Is Private Land Conservation More Important Than Saving Our Parks?
Private property makes up about 60 percent of the total land base across the United States, and landowners are starting to do their part to protect the environment there.
Private property makes up about 60 percent of the total land base across the United States, and landowners are starting to do their part to protect the environment there.
No doubt human population growth is a major contributor to global warming, given that humans use fossil fuels to power their increasingly mechanized lifestyles.
In the spring of 2009, President Obama allocated $8 billion of his stimulus package toward development of more high-speed rail lines across the country, citing the need to reduce both greenhouse gas emissions and reliance on foreign oil.