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...which came into being in 1978, has the authority to enforce laws against polluting the watersheds. But records show that prior to 1989, DEP's police never arrested a single polluter. A succession of New York City governments apparently didn't want to antagonize upstate landowners, who wielded great power in the state senate, which approves state aid to the city. Meanwhile, illegal pollution from farms, construction sites and sewage plants steadily contaminated the city's once pristine water...
Governments would not have to spend more money, only shift existing subsidies away from environmentally dead-end technologies like coal and nuclear power. If even half the $500 billion to $900 billion in environmentally destructive subsidies now offered by the world's governments were redirected, the Global Green Deal would be off to a roaring start. Governments need to establish "rules of the road" so that market prices reflect the real social costs of clear-cut forests and other environmental abominations. Again, such a shift could be revenue neutral. Higher taxes on, say, coal burning would be offset by cuts...
...simple. Beneficiaries of the current system--be they U.S. corporate-welfare recipients, redundant German coal miners or cutthroat Asian logging interests--will resist. Which is why progress is unlikely absent a broader agenda of change, including real democracy: assuring the human rights of environmental activists and neutralizing the power of Big Money through campaign-finance reform...
Because we understandably pay most attention to the fast-changing elements, we forget that the real power lies in the domains of deep, slow change. Nature and culture define the limits of what's possible for the quicker elements, and they provide the base of continuity for the whole game. While fashion and commerce "learn" quickly, governance and culture integrate lessons steadily and "remember." The combination of quick learning and deep remembering makes a civilization strong against shocks and profoundly adaptable. Blending in with the pace of natural systems engages the power of their resilience...
...culmination of the Heroes series--and much more. In these pages you'll meet new heroes and hear bold ideas for preserving the planet offered by such distinguished conservationists as Edward O. Wilson and Richard Leakey. You'll also get thoughts from two people who wield great power in very different spheres of influence: President Bill Clinton and Leonardo DiCaprio. For the latest information on the deteriorating condition of the planet's ecosystems, contributor Eugene Linden got an exclusive advance look at a sweeping study soon to be released by two United Nations agencies in partnership with the World Bank...