Actions that could help the environment don’t just regularly lose out to actions demanded by people with competing agendas. There’s plenty of potential for conflict within the environmental movement itself.
Take the case of the neighbors in Sunnyvale, California that pitted a family generating solar power in their backyard against the family living behind [...]
Posts Tagged ‘policy’
- and the environment versus itself
Posted in environmentalism, plants and animals, solar power, tagged Christian Science Monitor, policy, solar power, trees on April 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
- the environment versus everything else
Posted in climate change, national security, policy, tagged environmental protection, EPA, immigration, national security, policy on April 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
When environmental issues collide with rival policy concerns, the environment has long been the likely loser. Even in America, with its agency dedicated to keeping the nation’s air and water clean, the planet too often loses when environmental push meets the shove of wealthier, more entrenched political interests.
A case in point is the recent decision [...]
