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The Dissent from Within
Are corporate-types finally waking up to the need for enviromental responsibility? Here is an extract from a Wall Street Journal article (behind a pay wall) NONDALTON, Alaska — Soaring in his private plane above the pristine tundra here two years ago, Robert B. Gillam experienced a conversion: The money manager and pro-business Republican became an [...]
Say No to Skiing at Heavenly
The Heavenly ski resort at Lake Tahoe is planning to cut-down hundreds of trees to make way for a chair lift. Here is an extract from an article in the Wall Street Journal (behind a pay wall). …ski resorts, which cut down forests to create ski slopes and build condos, still haven’t completely won over [...]
Potato Burial
A WSJ article (subscription req) talks about how a growing co-op of farmers is trying to boost potato prices by controlling supply. In the process, farmers are destroying part of their crop to avoid oversuppy. The article gives an example of one farmer who buried $10,000 worth of perfectly fine potatoes. Are we losing perspective [...]
