The Tragedy of the Commons
The Tragedy of the Common is a fundamental environmental issue and most of the really difficult environmental problems are in some way related to it.
Kensignton Mine at the Surpeme Court
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments yesterday in a case involving the Kensington Mine between Juneau and Haines Alaska, which would like to discharge mine tailings into Lower Slate Lake effectively killing the lake.
Back home in Alaska
Some interesting items in environmental news today. The Natural Resources Defense Council along with an impressive coalition of conservation groups has released…
A defense of romanticism
Romanticism, landscape photography, and Isaiah Berlin.
Teddy Roosevelt
Misusing Teddy Roosevelt's environmental legacy
The roads less travelled
R.S.2477: using an old law to protect non-existent roads.
Olympic National Park
Some thoughts about wilderness after a summer volunteer job