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Yes, Growth Can Be Good

October 29, 2007

Posted by Deron Lovaas in Living Sustainably

Tags:
development, energy, globalwarming, growth, publictransit

Passionate defender of nature Edward Abbey once said that "growth for growth's sake is the ideology of the cancer cell."Skepticism about growth isn't unusual among those of us interested in conserving natural resources. I have thought a lot about this...continued→

Cities, Suburbs: Both Can Be Green

October 19, 2007

Posted by Deron Lovaas in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
cars, co2, energy, growth, smart, sprawl

I've been meaning to write about a ludicrous opinion piece that appeared in the Washington Post this past weekend. The authors claim that what will really help us address our energy and climate problems is land-development that is even more...continued→

Deron Lovaas
Deron Lovaas
Federal Transportation Policy Director
Washington, D.C.
I joined NRDC after working for several other conservation groups and Maryland's Environment Department. I...
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