tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497138.post3866063708016024055..comments2024-01-22T03:02:52.051-08:00Comments on California Greening: The EPA is under attack, but what about natural gas.Weshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15684763427526399228noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497138.post-47198315615213266272011-11-30T19:47:49.866-08:002011-11-30T19:47:49.866-08:00Martin, I agree with you on how things should be d...Martin, I agree with you on how things should be done. There seems to be no way to get there from here. It is particularly troublesome in that the various stakeholder groups are subject to manipulation by those with the money to buy enough media: i.e. big agriculture and the water agencies. Dan Bacher details this redefinition of stakeholders. <i>When he says, "Fish, farmers and the 25 million average Californians who rely on the San Francisco-San Joaquin Delta for water deserve nothing less," Laird echoes the false notion that the only "real stakeholders" regarding the future of the Delta are fish, "farmers" and urban water users, a concept that both the Delta Vision and BDCP fiascoes have embodied. <br /><br />What about Delta residents, boaters, recreational anglers, commercial fishermen, California Indian Tribes, conservationists, environmental justice communities, business owners and all of those other people whose lives depend on the health of the Delta and its fish populations? Laird has to date done nothing to include them in the BDCP Management Committee because he apparently considers water exporters and political hacks to be the only "real" stakeholders. </i>Weshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15684763427526399228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497138.post-45252683714811094352011-11-30T09:18:17.782-08:002011-11-30T09:18:17.782-08:00The real problem is how we define the problem and ...The real problem is how we define the problem and how we solve the problem. There is no wisdom inherent within the E.P.A. that preserves the environment. We have a political structure that is unable to present the fundamental differences as they exist in the real world and are often left with the rhetoric of academics in explaining policies and the politics of environmental regulations and the administrative mechanisms established to maintain them. What we miss is the interactions of diverse stakeholders based on demonstrated demand and capacities to respond and adapt effectively to changing conditions. It is worth stating that Greens should be grasping the ramifications of the discussions of E.P.A., and not simply respond as E.P.A. apologists. There is a need to become more inclusive of the input and feedback of all stakeholders and the increase the transparency of the decision-making processes and work towards the regionalization of its administrative powers.Martin Zehrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14053061645306474569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497138.post-79763661447946349932011-11-24T06:41:55.390-08:002011-11-24T06:41:55.390-08:00Here again, the problem is how to educate the publ...Here again, the problem is how to educate the public on how Republicans and Democrats are the One-Party-With-Two-Names. <br /><br />In California attacking nuclear power is definitely a popular "wedge issue." <br /><br />It is amazing to me how nobody seems to remember the phony electric power crisis of 2000-2001. In that "crisis" Enron was gaming natural gas prices and Democratic Governor Gray Davis played their game. That incident should have proven that the supply of natural gas is not the problem, but that a centralized, unsustainable energy regime pimped by corporate crooks is.Alex Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04961960096136588924noreply@blogger.com