Environment
WPC's Center for the Environment brings balance to the environmental debate by promoting the idea that human progress and prosperity work in a free economy to protect the environment.
Events
10th Anniversary Environmental Policy Conference & Lunch
Forests, Fish and Free Markets: A More Sustainable Path for the Environment
This year's Environmental Conference and Lunch will feature keynote speaker Terry L. Anderson, one of the nation's leading free-market environmental policy experts for more than three decades. He is the executive director of the Property & Environment Research Center in Bozeman, Montana.
The event will also feature morning conference panels on these topics:
- Working Forests Are Sustainable Forests
- Property Rights and Fishing Catch Shares
- Environmental Update from Olympia
- Science and the EPA: The Sacketts Case
WPC Young Professionals "Eco-Fads" Event
WPC is excited to announce a special night for Young Professionals featuring Todd Myers, author of the new book Eco-Fads: How the Rise of Trendy Environmentalism Is Harming the Environment, as seen and favorably reviewed in Forbes,
'Eco-Fads' Hosted Book Release Reception
9th Annual Environmental Policy Conference: The Role of Science in Policymaking
2011 Environmental Policy Briefing
The Center for the Environment at Washington Policy Center (WPC) invites you to a lunch briefing focused on ways to provide a fresh start for the environment. Featured speakers will be WPC's Todd Myers and Brandon Houskeeper.
Topics to be covered:
8th Annual Environmental Policy Conference & Luncheon
Roger A. Pielke, Jr. has been on the faculty of the University of Colorado since 2001 and is a Professor in the Environmental Studies Program and a Fellow of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES). At CIRES, Roger served as the Director of the Center for Science and Technology Policy Research from 2001-2007. Roger's research focuses on the intersection of science and technology and decision making.
Young Professionals Kick-off Reception
Washington Policy Center’s Young Professionals Advisor Board hosted it’s kick off reception on March 31st at the Hard Rock Café Seattle. The sold out event was a huge success, with the large crowd enjoying appetizers, drinks and networking before an engaging presentation by Canadian environmentalist Dr. Patrick Moore.
2010 Environmental Briefing
WPC environmental director Todd Myers and policy analyst Brandon Houskeeper briefed legislators and staff and gave an overview of their latest research and analysis on the key environmental issues facing Washington citizens during the 2010 Session.
World Premiere Showing of Not Evil Just Wrong:The true cost of global warming hysteria
Washington Policy Center was part of the world record for the largest ever simultaneous film premiere by hosting a world premiere showing of Not Evil Just Wrong:The true cost of global warming hysteria.
7th Annual Environmental Policy Luncheon & Conference
A Past President of the American Association of State Climatologists, Keynote Speaker Dr. Patrick Michaels discussed the globalwarming science they don't want you to know and his new book Climate of Extremes. Patrick Michaels is a research professor of environmental sciences at the University of Virginia, a contributing author and reviewer of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. His writing has been published in major scientific journals, including Climate Research, Nature, and Science.
