Morris Coats' Environmental Economics Links

Links for Environmental Economics

1. Economic Valuation of the Barataria Terrebonne Estuary System

2. The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality

3. Tufts University's Global Development and Environment Institute

4. The Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program

5. The Tragedy of the Commons, Garrett Hardin

6. Economics, Ecology, and Exchange: Free Market Environmentalism, Robert Taylor

7. Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment

8. Fish-quota system likely to be delayed: Study of proposal expected to continue New Orleans Times-Picayune, Bruce Alpert, Oct. 3, 2000 p.4A.

9. Thirst for Power: Abundant water, natural gas and power lines have made Louisiana a magnet for new gas-fired power plants which will draw cooling water from aquifers. But some people worry that the plants could deplete supplies of fresh water., N.O. Times Picayune, Oct. 8, 2000, p. C1, Water Resources

10. Louisiana's aquifers have old, deep roots: Same system created rich marsh, swamps By Keith Darcé , N.O. Times Picayune, Oct. 8, 2000

11. Fishing Quota Debated, by Carl Husle, NYTRNG Washington Bureau, in the Daily Comet, Thibodaux, LA, 7/11/2000, pA1. Fishing Quotas for the Gulf?

12. Refiners to pay fines, cut down emissions: Belle Chasse plant part of deal with U.S. New Orleans Times-Picayune p. C-1,3 (7/26/00), From staff and wire reports. Hitting Polluters in the Pocketbook

13. Louisiana: Polluter's Paradise, a series by Louisiana's New York Times Regional Papers on the job Louisiana's DEQ is doing enforcing environmental laws.

Is DEQ doing its job?

14. Unwelcome neighbors, a series on environmental racism in the New Orleans Times-Picayune.

15. Florida Golf Development Sues Pig Farm Over Smell and MusicGolf Club Hits Pig Farmer: Who's Right?

16. Environmental News Network

17. The Economic Research Service, a division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Besides information on crop prices and food demand and supply issues, the have information on environmental policy and the economics of natural resources.

18. Coastal Marsh Dieback in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Extent, Causes, Consequences, and Remedies