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The Environment What the Presidential Candidates Aren’T Talking About Spring 2004 THE JOURNAL OF THE School of Forestry & Environmental Studies EnvironmentYale The Third Rail of American Politics: The Environment What the Presidential Candidates Aren’t Talking About Inside: How Wild Should Wildfires Be? page 14 letters To the Editor : To the Editor : I agree with [Dean Speth’s] conclusion that I read with interest [Dean Speth’s] environmental concerns need to be center comments in the fall issue (Green Republicans stage,and that those of us who are unwilling to —Quo Vadis?) relative to Green Republicans. I switch parties must work to “take back the have been a lifelong Republican, but also party”through groups such as REP America. consider myself a Green. Environmental protection has unfortu- I had a look at the [League of Conservation nately become wrapped up with a liberal Voters] website, and … if the country totally agenda in this country. Part of the problem followed [the LCV’s] agenda, I am convinced is that those who teach environmental that our economy would be experiencing zero education and those who are mentors to the or negative growth. I am also convinced that a next generation of young environmentalists major reason for the stagnation of major are almost all liberals.This makes a young European economies, such as those of France conservative feel very, very uncomfortable. and Germany,is the influence of Green parties. And, even worse, it makes conservatives respond to environmentalists with a knee-jerk I am also convinced that [Kyoto] is a flawed negative reaction. agreement, especially from the United States’ point of view. The major issue is that China, I believe in the following: tax cuts, an India, Brazil and other major countries are not aggressive foreign policy against terrorists, included, because those who wrote the treaty supporting our only democratic ally in the consider them underdeveloped countries. The Shapiro © Harold Middle East,the war in Iraq,the death penalty, argument is that pollution controls for these the sanctity of human life prior to birth, countries would weaken their ability to grow. SCHOOL HOSTS MULTIETHNIC keeping God in the Pledge of Allegiance and a By the same argument, pollution controls CAREER PANEL moment of silence in schools, vouchers, weaken the United States’ ability to grow, and judging people solely by the content of their yet the United States is the driver of the world’s An F&ES career panel in March featured characters and not the color of their skin in economy.If the United States’economy suffers, several multiethnic alumni/ae who shared all cases, and environmental protection. Yet the whole world suffers.I believe that it is time their experiences as students and profes- if I find myself at a function with environmen- for the negotiators to go back to the table and sionals in the environmental field. The aim talists, I feel hard-pressed to admit to produce an environmental treaty that reflects of the panel, as well as a meeting the alums any position but the latter. Why? Why has the real world. had with Dean Speth, was to strengthen environmental protection become a part of the professional networks that can be used to liberal agenda? In many other ways, I would agree with active environmentalists. For example, SUVs further diversify not only the U.S. student Educators at universities [need] to look in the are not only more dangerous to normal cars on body and faculty at F&ES, but the environ- mirror. You must make sure there are conser- the open highways, their “truck” category, mental profession at large. The panelists vatives on the faculty, [as] guest lecturers and which exempts them from stringent gas were: bottom row, left to right, Michel [in] the student body. Don’t attach environ- mileage requirements, is ridiculous. I am also Woodard Ohly, M.E.M. ’01, Industrial mental protection to your other agendas and a strong proponent of alternative energy Economics; Russell Barbour,D.F.E.S. ’02, make folks, like me, feel uncomfortable. Donate sources, especially wind and solar power. I Vector Ecology Laboratory, Yale School of to REP America but make sure your own house must add, though, that many Green is inclusive. Democrats, as well as Green Republicans, are Medicine; and Drena Howard, M.E.S. ’05, a member of the Multiethnic Student JASON COOPER opposed to wind power if it is in their own FAIRFAX,VA. backyard,such as Nantucket Sound. Association (MESA) and the moderator of F. D ONALD HUDSON the panel. Second row, left to right, Olivia Dean Speth responds: VERO BEACH,FLA. Carpenter, M.E.M. ’03, New Jersey Jason Cooper suggests an important issue I Department of Environmental Protection; did not address: how can one explain the Donald Chen, M.E.S. ’99, Smart Growth widening gap between liberals and conser- America; Namrita Kapur,M.E.M./M.B.A. ’97, vatives and Democrats and Republicans on the EcoLogic Finance; and Ray Wan, M.E.M. ’01, environment? It is a question that deserves Earthjustice. Top row, left to right, John rigorous study. Perez-Garcia,D.F. ’91, College of Forest To answer his questions about educational Resources, University of Washington; institutions,I can only speak for F&ES,but from Derik Frederiksen, M.E.M. ’02, Sealaska what I have observed I’d say the F&ES faculty Environmental Services; and Weslynne is quite independent-minded with lots of Ashton, M.E.Sc. ’03, F&ES Ph.D. program. disagreements with both environmental Gina Gutierrez, M.E.S./M.P.P.M. ’96, IBM, is organizations and industry lobbyists. We had not pictured. The event was co-sponsored an ongoing lecture series this term on U.S. by MESA and the offices of Alumni Affairs, politics and the environment, and we’ve had Career Development, Admissions and the politicians from both parties, pollsters from Dean. If you are interested in learning both parties and journalists who love to be more about the school’s diversity efforts, contrary to both parties. contact Assistant Dean Jane Coppock at Due to the volume of correspondence, Environment: Yale regrets that it is unable to respond to or publish 203-432-8980 or [email protected]. all mail received. Letters accepted for publication are subject to editing. Unless correspondents request otherwise, e-mail addresses will be published for letters received electronically. THE JOURNAL OF THE School of Forestry & Environmental Studies Environment contents 2Cover Story: What the Presidential Candidates Aren’t Yale Talking About 12 Politics and Environment Lecture Series 14 How Wild Should 12 Wildfires Be? 16 Urgent Action Needed to Address Environmental Threats 2 20 20 Species Reshuffling in National Parks Environment: Yale The Journal of the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies Spring 2004 • Vol. 3, No. 1 22 BookShelf Editor David DeFusco Director of Communications 26 Reforestation Effort Copy Editor Anne Sommer in Panama Alumni/ae Liaison to Editor Kathleen Schomaker 26 Director of Alumni/ae Affairs 30 Class of 1964 internship Design Margaret Hepburn PlazaDesign Editorial Advisory Board 32 Program Shifts Social, Alan Brewster, Jane Coppock, Cultural Perspective on Gordon Geballe, Stephen Kellert, Emly McDiarmid, Peter Otis, 30 Environment to Forefront Frederick Regan Dean James Gustave Speth Environment: Yale is published twice a year 35 Class Notes (Spring and Fall) by the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. Editorial offices are located at 205 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511. 48 Obituaries 203-436-4842 • e-mail: [email protected] www.yale.edu/environment 32 printed on recycled paper with soy-based inks Spring 2004 1 The Third Rail of American Politics: The Environment What the Presidential Candidates Aren’t Talking About By Alan Bisbort movement, it’s becoming apparent that the unique, even surprising suggestions for their decline of the global environment is very much solution. Among these questions were: What nvironmentalism as academic a continuing reality. It is also arguable that are the most pressing environmental issues discipline, public policy many hard-fought domestic environmental being ignored by the candidates running for matter, profession and gains are being undercut through shortsighted president? Why do these pose a particular movement has seldom stood political partisanship. urgency? Which environmental issues promise Eat a more critical juncture. This year, in This spring, F&ES sponsored a challenging to demand attention in the next four years, particular, the political philosophy of series of public lectures under the heading regardless of who wins the election in the two major parties toward the “Politics and the Environment in the 2004 November? Why is the environment given such environment is wider than it has ever Election Year.”Experts from across the political a low priority as a political issue? been. However, as we head down the spectrum—policy makers, political advisors, The respondents consistently cited some homestretch of a presidential election, politicians, pollsters and nonprofit environ- issues: global climate change, dwindling water the environment as a political issue has mental lobbying groups—were invited to share resources and the need for a long-range been barely mentioned by the their perspectives with students, faculty and national energy policy. Another consistent presidential candidates. the public. A fascinating blend of issues and theme was personal responsibility. Politics and Adding to the urgency is the specter of conundrums were raised by these freewheeling governments can do only so much. At some monumental change being wrought by titanic exchanges, as were a number of still point, the people who inhabit this planet must issues like global warming, overpopulation, unanswered questions. change their behavior. deforestation and species and habitat loss. We have put just a few of these questions to As Robert Mendelsohn, Edwin Weyer- Indeed, despite many noble efforts and several members of the F&ES faculty in hopes haeuser Davis Professor of Forest Policy, said, laudable successes that have taken place since of shedding light on the environmental “We’re all environmentalists, all members of the start of the modern environmental challenges we face, as well as offering some the world community.
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