| | ''Good Morning America'' in May 2007 interviewed Colin Beaven, <ref>[http://noimpactman.typepad.com/ ''A little on political action, a little on TP''], NO Impact Man, 11 may 2007.</ref> a liberal New Yorker and environmentalist so concerned about exploitation of the environment that he has sworn off the use toilet paper. Beaven has extended his [[crusade]] against despoiling the planet by refusing to buy anything in packaging, will not use any form of transportation including elevators, and insists that all his food be grown within 250 miles, which is a great way to reduce green house gas emmissions involved in the transportation of food. Interviewer [[Diane Sawyer]] responded, "It really makes sense to me." <ref>''Good Morning America,'' Family Goes Extreme Green for a Year, May. 10, 2007.</ref> | | ''Good Morning America'' in May 2007 interviewed Colin Beaven, <ref>[http://noimpactman.typepad.com/ ''A little on political action, a little on TP''], NO Impact Man, 11 may 2007.</ref> a liberal New Yorker and environmentalist so concerned about exploitation of the environment that he has sworn off the use toilet paper. Beaven has extended his [[crusade]] against despoiling the planet by refusing to buy anything in packaging, will not use any form of transportation including elevators, and insists that all his food be grown within 250 miles, which is a great way to reduce green house gas emmissions involved in the transportation of food. Interviewer [[Diane Sawyer]] responded, "It really makes sense to me." <ref>''Good Morning America,'' Family Goes Extreme Green for a Year, May. 10, 2007.</ref> |
| | + | In June 2007 residents of Lake Tohoe California were furious at environmentalists and the grip they hold on government regulators who refused to allow the clearing of dead trees. 1,300 homes sustained damage, and the newly homeless victims blamed the special interest environmentalists for thier woes. |
| | + | The amount of fuel in the Tahoe Basin reached critical levels after years of discord among environmentalists and government agencies over how to thin forests and reduce the fire threat. And it has led to predictions of a devastating wildfire because the basin is one of the areas with the most fire starts in the Sierra Nevada. <ref>[http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-clearance26jun26,0,2914697.story?coll=la-home-center Crowd aims fury at regional panel], Land use agency is criticized for failing to allow adequate clearing of combustible materials. By Eric Bailey and J. Michael Kennedy, ''Los Angelas Times'', June 26, 2007.</ref> |