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This time it`s David Veksler , with a post on the main LvMI blog , with the title I`ve quoted above. Why is it that so many Mises commentators flee from reason and prefer a fever-pitched focus on strawmen when it comes to addressing environmental issues? I copy below my comments on the thread [note:...
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Yes, even enviros recognize the importance of clear and enforceable property rights in protecting wlidlife. A new report by TRAFFIC , the wildlife trade monitoring network, and WWF finds that "Well-managed wildlife trade has the potential to deliver significant development benfits for the world’s...
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I started reading Austrians more than 30 years ago. The Public Choice school headed by Gordon Tullock was another influence. On the other hand, I've probably been a hater of mankind since I was even younger.
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Copperhead , you won some points (particularly with hjmaiere) with your initial post comparing AGW and terrorism, but you just lost plenty by mixing up your own legitimate views with fairly trollish nonsense. If you don't like my hyperbole in trying to show what I see are the clear differences between...
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In my recent post, " Escape from Reason: are Austrians conservatives, or neocons, on the environment? ", I noted two recent posts by George Reisman and Sean Corrigan and wondered whether a significant number of LvMI blog authors and commenters, on a host of "environmental" issues...
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"No, your computer isn't misfiring. Welcome to a new Wall Street Journal blog, Environmental Capital." So says the WSJ's announcement of its new blog, which replaces its Energy Roundup blog and, in addition to continue to track daily energy news, will "go further, analyzing how...
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[snark meter - medium] John Baden, a former logger and oilman, has long been a pillar of the "free-market" environmentalists. He founded and leads the Foundation for Research on Economics & the Environment (FREE) and founded and headed PERC, both based in Bozeman, Montana. http://en.wikipedia...
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[Snark level - medium] [update below] Austrian supporter Roy Cordato is playing at collectivism by bringing attention to Ross McKitrick's "T3" carbon tax proposal on Cordato's blog, Environment NC (hosted by the John Locke Foundation , where he is Vice President for Research & Resident...
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and for a legally binding UN framework to tackle climate change. Just who are these vile collectivists, red enviros, misanthropes, and others caught up in the totally groundless AGW hysteria? [Snark Alert!] Let's go to FOX News - which headlines "Top Corporations Demand Action on Global Warming"...
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McLinsey released an interesting report on November 30. Details here: http://www.mckinsey.com/clientservice/ccsi/greenhousegas.asp . The summary of the summary? " Consensus is growing among scientists, policy makers, and business leaders that concerted action will be needed to address rising greenhouse...