Jonathan Thompson points out an issue common to discussions concerning public-land management in the West (“Local hands on public lands,” HCN, 3/19/18). Some locals and sometimes large companies, including foreign business interests, have a “vested financial interest” in public-land management decisions because they have grazing leases, oil and gas leases, mining or timbering interests, outfitting […]
Robert Luce
Posted inMay 13, 2013: Right-wing Migration
Put the public before profits
If California’s three largest utilities are owned by investors who expect a return (Sacrificial Land, HCN 4/15/13), then we need to devise a way to buy out or replace those investors with public-owned cooperatives. Putting solar panels on rooftops in our cities seems more practical than transporting electricity from remote areas via power lines. I […]