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<< The key problem in America's environmental debate is that most people have no concept of how much it costs to protect natural resources, and so feel there's nothing to lose from more regulations.
This might start to change. The Tulare farmers say the damages for the loss of water come to $25 million. Mr. Palazzolo--should he now win in Rhode Island--says his lost economic opportunity is more than $3 million. Up to now, everyone has gotten a free ride on the backs of individuals whose property happened to be standing in the middle of the latest set-aside whim of the local bureaucrats or activists.
In the future we may have to set some environmental priorities. The specter of spiraling tax bills to compensate innocent property owners may cause some long overdue second thoughts about environmentalist overreaching. That in turn could instill some common sense into that famous phrase, "earth in the balance." >>
<< The key problem in America's environmental debate is that most people have no concept of how much it costs to protect natural resources, and so feel there's nothing to lose from more regulations.
This might start to change. The Tulare farmers say the damages for the loss of water come to $25 million. Mr. Palazzolo--should he now win in Rhode Island--says his lost economic opportunity is more than $3 million. Up to now, everyone has gotten a free ride on the backs of individuals whose property happened to be standing in the middle of the latest set-aside whim of the local bureaucrats or activists.
In the future we may have to set some environmental priorities. The specter of spiraling tax bills to compensate innocent property owners may cause some long overdue second thoughts about environmentalist overreaching. That in turn could instill some common sense into that famous phrase, "earth in the balance." >>