Whole blocks in densely populated cities like New York are designed primarily for the movement and storage of vehicles. These massive amounts of land would be better used as community parks.
Category: Environment
Environment
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Pittsburgh, Not Paris: Explaining the Climate Hysteria
When President Trump announced his exit from the Paris Climate Accord, the usual suspects responded with their usual agitation and doomsaying. How can so many people subscribe to an idea—and so vehemently—that rests on so little?
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Why Conservatives Should Be Environmentalists
Environmentalism makes us loyal to one another in a fundamental way, points us to values beyond mere utility, and directs us back to the natural order of which we are a part.
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The National Parks: “America’s Best Idea”
We will benefit most from the national parks if we can remember their role as natural cathedrals that orient us to the crucial relevance of “Nature” for politics and society.
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Bird Brains and Cross-Species Empathy
Speaking about empathy between humans and animals requires a robust philosophy of nature. Such a philosophy can guide us in thinking more deeply about what it means to be human and how the human animal can better be connected to the broader animal world.
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The Fundamental Issue for Climate Science
Today, we face a new epistemological crisis. In the realm of natural phenomena, our desire to know has outstripped our understanding of what it means to know. This has serious implications for assessing the data and statistical models presented by climate science.
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A Call for a Unified Party
The recent Obergefell decision should serve as a wake-up call to conservatives. In particular, conservatives should rethink the Republican Party platform and work to refocus the GOP around the broad theme of “nature.”
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Western Land Policy and Natural Property Rights
The principles of natural law and the right to property could help overcome the dysfunction that has paralyzed land management in the western US.
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An Environmental Conservatism?
Roger Scruton argues that conservatism is a better home for good environmental policy than liberalism.
