Sympathy for the Devil
Even those creatures that strike fear into the hearts of us humans are crucial components of complex ecosystems. Preserve those ecosystems and they fulfill important functions – including ones that benefit us.
James
Horrox
Policy Analyst, Frontier Group
James Horrox is a policy analyst at Frontier Group, based in Los Angeles. He holds a BA and PhD in politics and has taught at Manchester University, the University of Salford and the Open University in his native UK. He has worked as a freelance academic editor for more than a decade, and before joining Frontier Group in 2019 he spent two years as a prospect researcher in the Public Interest Network’s LA office. His writing has been published in various media outlets, books, journals and reference works.
James works on transportation and conservation issues, among others; his reports include Highway Boondoggles (2022, 2023), Transform Transportation (2021), and New Life for the Ocean (2021).
Posts by James Horrox
The rise of sustainable guitars: How an industry is innovating to save our forests
The magnitude of change needed to halt the destruction of the world’s forests requires equally seismic innovation in the way we manufacture our products. The guitar industry's on it.
Proforestation: What it is and why it matters
Properly thought-out tree-planting programs are an important line of defense against global warming. But there’s another strategy that could be just as valuable, if not more so: simply leaving our existing forests alone.
Our transportation finance system doesn’t work. Here’s how to fix it.
In the early 20th century, policymakers designed a system of pricing and paying for transportation geared toward meeting the needs of the times. A century later, the times have changed, but that system hasn’t – and it’s holding us back.
The gas tax is a tax like any other. We need to start treating it that way
The myth of the "user fee" has had its day. Gas tax revenues should be spent where they're most needed - not just on roads.