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In Print
April 19, 2000
Focus
Hard Green: Saving the Environm ent from
Environmentalists, A Conservative Manifesto
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By Peter Huber
Basic Books; 2000
Hard Green indicts environmentalism as we know it today - and articulates a robust, conservative
alternative. Captured as it has been by the “Soft Green” oligarchy of scientists, regulators and lawyers, modem
environmentalism does not conserve forests, oceans, lakes and streams - it hastens their destruction. The
alternative: a return to Yellowstone and the National Forests, the original environmentalism of Theodore
Roosevelt and the conservation movement.
Chapter by chapter, Peter Huber takes on the big issues of environmental discourse, from scarcity and
pollution to efficiency and waste disposal. Hard Green’s essential arguments:
Conservatives should advocate more public property set aside for common use.
Many o f the high-tech products liberals condemn are actually good: chemicals like growth hormones make
cows more efficient; plastic packaging and preservatives cut down on spoilage; and new furnaces and air
conditioners use less energy.
Free market capitalism is the only economic system that is effectively green.
We will NOT run out of natural resources. Contrary to liberals’ dire warnings, the earth regulates and
replenishes itself.
Hard Green is a strongly
argued critique o f
environmentalism from
the right. Huber argues
that
Soft
Green
environmental policies
do exactly the opposite
of what they i ntend, and
lays out a clear program
for a Hard Green
(c o n s e rv a tiv e )
approach
to
the
environment.
HARD
GREEN
SAVING THE
E N V IR O N M E N T
FROM THE
E N V IR O N M E N T A L IS T S
A C O N SER VA TIVE
M A N IFE S TO
P E T E R
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SPRING EVENTS
River of the West: A Chronicle
of the Columbia
I& I
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VS. THE X ANGELS
Thursday, March 30 at 7pm
By Robert Clark
Picador; 1995
From glacial floods that began to shape
the Columbia River twelve thousand
years ago to its discovery, conquest, and
colonization by the English, Spanish,
and Americans, the story o f this river
encompasses not only the full range of
American history but also a geography
of myth, hope, and tragedy.
River o f the West is an unforgettable
portrait of the people who lived and died
on the Columbia’s banks - conquered
native peoples, European adventurers,
New England missionaries, emigrants
from the drought-ridden Midwest, and
dreamers seduced by hydi opowered New
Deal promises peace and prosperity.
With a scholar’s eye for detail and the art
o f a gifted storyteller, Robert Clark
surveys the meaning and mystery of this
great river running through the American
imagination.
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