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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.
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Illegally Green: Environmental Costs of Hemp Prohibition
March 2008
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Policy Brief 65
Measure 50: Are Tobacco Taxes The Answer To Funding Children's Health Programs?
October 2007
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Policy Brief 57
Sensible Policies for Medical Marijuana Dispensaries in Los Angeles
March 2007
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Policy Brief 53
A Bad Idea Gone Too Far: Proposition 86, The Tobacco Tax
October 2006
By Geoffrey F. Segal and Skaidra Smith-Heisters
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Policy Brief 46
Propositions 1E and 84: Funding the State’s Water and Flood Control Infrastructure
September 2006
By Skaidra Smith-Heisters and Adam B. Summers
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California's Proposition 7 Is Flawed
Plan will actually hurt the state's renewable energy efforts
September 18, 2008 | Reason.org
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Cars Disproportionately Blamed for Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Electricity, not transportation is responsible for the largest share of emissions
August 12, 2008 | Reason.org
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What Exactly Is One Planet Living?
Interview with Kirstie Moore, Sustainability Project Manager for Sonoma Mountain Village
June 10, 2008 | Reason.org
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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
April 17, 2008 | Reason.org
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Reviewing Blue Covenant
Giving governments more control of water isn't the answer
April 3, 2008 | Reason.org
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California's Looming Water Crisis
State needs peripheral canal sending Sacramento water to Southern California
July 26, 2007 | Reason.org
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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
June 12, 2007 | Reason.org
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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
May 9, 2007 | Reason.org
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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
April 30, 2007 | Reason.org
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Industrial Hemp Can Boost Economy, Cut Pollution
Schwarzenegger's drug war concerns are way off base
April 19, 2007 | Reason.org
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Expanding Smoking Bans Should Worry Us All
Bay Area's nanny state is growing
February 16, 2007 | San Francisco Examiner
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Prop. 1E's Blank Check Primed for Pork, Not Flood Control
California using a pre-Katrina mindset
November 1, 2006 | Reason.org
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Smoke and Mirrors
Santa Rosa's outdoor smoking ban and Prop. 86
November 1, 2006 | Reason.org
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Schwarzenegger Vetoes Industrial Hemp
Law would've helped reduce greenhouse gas emissions
October 2, 2006 | Reason.org
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Recycling Law Needs to be Thrown Out
California's plastic bag bill
August 24, 2006 | Reason.org
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Stop Playing Politics With Energy
It's time to rethink California's prohibition against offshore drilling
August 6, 2006 | Orange County Register
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