Commentary: The Myths Behind California Environmentalism, Its Housing Crisis, and the Politics of ‘Smart Cities’

City of Los Angeles

I think what we can learn here is that we are guests in this landscape.”
          – Marissa Christiansen, Executive Director of the Climate and Wildfire Institute, Los Angeles

If you’re looking for one sentence that encapsulates the mentality and premise that underlines mainstream environmentalism in America today, these words from Marissa Christiansen, quoted in the closing paragraphs of a recent article “The Lost City” in New York Magazine, are a top candidate.

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