Environmentalists Aren't Anti-Abundance
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- #abundance agenda
- #environmental litigation
- #NEPA reform
- NEPA and similar laws are often weaponized by a small number of environmental NGOs to obstruct projects, including renewable energy and wildfire prevention efforts, through litigation.
- A minority of groups, such as the Sierra Club and Center for Biological Diversity, drive most environmental litigation despite having smaller budgets compared to larger, non-litigation-focused organizations like The Nature Conservancy.
- Large environmental groups often engage in pro-abundance activities like land conservation, renewable energy siting, and forest management, challenging the stereotype that environmentalists uniformly oppose development.
- Public support for conservation is broad and bipartisan, with many Americans valuing nature through recreation, funding, and legislative backing, indicating that environmentalism and abundance can coexist.
- Reforming procedural environmental laws to focus on outcomes and reducing litigation risks is needed to balance conservation with development goals.