Isn't that always the way?
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I mean Warp Drive literally rips apart the fabric of space causing gravitational instability, and the best the Federation could do was "hey guys, keep it below Warp 5 around settlements, kay?"
Then they told the Klingons and Vulcans who agreed. Then they told the Romulans and Cardassians who nodded but ignored it.
And then the episode abruptly ended, and Warp Drive driven climate change was never talked of again
Mind you, they immediately went and developed less harmful versions of warp drive; both Voyager and the Defiant are known to do better in this regard. There was less than a year between warp drive being found harmful and the Defiant getting pressed into service. Voyager launched a few months later.
Getting subspace-friendly warp drives into ships must've been an extremely high priority for them to retool at least two ship classes late during development.
(Also, it was mentioned a few times again, even if only barely. TNG mentioned it a couple times in the same season and VOY mentioned it once. Not much but something.)
Voyager's nacelles folded up and down to fix that.
It was just that simple all along. Gosh dangit, Trek writers are so smart.
Conservatives. Are, and always have been, the problem.
