{"id":2949,"date":"2005-02-01T12:50:50","date_gmt":"2005-02-01T12:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ncdata.wpengine.com\/?p=2428"},"modified":"2017-11-15T12:59:07","modified_gmt":"2017-11-15T16:59:07","slug":"environmental-movement-has-lost-its-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2005\/02\/01\/environmental-movement-has-lost-its-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental Movement Has Lost Its Way"},"content":{"rendered":"

The National Center’s Ryan Balis has suggested I recommended this Miami Herald op-ed<\/a> by Patrick Moore to blog readers.<\/p>\n

Moore 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":"\nEnvironmental Movement Has Lost Its Way - The National Center<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2005\/02\/01\/environmental-movement-has-lost-its-way\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"The National Center\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2005\/02\/01\/environmental-movement-has-lost-its-way\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2005\/02\/01\/environmental-movement-has-lost-its-way\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"The National Center\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/#\/schema\/person\/b8ca6710c21895f6ce418b5cc391bb6f\"},\"headline\":\"Environmental Movement Has Lost Its Way\",\"datePublished\":\"2005-02-01T12:50:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-11-15T16:59:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2005\/02\/01\/environmental-movement-has-lost-its-way\/\"},\"wordCount\":258,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Articles\",\"Environment and Enterprise Institute\",\"Forest Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2005\/02\/01\/environmental-movement-has-lost-its-way\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2005\/02\/01\/environmental-movement-has-lost-its-way\/\",\"name\":\"Environmental Movement Has Lost Its Way - The National Center\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2005-02-01T12:50:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-11-15T16:59:07+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2005\/02\/01\/environmental-movement-has-lost-its-way\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2005\/02\/01\/environmental-movement-has-lost-its-way\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2005\/02\/01\/environmental-movement-has-lost-its-way\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Environmental Movement Has Lost Its Way\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/\",\"name\":\"The National Center\",\"description\":\"For Public Policy Research\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The National Center\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/sticky-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/sticky-logo.png\",\"width\":278,\"height\":80,\"caption\":\"The National Center\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NCPPR\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NationalCenter\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCFrgtYxKOBuDqXavBuK0FFA\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/#\/schema\/person\/b8ca6710c21895f6ce418b5cc391bb6f\",\"name\":\"The National Center\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/30c3aeea07d32a43f7b0fba644d96645?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/30c3aeea07d32a43f7b0fba644d96645?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"The National Center\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/author\/thenationalcenter\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Environmental Movement Has Lost Its Way - The National Center","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2005\/02\/01\/environmental-movement-has-lost-its-way\/","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"The National Center","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2005\/02\/01\/environmental-movement-has-lost-its-way\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2005\/02\/01\/environmental-movement-has-lost-its-way\/"},"author":{"name":"The National Center","@id":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/#\/schema\/person\/b8ca6710c21895f6ce418b5cc391bb6f"},"headline":"Environmental Movement Has Lost Its Way","datePublished":"2005-02-01T12:50:50+00:00","dateModified":"2017-11-15T16:59:07+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2005\/02\/01\/environmental-movement-has-lost-its-way\/"},"wordCount":258,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Articles","Environment and Enterprise Institute","Forest Policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2005\/02\/01\/environmental-movement-has-lost-its-way\/","url":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2005\/02\/01\/environmental-movement-has-lost-its-way\/","name":"Environmental Movement Has Lost Its Way - The National Center","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/#website"},"datePublished":"2005-02-01T12:50:50+00:00","dateModified":"2017-11-15T16:59:07+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2005\/02\/01\/environmental-movement-has-lost-its-way\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2005\/02\/01\/environmental-movement-has-lost-its-way\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2005\/02\/01\/environmental-movement-has-lost-its-way\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Environmental Movement Has Lost Its Way"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/","name":"The National Center","description":"For Public Policy Research","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/#organization","name":"The National Center","url":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/sticky-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/sticky-logo.png","width":278,"height":80,"caption":"The National Center"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NCPPR","https:\/\/twitter.com\/NationalCenter","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCFrgtYxKOBuDqXavBuK0FFA"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/#\/schema\/person\/b8ca6710c21895f6ce418b5cc391bb6f","name":"The National Center","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/30c3aeea07d32a43f7b0fba644d96645?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/30c3aeea07d32a43f7b0fba644d96645?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"The National Center"},"url":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/author\/thenationalcenter\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2949"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2949"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13782,"href":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2949\/revisions\/13782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}