Taking romantic environmentalists to task
Monday, May 10, 2010
After Paarlberg’s wake-up call to eco-foodies, economist Paul Collier takes “romantic environmentalists” to task. Balancing poverty alleviation with environmental concerns means that we should support large-scale commercial farming, GMOs and nuclear energy – not uphold foolish and dangerous policies backed by an unholy alliance of Luddite and protectionist interests.
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Critical Assessment, 14 May: This week on Critical Opinion...
from International Policy Network on May 14, 2010Blog Author:
Marc Sidwell
Critical:
Common sense on AIDS
Criticised:
NGOs in Afghanistan
"Romantic Environmentalists"
Obama's protectionist tyre tariff
George Monbiot



