this Miami Herald op-ed<\/a> by Patrick Moore to blog readers.<\/p>\nMoore is a founder of the environmental group Greenpeace.<\/p>\n
In the op-ed, Moore explains why he left Greenpeace (“By the mid-1980s, the environmental movement had abandoned science and logic in favor of emotion and sensationalism. I became aware of the emerging concept of sustainable development: balancing environmental, social and economic priorities. Converted to the idea that win-win solutions could be found by bringing all interests together, I made the move from confrontation to consensus.”).<\/p>\n
He also complains that the present day environmental movement brings us “environmental policies that ignore science and result in increased risk to human health and ecology,” and explains. Sample sentences:<\/p>\n
On Greenpeace wanting to ban vinyl:<\/b> “Apart from lowering construction costs and delivering safe drinking water, vinyl’s ease of maintenance and its ability to incorporate anti-microbial properties is critical to fighting germs in hospitals.”<\/p>\n
On nuclear power:<\/b> “Nuclear energy is the only nongreenhouse gas-emitting power source that can effectively replace fossil fuels and satisfy global demand.”<\/p>\n
On activists who want to stop tree harvesting:<\/b> “If we want to retain healthy forests, we should be growing more trees and using more wood, not less.”<\/p>\n
On the campaign against salmon farming:<\/b> “Salmon farming takes pressure off wild stocks, yet activists tell us to eat only wild fish. Is this how we save them, by eating more?”<\/p>\n
I’d like to quote more, but then I would be quoting the whole thing<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The National Center’s Ryan Balis has suggested I recommended this Miami Herald op-ed by Patrick Moore to blog readers. Moore is a founder of the environmental group Greenpeace. In the op-ed, Moore explains why he left Greenpeace (“By the mid-1980s, the environmental movement had abandoned…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2,67],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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