William Walter Kay

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Environmentalism's victories come at the expense of American workers and small businesses. Environmental regulations cause unemployment and unemployment undermines the health and well-being of ordinary Americans. Environmentalism consolidates wealth into the hands of the already wealthy and powerful. Environmentalism hurts the poor.

IF THE ABOVE PASSAGE SEEMS ECCENTRIC, OVERLY ANTAGONISTIC, OR EVEN A BIT RADICAL, THEN YOU ARE IN FOR A SURPRISE.

THE ABOVE PASSAGE IS A FAITHFUL SYNOPSIS OF AN ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTALISM WIDELY HELD BY MEMBERS OF THE US REPUBLICAN PARTY.
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Historically, reactionary movements arising from within the oligarchy have masqueraded as left-populist uprisings. This describes environmentalism. It is not leftist. Nor is it liberal or progressive. Members of the counter-movement who hurl “liberal” and “leftist” at the environmentalists are not simply barking up the wrong tree, they are doing the neo-fascists a big favour.

http://ecofascism.com/review38.html