of natural resources limit growth?
There are many articles out there about scarcity and limits to growth. For the most recent ones in the NYTimes go to the NYTimes web site and seach under terms such as "limits to growth", "growth", and "scarcity". Do not limit the search to today's paper, and make sure you are searching the "site" rather than the site of one of their advertisers (e.g. Barnes and Noble). If you choose to purchase an article from the NYT Archives, it will cost a couple of bucks, articles from today's paper can be downloaded for free. The first time you go the NYT website you will have to register.
Some of the interesting articles I found include
Innovative Responses to Materials Shortages: Rosenbery, AER Papers and Proceeding, 1973
The Big City: Optimism by the Numbers: NYT Magazine, September 13, 1998
Copper Mining Retrenches amid Excess Capacity and Sagging Prices: September 11, 1999
Betting the Planet, NYT Magazine, 1990
What is Conservation?
What is Conservation?: Herfindahl in Three Studies in Mineral Economics
The History of the Conservation Movement
For other recent articles on conservation the NYTimes go to the NYTimes web site and seach under "conservation". Do not limit the search to today's paper, and make sure you are searching the "site" rather than the site of one of their advertisers (e.g. Barnes and Noble). If you choose to purchase an article from the NYT Archives it will cost a couple of bucks, it will cost a couple of bucks, articles from today's paper can be downloaded for free.
"Gifford Pinchot" from Encyclopedia Britannica Online
Filmmakers study a man who studied the apes: NYT March 23, 1999
The Forest Service's New Deal: NYT Editorial Desk, February 16, 1999
Celebrating an Ecologist's
Eloquence and Vision," NYT, October 19, 99
Searching for Eden; The Definition of Wilderness Is Increasingly Elusive," NYT, September 12, 99
Non-Market Valuation: CVM, Travel-Cost,
Choice Questions, Etc.
They Exist. Therefore They Are. But, Do You Care? NYT October 19, 1999
Pollings Dirty Little Secret: No Response, NYT November 21, 1999
Pollsters Enlist Psychologists in Quest for Unbiased Results: NYT September 7, 1993
Polls May Help the Government Decide the Worth of Nature: NYT September 7, 1993
Congress Asks, Is Nature Worth Morey than a Shopping Mall? NYT April 25, 1995
"The Burden of Faulty Science" a Mobil ad in Time Magazine April 17, 1999
Modeling and Estimating WTP for Reduction in Acid Deposition Injuries to Cultural Resouces: Using Choice Experiments in a Group Setting to Estimate Passive Use Values, Morey, Rossmann, Chesnut and Ragland in .....
An Introduction to Renewable Resources:
Fishery Economics and the Common Property Problem
For other recent articles on fishing in the NYTimes go to the NYTimes web site and seach under terms such as "fishing", "marine", and "salmon". Do not limit the search to today's paper, and make sure you are searching the "site" rather than the site of one of their advertisers (e.g. Barnes and Noble). If you choose to purchase an article from the NYT Archives it will cost a couple of bucks, it will cost a couple of bucks, articles from today's paper can be downloaded for free.
Turtles Vanish in Black Hole: Soup Pots and Pans of China: NYT May 4, 1999
Countil Puts Strict Limits on Fishing to Save New England Cod: NTY January 30, 1999
Outdoors: Full Rescue Mission for Cod is Discussed: NYT March 7, 1999
Is this Guy A Threat to the Rules, Or the Fish? NYT October 18, 1999
Outdoors; Sea Protected Areas are Souce of Debate: NYT July 11, 1999
Static common property problems: parks
and roads
For other recent articles in the NYTimes go to the NYTimes web site and seach under terms such as "national parks", "Yellowstone", "traffic", and "congestion". Do not limit the search to today's paper, and make sure you are searching the "site" rather than the site of one of their advertisers (e.g. Barnes and Noble). If you choose to purchase an article from the NYT Archives it will cost a couple of bucks, it will cost a couple of bucks, articles from today's paper can be downloaded for free.
Priorities in the National Parks: NYT July 26, 1999
National Parks: Crowed Now, and Crowed Then: NYT August 14, 1999
Bargain Travelers Trample National Parks: NYT July 27, 1999
A Move to Rid Parks of Snowmobiles: NYT February 7, 1999
Recreational fishing, hunting, and
the CP problem
A Slaughter of Cormorants in Angler Country: NYT August 1, 1998.
Ranch Hunting: One Person's Sport, Another's Slaughter; Business Grows, So Does Opposition
Web sites for "game ranches": http://www.777ranch.com , http://www.luckystarranch.com
Extinction: economic issues
For other recent articles in the NYTimes go to the NYTimes web site and seach under terms such as "extinction", "salmon", "linx", etc. Do not limit the search to today's paper, and make sure you are searching the "site" rather than the site of one of their advertisers (e.g. Barnes and Noble). If you choose to purchase an article from the NYT Archives it will cost a couple of bucks, it will cost a couple of bucks, articles from today's paper can be downloaded for free.
The endagered species act gets a makeover: NYT June 2, 1998.
Preserving natural environments
Rare Alliance in the Rockies Strives to Save Open Space: NYT August 14, 1998
U.S. Hopes to Buy Picture-Perfect Slice of the West: NYT August 25, 1998
Victims of War: The Jungle Gorillas and Tourism: NYT March 31, 1999
Pollution and Externalities: An Introduction
Pollution Policy in Practice
Bush Approach to Pollution: Preference for Self-Policing, NYT, November 9, 1999
Regional Air Pollution
EPA is ordering 392 Plants to Cut Pollution in Half, NYT, December 18, 1999
Toxic Pollutants
In Blow to G.E., Agency Finds Fish in Hudson Unsafe to Eat, NYT, August 5, 1999
Global Warming
There are many articles out there about global warming. For the most recent ones in the NYTimes go to the NYTimes web site and seach under "global warming" or -"global warming" and economists-. The NYTimes has a whole archive on global warming. Do not limit the search to today's paper, and make sure you are searching the "site" rather than the site of one of their advertisers (e.g. Barnes and Noble).
Some of the interesting articles I found include
US Signs Pact to Reduce Gases tied to Warming - NYT Nov 13, 1998
How fast to cut back: two view - NYT Nov, 28 1997 - this article quotes economists
Who Cares About a Few Degrees - NYT Nov 27, 1997
Experts on Climate Change Ponder: How Urgent is It? -NTY September 9, 1997
Cushioning the Shock of Global Warming - NYT Nov 30,1997
Clinton and Global Warming: Struggling to Scare a Contented World - NYT September 28, 1997
Coal Nightmares, Electical Dreams - NYT Nov. 28, 1997
Mobile Source Pollution
Auto Emission Rules May be Toughened (NYT April 14, 99)
Auto Makers See Nothing but Trouble in Warmer World - NYT Oct. 16, 1997
Planting the Seeds for a Crop of Lean Green Machines - NYT March 15, 1998
U.S. Splurging On Energy After Falling of Diet - NYT Oct. 22, 1998
The Price is Right for Fuel Efficiency to Fall - NYT Oct 26, 1996
Uncle Sam vs Smog Monsters - Muscle Car Review, Feb/Mar 1996
Crackdown on Pollution by Vehicles -NYT May 2, 1999
There are many articles out there auto emissions. For the most recent ones in the NYTimes go to the NYTimes web site and seach under "auto emissions" or "emissions". Do not limit the search to today's paper, and make sure you are searching the "site" rather than the site of one of their advertisers (e.g. Barnes and Noble)
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