The Korea Times
Political tides rise and fall. They always have. Laws change. Priorities shift. Administrations come and go. Across generations, societies debate, correct course and eventually find new balance. Some long-standing norms endure because they serve the common good. Others, like the once-accepted evil of slavery, are rightly rejected as societies mature. But nature does not operate on election cycles. Rivers do not stop at checkpoints. Wildlife does not recognize borders. Air pollution does not pause at state lines. Drought, wildfire and habitat loss do not ask whether a community voted red or blue. And once a species, an old growth forest, a mountaintop or a river are destroyed, they’re gone forever. Protecting life on Earth requires acting locally for global impact. That is why many recent federal decisions affecting public lands, water, mining, science and environmental protections are so troubling. Too often, they move forward without meaningful community input, dismiss established science, weaken institutions built to serve the public and strain relationships with neighboring countries
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