Nature’s Law & Nature’s God

IN THE current struggle environmentalists are maintaining, we must recognize a gamut of motivations —love of nature, fear of disease, dislike of waste, the anti-pork barrel sentiment, pacifism (the anti-Vietnam War kind), a characteristically American form of nostalgia, and just plain romanticism. None but the most crass opposes such environmentalism as connotes a concern that our natural habitat not be irreparably or even sorely damaged by individual fecklessness, industrial development, or irresponsible government planning. The recently enacted New York doggie law, and the final killing, by Congress, of the proposed Mineral King Development in the Sequoia National Forest—a destructive pork barrel venture that would have cost $80 million—are two clear, if disparate, environmental victories.

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Nature’s Law & Nature’s God

IN THE current struggle environmentalists are maintaining, we must recognize a gamut of motivations —love of nature, fear of disease, dislike of waste, the anti-pork barrel sentiment, pacifism (the anti-Vietnam War kind), a characteristically American form of nostalgia, and just plain romanticism. None but the most crass opposes such environmentalism as connotes a concern that our natural habitat not be irreparably or even sorely damaged by individual fecklessness, industrial development, or irresponsible government planning. The recently enacted New York doggie law, and the final killing, by Congress, of the proposed Mineral King Development in the Sequoia National Forest—a destructive pork barrel venture that would have cost $80 million—are two clear, if disparate, environmental victories.