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Pope Francis Challenges Technocrats, Touts ‘Keeping’ the Environment

Posted by archerzhh on Wednesday, 08 July 2015 in Climate Change

This post originally ran on Juan Cole’s website. Pope Francis continues to preach environmentalism as he addresses crowds in Latin America, a challenging message in poor countries where over-exploitation of natural resources is a constant temptation. These are also countries and populations, ...

Seven Spectacular Places Saved by the Environmental Movement

Posted by rackfokus on Friday, 19 April 2013 in General Environment

The first Earth Day, in 1970, was inspired by anger. The nation was a mess. Four million gallons of oil from a blown offshore well were smearing California beaches. Flames leapt from the surface of Ohio’s Cuyahoga River. Bald eagles, our national symbol, had been winnowed by huntin...

Think Globally, Act Selfishly: How Utilitarian Environmentalism Can Backfire

Posted by henryfool on Tuesday, 14 August 2012 in General Environment

By Brandon Keim at Wired Science Earnest, well-meaning environmental messages are supposed to be ineffective relics of a bygone age, when bumper stickers still worked and treehuggers hadn’t realized that self-interest speaks louder than Mother Earth ever could. But don’t put that Save the Whales t...

Environmentalism is not a religion

Posted by Aaron on Tuesday, 26 June 2012 in General Environment

By James Murray Of all the blithering nonsense climate deniers throw at the environmental movement, there is perhaps one criticism that does real damage – that "green is the new religion". We can handle the scientifically illiterate and ethically questionable attempts to undermine evidence of clim...

Is Environmentalism Still Dead?

Posted by ep-admin on Thursday, 24 March 2011 in Ecotourism

In 2004, Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger wrote an essay titled "The Death of Environmentalism" that shook the environmental community -- although probably not quite enough. Nordhaus and Shellenberger (N and S) have gone on to form The Breakthrough Institute, arguing that we need technolo...