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Chemical reactions suck the carbon out of the sky and then store it underground We used to call this swamps back when we thought wetlands were useless and were
by DoreenMichele 3y ago
Chemical reactions suck the carbon out of the sky and then store it underground
We used to call this swamps back when we thought wetlands were useless and were busily filling them in to create "productive" land, like farmland, thereby losing 85 percent of our global wetlands since the 1700s.
- windthrown 3y agoAnd in the US in 2023, we're still busy whittling down what little regulatory protections our wetlands still have (Sackett v. EPA)
- DoreenMichele 3y agoI'm fond of the saying "That government is best which governs least." I would like to see a wetlands version of Temple Grandin's guidelines for the beef industry that got widely adopted because McDonald's de facto enforced it. They give you a list of goals or standards and don't micromanage how to achieve it. https://www.grandin.com/RecAnimalHandlingGuidelines.html#:~:text=Authored%20by%20Temple%20Grandin%2C%20Ph.D.%2C%20of%20Colorado%20State,how%20to%20move%20non-ambulatory%20animals%20while%20minimizing%20stress https://www.grandin.com/RecAnimalHandlingGuidelines.html#:~:.... Excellence requires some flexibility. Top-down dictates tend to set a minimum standard but frequently also de facto undermine the ability to hit a higher bar.
- awestroke 3y agoHow about just reinstating the protections for the wetlands?