Every year the Washington Post publishes a list of “What’s Out and What’s In” for Washington, D.C. On New Year’s Day, we always spend a few minutes with friends trying to guess “What’s In.” I thought it might be fun to do the same for environmental science and policy, even though this list of about 20 is rather depressing.
What's Out | What's In |
|---|---|
What's Out: Precautionary Principle | What's In: Risk |
What's Out: Endangered Species | What's In: Trophy Hunting |
What's Out: Forest Fires | What's In: Raking the forests |
What's Out: Air Pollution Controls | What's In: Premature Death |
What's Out: Carbon Taxes | What's In: Budget Deficits |
What's Out: Native Wildlife | What's In: Feral Cats |
What's Out: Climate Change | What's In: It could change back |
What's Out: BearÕs Ears | What's In: Coal Mines |
What's Out: Renewable Energy | What's In: Natural Climate Solutions |
What's Out: Carbon Dioxide | What's In: Methane |
What's Out: Pastafarianism | What's In: Creationism |
What's Out: Clean Water | What's In: Developing Wetlands |
What's Out: Marine Protected Areas | What's In: Fisheries Depletion |
What's Out: The Paris Accord | What's In: America will have a great climate |
What's Out: Deliberative Discourse | What's In: The Wall |
What's Out: Ducks Unlimited | What's In: Unlimited AR-15s |
What's Out: Mass Transit | What's In: Parking Decks |
What's Out: Sea-level Rise | What's In: Houses on Stilts |
What's Out: Epidemiology Studies | What's In: Strengthening Transparency |
What's Out: Pollinators | What's In: GMO Crops |
What's Out: Windmills | What's In: Off-shore Oil |
What's Out: Fuel-efficiency standards | What's In: Big Beautiful Cars |
What's Out: Peer Review | What's In: Alternative Facts |