Center for Biological Diversity

The Center for Biological Diversity appears in As space launches increase, there aren’t enough spaceports through Brett Hartle’s criticism of the FAA proposal to reduce environmental review for launches and spaceports. The group is presented as a likely legal opponent if the agency finalizes a broad waiver.

In this source, the organization turns Space Launch Environmental Review into a concrete Environmental Tradeoff Accounting case. The same launch capacity that may help the United States commercial space industry can also shift costs toward southern Louisiana wetlands, bird habitat, protected species, and public environmental-law enforcement.

Connections

• Brett Hartle - speaker in the source.
• Space Launch Environmental Review and Environmental Tradeoff Accounting - main policy concepts.
• Federal Aviation Administration, SpaceX, and Louisiana - agency, company, and place context.