Warped anti-humanist greens - NOTABLE QUOTES

Environmentalists see in "development only the loss of nonhuman habitat, not the construction of vital human habitat. Thus, the vast majority of environmental strategies aim to constrain rather than unleash human activity."

"Humans are the most powerful, creative, and adaptive species ever to roam this remarkable planet. We have overcome hunger, disease, and oppression--we can overcome ecological crises."

"Environmental tales of tragedy begin with nature in harmony and almost always end in quasi-authoritarian politics."

from "Break Through: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility," by Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger. Houghton Mifflin.

TOLLROADSnews 2007-12-17