A Different Environmental Agenda

Ed Marston wonders how the western U.S. will change in a slowing economy.

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October 14, 2001, 8:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"The West's environmental movement was also thrown off balance. You can't easily push to protect an endangered species or attack an oil-seeking administration when lower Manhattan and the Pentagon are in ruins. From the other side of the public-land barricades, demand for oil and gas and aluminum airplanes is likely to be way down, so why spend money lobbying to 'open' the Arctic when you can't afford to drill there anyway?"

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: How the West Was One

Thursday, October 11, 2001 in Grist Magazine

Community / Economic Development United States

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