Infrastructure and other public investment can be designed with environmental management in mind. The argument rejects treating either the economy or the environment as an absolute priority because workable policy must manage both. Pushing too far in either direction can alienate enough people to end cooperation and produce a counter-swing. Durable environmental policy therefore depends on political skill and public consent.
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Environmental policy must survive economic and political limits
Economic and environmental goals must be managed together because policy pushed beyond public acceptance invites backlash and reversal.