What is Environmental Justice?

October 26, 2009

“Equal justice under law” is more than a quaint expression engraved on the portico of the Supreme Court building.  It is a worldview that is central to our American culture.  It is also a cornerstone of the conservation movement, but you wouldn’t know it by watching the angry activists that form so much of the modern […]

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Global Warming Did It!

September 7, 2009

To absolve forest managers and politicians (and ourselves) from any and all responsibility for these giant fires by blaming global warming may feel good, but don’t kid yourself.

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Stopping Pollution or Selling Indulgences?

June 30, 2009

Cap-and-trade is a financial scam. The idea is anti-democratic, it would perpetuate economic serfdom for much of the world, and it would guarantee the permanent dominance of existing corporations to the exclusion of opportunity for everyone else.

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When is “Final” final?

May 30, 2009

Maybe the old saw that “a man’s word is his bond” is obsolete in today’s politics. I grew up in a time and place where a handshake is a contract, and a deal is a deal. But it just doesn’t seem to be true for lots of interest groups today, as we see all too […]

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Save the Dead Trees!

May 15, 2009

This week in Denver, I attended an annual gathering of timber industry leaders and U.S. Forest Service officials, all talking about ways to restore our national forests that are dying, falling down and burning up – a disaster Ken Salazar aptly called the “Katrina of the West.”  Unfortunately, not much progress has been made in the years […]

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Green Energy = Subsidized Energy

April 14, 2009

The future is not just alternate sources of energy, but greener ways to produce fossil fuels.

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