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Originally posted by Roguish Lawyer
Are you "pro-environment"? How?
Some sub-issues:
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Jobs v. The Environment - Maintain a healthy rate of employment, unless environmental damage extreme.
Environmentalists vs. The Military (e.g. underwater comms) - Guarantee whoever replaces us will care less about the economy than we do, whether it is the Russians, the Chinese, or the Mexicans. Red cockaded woodpeckers, or trained soldiers? Short decision making process.
Logging: Good or Bad for the Environment (Blademaster?) - Managed forestry. Protected old growth timber in some parks. Replant and reseed after cutting. Controlled burns.
Pollution as a Properly Regulated Externality - Unsure of your terminology.
Tradeable Effluent Permits and Other Market Solutions - I do not favor this program. Clean it up, or pay a fine.
The Rainbow Warrior: A Reason to Like the Phrench? - Environmental terrorism is still terrorism. You perch in my permitted tree, be prepared to execute a dynamic PLF, sounding off with a loud and thunderous "AIRBORNE!" Spike a tree and be turned over to the tender mercies of the loggers. Burn an SUV and get to sit strapped in one while it burns. OTOH, your property is yours. Want to save trees? Buy land and post it. Want a nature preserve for Bambi? Buy a forest and post it.
TR