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Skaidra Smith-Heisters is a policy analyst at Reason Foundation, a nonprofit think tank advancing free minds and free markets.
Her research is part of Reason's New Environmentalism program, launched by Lynn Scarlett, which develops innovative solutions to environmental problems and emphasizes the benefits of local decisions over Washington's command-and-control regulations.
Smith-Heisters is a graduate of the University of California at Davis program in Nature and Culture. Prior to joining Reason, she worked in habitat restoration, endangered species management and natural resources planning with the California State Parks system.
She has been extensively involved in grassroots journalism and political organizing in San Francisco's North Bay area, where she currently lives.
Contributions | Out of Control Blog Posts
- USDA Tries Pricing and Trading Environmental Benefits
Bringing ecosystem services out of the political realm and into the market would be welcome news
Skaidra Smith-Heisters
January 26, 2009 - California Air Resources Board Passes Costly Plan During Economic Crisis
State can utilize pay-as-you-drive and pay-as-you-save programs for inexpensive environmental improvements
Skaidra Smith-Heisters
December 22, 2008 - Measure Q: The Wrong Train
Massively expensive plan to make miniscule reduction in greenhouse gas emissions
Skaidra Smith-Heisters
October 28, 2008 - Environmental Costs of Hemp Prohibition in the United States
Comparing the environmental performance of industrial hemp relative to substitutes in key industrial applications
Skaidra Smith-Heisters
October 27, 2008 - Analysis of California's Propositions 7 and 10: Renewable Energy Mandates and Handouts
Policy Brief 75
Skaidra Smith-Heisters
October 1, 2008 - The Nonviolent Offender Rehabilitation Act: Prison Overcrowding, Parole and Sentencing Reform (Proposition 5)
Policy Brief 74
Skaidra Smith-Heisters
October 1, 2008 - California's Proposition 7 Is Flawed
Plan will actually hurt the state's renewable energy efforts
Skaidra Smith-Heisters
September 18, 2008 - Cars Disproportionately Blamed for Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Electricity, not transportation is responsible for the largest share of emissions
Skaidra Smith-Heisters
August 12, 2008 - What Exactly Is One Planet Living?
Interview with Kirstie Moore, Sustainability Project Manager for Sonoma Mountain Village
Skaidra Smith-Heisters
June 10, 2008 - Paper Grocery Bags Require More Energy Than Plastic Bags
Paper vs. plastic debate shows how good environmental intentions coupled with bad information lead us astray
Skaidra Smith-Heisters
April 17, 2008 - Reviewing Blue Covenant
Giving governments more control of water isn't the answer
Skaidra Smith-Heisters
April 3, 2008 - Illegally Green: Environmental Costs of Hemp Prohibition
Skaidra Smith-Heisters
March 13, 2008 - Measure 50: Are Tobacco Taxes The Answer To Funding Children's Health Programs?
Policy Brief 65
Skaidra Smith-Heisters
January 29, 2008 - California's Looming Water Crisis
State needs peripheral canal sending Sacramento water to Southern California
Skaidra Smith-Heisters
July 26, 2007 - Environmental Timetables Built for Style, Not Substance
Cutting emissions, reducing use of foreign oil, using more renewable energy requires a lot more than just goals
Skaidra Smith-Heisters
June 12, 2007 - The Rush to Ban Incandescent Light Bulbs and Plastic Bags
Life-cycle analysis shows energy costs and pollution from the "solutions" will create new problems
Skaidra Smith-Heisters
May 9, 2007 - Preparing for "Earthquake Katrina" and a Levee Disaster in California
Taxpayers shouldn't be on the hook to subsidize, rebuild homes and farms built in flood danger zones
Skaidra Smith-Heisters
April 30, 2007 - Industrial Hemp Can Boost Economy, Cut Pollution
Schwarzenegger's drug war concerns are way off base
Skaidra Smith-Heisters
April 19, 2007 - Sensible Policies for Medical Marijuana Dispensaries in Los Angeles
Skaidra Smith-Heisters
March 1, 2007 - Expanding Smoking Bans Should Worry Us All
Bay Area's nanny state is growing
Skaidra Smith-Heisters
February 16, 2007 - Prop. 1E's Blank Check Primed for Pork, Not Flood Control
California using a pre-Katrina mindset
Skaidra Smith-Heisters
November 1, 2006 - Smoke and Mirrors
Santa Rosa's outdoor smoking ban and Prop. 86
Skaidra Smith-Heisters
November 1, 2006 - Schwarzenegger Vetoes Industrial Hemp
Law would've helped reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Skaidra Smith-Heisters
October 2, 2006 - A Bad Idea Gone Too Far
Proposition 86, The Tobacco Tax
Geoffrey Segal and Skaidra Smith-Heisters
October 1, 2006 - Propositions 1E and 84
Funding the State's Water and Flood Control Infrastructure
Skaidra Smith-Heisters and Adam Summers
September 1, 2006 - Recycling Law Needs to be Thrown Out
California's plastic bag bill
Skaidra Smith-Heisters
August 24, 2006 - Stop Playing Politics With Energy
It's time to rethink California's prohibition against offshore drilling
Skaidra Smith-Heisters
August 6, 2006
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