our nation was primed for an unprecedented national response to an unprecedented national emergency by an earlier unprecedented national emergency
ideology
The script that burns us
We’ve seen it all before and, tragically, we’ll see it all again, and possibly very soon. I don’t just mean more catastrophic fires. We’ll see the exact same arguments erupt with the next emergency, and the one following that. And, as night follows day, the war of words we’ve just seen was also completely predictable.
On the taboo of triage
Don’t mention the word ‘triage’ as a tool of conservation. Not only is it a politically challenging process to prosecute, it also throws a light on our abject failure on threatened species conservation.
Have we bitten off more than we can chew?
With 33 ‘bites’ now under our belt, I thought I’d take a look over what we’ve discussed so far and see if any themes are emerging.
Sustainability and ‘big government’
A ‘good’ reason to deny climate change By David Salt Why do people deny climate change? Are they...
Environmental sustainability: a thoroughly Conservative notion
“We’ve lost sight of the fact that caring for the environment, especially when seen through a sustainability lens, is actually a fundamentally conservative idea.”