Big trouble in Oregon: sprawl and property rights
Oregon has some of the nation’s best land-use planning laws. For 30 years, each city or county has been required to plan the usage of its lands lands in a way that…
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Food vs. forests: environmental trade-offs in farming
On the prophetic side… Last week I posted on trade-offs in environmental protection. This week in Science there’s a nice article (subscription required) illustrating my point: Farming can harm biodiversity. You have to clear away the…
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Environmental future shock: the end of easy answers
Once upon a time environmental issues were simple. You were either for or against clearcutting. For or against wilderness preservation. For or against nuclear power. For or against DDT. The options were…
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On optimism
It’s easy to be pessimistic about the environment. Just look around. I’m sure almost everyone who cares about nature has seem someplace special to them go under pavement or at the very…