Tag: Environmentalists
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Free-Marketeers, Environmentalists, and Emergent Church
Pileus: Why Free-Marketeers Should Be Environmentalists (And Vice Versa) It is no original insight to note that ecologists and economists both derive equilibrium theories from the Darwinian assumption of natural selection of the traits of successful replicators – organisms for ecologists, firms for economists. Like an ecosystem, the economy is an “emergent” or “spontaneous” order,…
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Wind Jammers
Wall Street Journal: Wind Jammers In this year's great energy debate, Democrats describe a future when the U.S. finally embraces the anything-but-carbon avant-garde. It turns out, however, that when wind and solar power do start to come on line, they face a familiar obstacle: environmentalists and many Democrats. To wit, the greens are blocking the…
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Call of the wild: Trade bans and conservation
The Economist: Call of the wild: Trade bans and conservation Is the prohibition of trade saving wildlife, or endangering it? ………. The point is not that bans never work. They can, especially in the short term or when species are in dire danger. But their longer-term success depends on three factors. First, they must be…
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Environmentalists are new foes of some of the world’s poorest
From the Rocky Mountain News: Environmentalists are new foes of some of the world's poorest, Opinion by Phelim McaLeer. Great article. I hope his movie makes it to Kansas City. (HT: Presbyweb) Colorado's miners have struggled long and hard for the right to organize and have safe working conditions. Many have paid with their lives…