Vince asked: > Are the problems which you are seeing in environmental law the problems of > those who desire the protection of the environment period, or, the often > unhelpful nightmare of regulations and compliance documents that arise in many > places in the bureaucracies, or other factors?
Concern for the environment has always been a top issue for me. The problem is, like most anything else that may start out with good intentions, it has often descended into the ridiculous, is often only about money (cottage industries and foundations who benefit the most), results in redundancy of multiple agencies at Federal, State and local levels, which results in bureaucratic gridlock. What poses for concern for the environment is quite often more about "not in my back yard"/"don't do anything that will make my property values go down" which results in "let's keep spending millions on multiple EIR reports until we can find an endangered species so we can block construction/development" or "let's get the state to buy off the developer's property so we can keep our open spaces preserved" or "let's support more and more stringent environmental laws because my law firm, environmental consultant company, etc. will make a fortune off them the rest of our lives." You wouldn't believe the situations I have witnessed personally. You cannot conceive the waste of tax dollars as a result. Kakki
