Why isn't this a good thing? Shouldn't people who ignore ecological laws be punished? And anyway, how do you propose to fix climate change without massive, centralized planning, including punishment of those who subvert such a fix for personal gain?
Also, in your link, the plants are closed, not seized.
But near human slavery in factories with working commiting suicide, that does not violate any goals.
So it says greener today than 20 years ago. How Green were they in say 1960 and 1970 and 1980, etc. I take it since the article says 20 years, then 30 years ago the space was a lot greener before then?
Yes the US needs to pick up on green space, but remeber when you look at the map the south west (Cali to Texas, is not exactly good for trees.
I don’t see any reason to turn to central planning, unless one just uses that term to refer to any regulations involving the economy.
There will still be externalities, but they would be properly priced in and accountable.
Tax tax tax. Price in the cost of externalities and let the market sort it out. Market forces allow society-wide coordination without heavy-handed central planing.
Obviously you'll still need to prosecute tax cheats.