Two propagators of the modernist environmental movement who had an enormous influence over a generation of hippies and their progeny are now realizing they may have overstepped and that their youthful ideology may have been irresponsible. James Lovelock, a former NASA...
Our country’s focus on requiring sustainability principles in all land use, energy, and transportation policies is putting a choke hold on the American people that has them suffocating and pounding the mat for relief as they wrestle with the consequences of increasing...
newgeography.com just published Counting Trees in San Diego! newgeography is a national blog that focuses on “economic, demographic and political commentary about places”. In the vast ocean of public commentary about land use and the inherent political, environmental,...
Increasingly, since the California Wildlife Conservation Law of 1947 (Section 1300-1301), the state has been acquiring land and facilities for the purpose of preserving, protecting and restoring wildlife and providing suitable recreation and use of fish and game...
Sustainable development principles are intended to balance environmental protection with economic development. This concept, which is the main focus of this year’s Rio+20 Summit being held in Brazil, is lauded by advocates all over the world as the requisite paradigm...
In recent history, there has been no greater example of eminent domain abuse–where the taking of private property was transferred from one private entity to that of another for the purpose of economic development–than the court case of Kelo vs. New London....
