Political environmentalism : going behind the green curtain
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Political environmentalism : going behind the green curtain
(Hoover Institution publication, no. 467)
Hoover Institution Press, c2000
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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In Political Environmentalism, Terry Anderson and his contributors show how environmental special interests have indeed provided the high moral ground for economic special interests who stand to gain from legislation that hampers competition. The book documents a range of examples of how politics and environmentalism mix to produce strange bedfellows and perverse results. It shows for instance, how clean air and water legislation based on technology standards actually results in dirtier air and higher costs to consumers. It tells how wilderness designations and Superfund sites are usually determined more by economic interests than by any other factor. And it reveals how the Endangered Species Act puts property up for grabs in the political arena-doing little to save species but consuming considerable resources in the process.
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