Ever been to the Tahoe Basin? 90 years ago it was a moonscape. The entire valley had been clear cut with a couple of exceptions. It is now completely reforested.
We have to get back to taming the environment with common sense. There are important areas we build in flood plains but there are areas we should not either. Building codes need to be improved also. You know. the whole 9 yards. Also use the eco green stuff as it becomes economically feasible and do R&D without spending 100 trillion dollars like the Progs want to.