O'Toole, R

Randal O'Toole, Center for the American Dream Director

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    <div id="mw-content-text" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" lang="en"><p><b>Randal O'Toole</b> (born 1952<sup id="cite_ref-vanishing_1-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_note-vanishing-1"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup>) is an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">American</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_policy" title="Public policy">public policy</a>

analyst. The majority of O'Toole's work has focused on private land

rights, particularly against public land use regulations and light rail.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_note-2">[2]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_note-3">[3]</a>

Since 1995, he has been associated with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cato_Institute" title="Cato Institute">Cato Institute</a>

as an adjunct scholar and frequent anti-light rail campaigner. Critics

of O'Toole have noted he receives much of his research funding from oil

and gas interests.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_note-4">[4]</a> O'Toole was the McCluskey Visiting Fellowship for Conservation at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yale_University" title="Yale University">Yale University</a> in 1998,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_note-5">[5]</a> and has served as a visiting scholar at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a> (1999<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_note-6">[6]</a>) and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_State_University" title="Utah State University">Utah State University</a> (2000<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_note-7">[7]</a>). O'Toole studied economics at the University of Oregon, but did not receive a degree in economics.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_note-8">[8]</a> He is the contact listed for the Thoreau Institute.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_note-9">[9]</a>

<h2>Contents</h2>

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<ul><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#Work">1 Work</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#Personal_life">2 Personal life</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#Publications">3 Publications</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#References">4 References</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#External_links">5 External links</a></li></ul>

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Early in his career, O'Toole worked with environmental groups to oppose the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Forest_Service" title="United States Forest Service">United States Forest Service</a>'s subsidized sales of public forest timber to the logging industry. His book Reforming the Forest Service

built on his experience during this effort, and proposed a number of

free-market solutions to management of U.S. public land and timber. He

has written analyses of the usage and development plans of a number of

U.S. national forests, working with state environmental agencies and

other groups.[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]

In the 1990s, O'Toole emerged as an outspoken critic of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_urbanism" title="New urbanism" class="mw-redirect">New Urbanist</a> design and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_growth" title="Smart growth">smart growth</a> strategies<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_note-10">[10]</a> after learning in 1995 of a county plan to rezone his neighborhood to allow higher density and mixed use development.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_note-vanishing-1">[1]</a>

O'Toole contends that these development strategies—in which regulatory

measures and tax incentives are employed to encourage denser

development, more efficient land use, and greater use of public

transportation—ignore the desires and preferences of most housing

consumers and ultimately waste public funds. He has campaigned against

smart growth policies and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_rail" title="Light rail">light rail</a> systems in several <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.state" title="U.S. state">U.S. states</a> as well as in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnipeg,Manitoba" title="Winnipeg, Manitoba" class="mw-redirect">Winnipeg, Manitoba</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa,_Ontario" title="Ottawa, Ontario" class="mw-redirect">Ottawa, Ontario</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_note-11">[11]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_note-12">[12]</a>

His 2001 book The Vanishing Automobile and Other Urban Myths was written as a detailed critique of these styles of planning. He continues to advocate for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_market" title="Free market">free market</a> solutions to urban planning and design in his writing and teaching, and is a staunch defender of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_sprawl" title="Urban sprawl">urban sprawl</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_note-13">[13]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_note-14">[14]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_note-15">[15]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_note-16">[16]</a>

O'Toole has been criticized for declaring that roadways pay for

themselves and are the best use of public funds, even though highways

are some of the most expensive public works projects.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_note-17">[17]</a>

Detractors have noted O'Toole's selective use of information,

undocumented statistics, and unverifiable sources of information in

order to support his claims against rail transit.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_note-18">[18]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_note-19">[19]</a>

<h2> Personal life</h2>

He rides a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle" title="Bicycle">bicycle</a> to and from work. In 1998<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_note-vanishing-1">[1]</a> he moved from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Grove,Oregon" title="Oak Grove, Oregon">Oak Grove, Oregon</a> to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandon,Oregon" title="Bandon, Oregon">Bandon, Oregon</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_note-20">[20]</a> In a recent New York Times article, he was noted to live in Camp Sherman, Oregon and his Thoreau Institute address is listed as Camp Sherman.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_note-21">[21]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_note-22">[22]</a>

<h2> Publications</h2>

<dl><dt>Urban planning</dt></dl>

<ul><li>The Vanishing Automobile and Other Urban Myths (Thoreau Institute, 2001) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/097064390X" class="internal mw-magiclink-isbn">ISBN 0-9706439-0-X</a></li><li>A Desire Named Streetcar: How Federal Subsidies Encourage Wasteful Local Transit Systems (Cato Institute 2006)<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_note-23">[23]</a></li><li>The Best-Laid Plans (Cato Institute 2007) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781933995076" class="internal mw-magiclink-isbn">ISBN 978-1933995076</a></li><li>Gridlock: Why We're Stuck in Traffic and What to Do About It (Cato Institute 2010) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781935308232" class="internal mw-magiclink-isbn">ISBN 978-1935308232</a></li></ul>

<dl><dt>Forestry</dt></dl>

<ul><li>Reforming the Forest Service (Island Press, 1988) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0933280491" class="internal mw-magiclink-isbn">ISBN 0-933280-49-1</a></li><li>The Citizens' Guide to the Forest Service Budget (Thoreau Institute) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_note-ThoreauOrders-24">[24]</a></li><li>The Citizens' Guide to the Timber Industry (Thoreau Institute)<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_note-ThoreauOrders-24">[24]</a></li></ul>

<h2> References</h2>

<ol class="references"><li id="cite_note-vanishing-1">^ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_ref-vanishing_1-0">a</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_ref-vanishing_1-1">b</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_ref-vanishing_1-2">c</a> Randal O'Toole, The Vanishing Automobile</li><li id="cite_note-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_ref-2">^{</a></span}> Randal O'Toole. The Vanishing Automobile and Other Urban Myths: How Smart Growth Will Harm American Cities. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Book_Number" title="International Standard Book Number">ISBN</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0970643902" title="Special:BookSources/978-0970643902">978-0970643902</a>.<span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.btitle=The+Vanishing+Automobile+and+Other+Urban+Myths%3A+How+Smart+Growth+Will+Harm+American+Cities&rft.aulast=Randal+O%27Toole&rft.genre=book&rft.isbn=978-0970643902&rft.au=Randal+O%27Toole&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Randal O'Toole" class="Z3988" /></li><li id="cite_note-3"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_ref-3">^{</a></span}> Randal O'Toole. The Best-Laid Plans: How Government Planning Harms Your Quality of Life, Your Pocketbook, and Your Future. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Book_Number" title="International Standard Book Number">ISBN</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1933995076" title="Special:BookSources/978-1933995076">978-1933995076</a>.<span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.btitle=The+Best-Laid+Plans%3A+How+Government+Planning+Harms+Your+Quality+of+Life%2C+Your+Pocketbook%2C+and+Your+Future&rft.aulast=Randal+O%27Toole&rft.genre=book&rft.isbn=978-1933995076&rft.au=Randal+O%27Toole&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Randal O'Toole" class="Z3988" /></li><li id="cite_note-4"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_ref-4">^{</a></span}> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lightrailnow.org/facts/fa_lrt_2007-01a.htm">Randal O'Toole's "Thoreau Institute" funding, Light Rail Now</a></li><li id="cite_note-5"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_ref-5">^{</a></span}> <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.yale.edu/yibs/YEN%20Winter%202003.pdf">http://www.yale.edu/yibs/YEN%20Winter%202003.pdf</a></li><li id="cite_note-6"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_ref-6">^{</a></span}> <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/1999/1020/species.html">http://berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/1999/1020/species.html</a></li><li id="cite_note-7"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_ref-7">^{</a></span}> <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://prfamerica.org/biography/Biography-OToole-Randal.html">http://prfamerica.org/biography/Biography-OToole-Randal.html</a></li><li id="cite_note-8"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_ref-8">^{</a></span}> Property Rights Foundation of America, Randal O'Toole biography. Online website: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://prfamerica.org/biography/Biography-OToole-Randal.html">http://prfamerica.org/biography/Biography-OToole-Randal.html</a></li><li id="cite_note-9"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_ref-9">^{</a></span}> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ti.org/">"Thoreau Institute"</a>.<span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ti.org%2F&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Thoreau+Institute&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Randal O'Toole" class="Z3988" /></li><li id="cite_note-10"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_ref-10">^{</a></span}> Congress

for the New Urbanism. Debunking Cato: Why Portland Works Better Than

the Analysis of Its Chief Neo-Libertarian Critic. Online website: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.cnu.org/sites/www.cnu.org/files/DebunkingCato.pdf">http://www.cnu.org/sites/www.cnu.org/files/DebunkingCato.pdf</a></li><li id="cite_note-11"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_ref-11">^{</a></span}> Bill Steigerwald (November 5, 2007), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://townhall.com/columnists/billsteigerwald/2007/11/06/meet_the_anti-planner/page/full/">"Meet the Anti-Planner". Townhall.com</a></li><li id="cite_note-12"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_ref-12">^{</a></span}> Ray

Stern, "Anti-Planner" Scholar Randal O'Toole Coming to Phoenix to Talk

Up Gridlock Book. Phoenix News Times, Friday, Apr. 30 2010. Online

website: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2010/04/anti-light-rail_scholar_coming.php">http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2010/04/anti-light-rail_scholar_coming.php</a></li><li id="cite_note-13"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_ref-13">^{</a></span}> Randal O'Toole, A Libertarian View of Urban Sprawl and reliance on freeway and highway construction for mobility</li><li id="cite_note-14"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_ref-14">^{</a></span}> Streets blog NYC,Randal O’Toole: Taking Liberties With the Facts, online:<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/06/02/randal-otoole-taking-liberties-with-the-facts/">http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/06/02/randal-otoole-taking-liberties-with-the-facts/</a></li><li id="cite_note-15"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_ref-15">^{</a></span}> Randal O'Toole, Highway Funding and Urban Form, February 8, 2010. online: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2010/2/8/randal-otoole-highway-funding-and-urban-form.html">http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2010/2/8/randal-otoole-highway-funding-and-urban-form.html</a></li><li id="cite_note-16"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_ref-16">^{</a></span}> Cato Institute, March 18, 2010. Online: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2010/03/18/a-libertarian-view-of-urban-sprawl/">http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2010/03/18/a-libertarian-view-of-urban-sprawl/</a></li><li id="cite_note-17"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_ref-17">^{</a></span}> Randal O’Toole: Taking Liberties With the Facts, Ryan Avent, June 2, 2009. Online website: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/06/02/randal-otoole-taking-liberties-with-the-facts/">http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/06/02/randal-otoole-taking-liberties-with-the-facts/</a></li><li id="cite_note-18"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_ref-18">^{</a></span}> Congress

for New Urbanism, 2009. Debunking Cato: Why Planning in Portland Works

Better Than the Analysis of Its Chief Neo-Libertarian Critic. 20

September 2007. Online website: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.cnu.org/node/1533">http://www.cnu.org/node/1533</a></li><li id="cite_note-19"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_ref-19">^{</a></span}> My Tea Party With Randall O'Toole 27 March 2010, <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://uppitywis.org/my-tea-party-randal-otoole">http://uppitywis.org/my-tea-party-randal-otoole</a>. O'Toole had no handout, and offered no link to his talk so we could not go home and study his statistics.</li><li id="cite_note-20"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_ref-20">^{</a></span}> Houston Chronicle. Retrieved from <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/4759662.html">http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/4759662.html</a>.[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot">dead link</a>]</li><li id="cite_note-21"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_ref-21">^{</a></span}> New York Times, Son of Portland, Oregon tries to puncture myth of 'Smart Growth', <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/07/15/15climatewire-a-son-of-portland-ore-tries-to-puncture-the-52412.html">http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/07/15/15climatewire-a-son-of-portland-ore-tries-to-puncture-the-52412.html</a></li><li id="cite_note-22"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_ref-22">^{</a></span}> Thoreau Institute website; <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.ti.org/aboutti.shtml">http://www.ti.org/aboutti.shtml</a></li><li id="cite_note-23"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_ref-23">^{</a></span}> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/desire-named-streetcar-how-federal-subsidies-encourage-wasteful-local-transit-systems">"A Desire Named Streetcar: How Federal Subsidies Encourage Wasteful Local Transit Systems"</a>.<span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cato.org%2Fpublications%2Fpolicy-analysis%2Fdesire-named-streetcar-how-federal-subsidies-encourage-wasteful-local-transit-systems&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Desire+Named+Streetcar%3A+How+Federal+Subsidies+Encourage+Wasteful+Local+Transit+Systems&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Randal O'Toole" class="Z3988" /></li><li id="cite_note-ThoreauOrders-24">^ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_ref-ThoreauOrders_24-0">a</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole#cite_ref-ThoreauOrders_24-1">b</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ti.org/form.html">"Thoreau Institute Publications Order Form"</a>.<span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ti.org%2Fform.html&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Thoreau+Institute+Publications+Order+Form&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Randal O'Toole" class="Z3988" /></li></ol>

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Tea Party With Randal O'Toole 27 March 2010. O'Toole had no handout,

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    <span dir="auto">Jeffrey St. Clair</span>

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    <div id="mw-content-text" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" lang="en"><p><b>Jeffrey St. Clair</b> is an investigative reporter who has written extensively on politics and the environment. He formerly published <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Wild_Forest_Review&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wild Forest Review (page does not exist)">Wild Forest Review</a>. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Alexander_Cockburn" title="Alexander Cockburn">Alexander Cockburn</a> and St. Clair write the newsletter and website <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/CounterPunch" title="CounterPunch" class="mw-redirect">CounterPunch</a>. <sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Jeffrey_St._Clair#cite_note-0">[1]</a></sup><br/>

"An Indianapolis native, St. Clair is known to many in Indiana as the founder of the forest protection group <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=ForestWatch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ForestWatch (page does not exist)">ForestWatch</a>,

which he organized in 1985 in response to a U.S. Forest Service plan

for off-road vehicle trails in Brown County near the isolated ridge-top

cabin he, wife Kim and family called home. Throughout the Hoosier

struggle, St. Clair earned a reputation as a tenacious, unyielding

defender of the forest's environmental integrity. He went to work for

the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Hoosier_Environmental_Council" title="Hoosier Environmental Council">Hoosier Environmental Council</a>

and wrote the Conservationist Alternative, which became the foundation

of the ecofriendly management plan that has guided Hoosier management

activities since the early 1990s. St. Clair moved to Oregon in 1990 to

work with forest economist <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Randal_O%27Toole&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Randal O'Toole (page does not exist)">Randal O'Toole</a>, editing a newsletter called "Forestwatch." When the two split in 1993, St. Clair started a newsletter called "<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Wild_Forest_Review&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wild Forest Review (page does not exist)">Wild Forest Review</a>,"

an early preparation for writing Al Gore: A User's Manual. "Wild Forest

Review's" debut coincided with the early years of the Clinton-Gore

administration when mainstream environmental groups were positively

giddy at the prospect of a Gore vice presidency. Early in 1993, Clinton

and Gore came to the Northwest and convened a summit on ancient forest

logging and the spotted owl. Their proposed solution, known as Option 9,

was among the initial issues covered in "Wild Forest Review." St. Clair

was among the first ecojournalists to recognize that environmentalists

who embraced Clinton-Gore were abandoning their principles. "Eventually,

the national environmental groups were coerced into supporting Option

9, which ensured that old growth forests would be logged for the next 50

years," St. Clair said from his home in Oregon City near Portland.

"During the Bush years, these people saw the logging of old growth

forests as a crime. Under Clinton and Gore, they saw it as political

expediency."

"Environmental muckraking: St. Clair began covering the new

environmental movement, which was composed of younger, more militant

activists "who challenged the bona fides of Clinton-Gore." He also

became a leading critic of the large national environmental foundations

and their connections to corporate money. After three years, "Wild

Forest Review" folded from lack of funding. But St. Clair's writing on

Gore and the North American Free Trade Agreement had caught the

attention of Cockburn, whose progressive writings in the Village Voice,

The Nation and other publications had always inspired St. Clair. St.

Clair and Cockburn now co-edit the political newsletter Counterpunch. In

1998, they collaborated on Whiteout: The CIA, Drugs and the Press. In

1999, St. Clair and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/James_Ridgeway" title="James Ridgeway">James Ridgeway</a> co-authored A Pocket Guide to Environmental Bad Guys. The <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Village_Voice" title="Village Voice">Village Voice</a> has dubbed St. Clair "America's best environmental muckraker."" <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Jeffrey_St._Clair#cite_note-1">[2]</a>

In 2011 Jeffrey St. Clair and Joshua Frank will publish GreenScare: the New War on Environmentalism.

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<ol class="references"><li id="cite_note-0"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Jeffrey_St.Clair#cite_ref-0">↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.versobooks.com/books/cdef/c-titles/cockburn_alex_whiteout.shtml">Whiteout</a>, Verso, accessed October 14, 2008.</li><li id="cite_note-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Jeffrey_St.Clair#cite_ref-1">↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.counterpunch.org/reviews.html">PUNCTURING THE IMAGE OF MR NICE GUY</a>, Counterpunch, accessed October 14, 2008.</li></ol>

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