How to End Environmental Policy Gridlock
By Steven F. Hayward
Posted: Tuesday, August 2, 2005
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Philanthropy Roundtable Meeting (Big Sky, Montana)
Publication Date: June 20, 2005
I should like to begin with a quiz. What prominent person said the following: "[There is an] absolute necessity of waging all-out war against the debauching of the environment. . . The bulldozer mentality of the past is a luxury we can no longer afford. Our roads and other public projects must be planned to prevent the destruction of scenic resources and to avoid needlessly upsetting the ecological balance."
The most frequent guesses are: Al Gore, Barbra Streisand, and Ralph Nader. The answer is: Governor Ronald Reagan, in 1970...
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