by Dave Rollo Stafford County, Virginia, is one of the oldest counties in the United States. Unsustainable development threatens its agrarian culture and residents’ quality of life. Uniquely, the local government has tools to measure the negative impacts of growth. However, they continue to incentivize big-box commercial and retail development. They are changing zoning, extending infrastructure, and failing to increase impact fees. The county’s supervisors are serving developer interests,...| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
A giant in philanthropy has left the world he strove to help. But Peter Seidel was more: architect, futurist, author, and beloved soul.| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
Opinion by Alix Underwood The Ecological Society of America’s (ESA) Annual Meeting concludes today in Baltimore, Maryland. Of the dizzying multitude of topics on the agenda, the most prevalent were wildlife conservation, forest ecology, and climate change. Meeting sessions focused on niche aspects of these topics: threatened wader species on Sonadia Island, the effects of endemic mistletoes on forest-floor invertebrates, and the impacts of warming on interactions between plants and symbiont...| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
From forests and mines to electric utilities, the Natural Resources and Electricity Cap-and-Trade Act sets a sweeping, sustainable precedent.| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
Neither Dems nor Reps proffer a sustainable tax code. CASSE does, with graduated tax rates, depletion taxes, Sustainability Trust Fund, etc.| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
Elon Musk and DOGE give budget cutting a bad name. They slash to free polluters for dumb growth! Read instead about the sustainable approach.| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
Sprawl is a problem in Vermont, but citizens have begun to have some success in opposing additional low-density development.| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
The world could be facing a new energy crisis as unconventional sources of oil, such as shale oil, begin to be depleted.| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
Density is needed in urban development to minimize sprawl, but density can be achieved in better and worse ways.| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
Local officials should prioritize the preservation of features like environmental assets that make counties great.| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
