Markets Vs. Mandates: Promoting Environmental Quality And Economic Prosperity

Markets vs. Mandates co-organizer Dominic Parker welcomes attendees in Shultz Auditorium on May 13, 2025. (Patrick Beaudouin)

Hoover Institution Director Condoleezza Rice welcomes attendees to the Markets vs. Mandates conference on May 13, 2025. (Patrick Beaudouin)

Senior Fellow Steven E. Koonin (left), Brookings Institution Fellow Samantha Gross (center) and energy geologist Scott Tinker (right) discuss the green energy transition on May 13, 2025. (Patrick Beaudouin)

Richard Luarkie of the Laguna Pueblo of New Mexico and the Colorado School of Mines speaks about the need for Indian tribes to control and benefit from the energy resources found on their territory at the Markets vs. Mandates conference on May 13, 2025. (Patrick Beaudouin)

Wall Street Journal columnist Kim Strassel speaks about the need to generate more income from federal lands in Stauffer Auditorium on May 13, 2025. (Patrick Beaudouin)

Will Cafey of UCLA speaks about his research on wetland conservation credits in Florida at the Markets vs. Mandates conference on May 13, 2025. (Patrick Beaudouin)

Senior Fellow Terry L. Anderson speaks about the potential benefits of revenue optimization on federally-held lands at the Markets vs. Mandates conference on May 13, 2025. (Patrick Beaudouin)