The environment has long been the undisputed territory of the political left. Philosopher Roger Scruton agrees that the environment is the most urgent political problem of our age but argues in his new book "How to Think Seriously About the Planet" that conservatism is far better suited to tackle environmental problems than either liberalism or socialism.

Unlocking "unconventional" energy requires unconventional politics, and that's one resource that is genuinely scarce among today's backwards-looking bureaucrats and green interest groups.

Far from damaging brains and killing seals, applying basic economics to the environment preserves it.

Two AEI pieces which highlight how overflowing supplies of oil and natural gas undermine the argument for massive subsidies of alternative fuels "that may never deliver competitive bang for the buck."

The consistent improvement in America's energy efficiency is an untold and underappreciated long-term story.

The issue of hurricanes and climate change--a linkage not established in current climate science--distracts from the most significant environmental lessons of the Katrina disaster.

AEI's annual Earth Day checkup will celebrate the 10th edition of the PRI/AEI Index of Leading Environmental Indicators and feature analysis of recent trends and developments in the environment by AEI's entire "green team" of scholars and fellows who work in the field. The Index examines government data on numerous...

AEI's third annual Earth Day checkup will review environmental trends and conditions in the United States. The panel will mark the formal release of the ninth edition of the 2004 Index of Leading Environmental Indicators by AEI resident scholar Steven F. Hayward. The Index examines government data on...