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"What is this garbage?" ...reads the About Us section Ah, an arm of the Cato Institute, that makes sense. Seriously, we have a lot of very immediate work to

"What is this garbage?" ...reads the About Us section Ah, an arm of the Cato Institute, that makes sense. Seriously, we have a lot of very immediate work to attend to with regards to our environment. Our vital ecosystems are literally under assault from many of our current ways of living. That we have not had a watershed moment of ecosystem collapse yet is frankly astonishing, but be assured, it is coming, and be assured that there are powers-that-be that have the most to gain from suppressing open dialogue about this. The people funding this type of editorial are among those who will be least affected by the dire impact that the destruction of the natural world will have on all peoples' ability to live happy, prosperous lives. For them, only their personal wealth (read, happiness) is at stake, and as far as that goes, their perspicacity ends at their next quarterly report. Our shared home beseeches you: Don't fall for it.

NeedMoreTea 7y ago
I guess he doesn't think the international ban on commercial whaling that led to the recovery of the humpback whale counts as disturbing free markets. How odd he makes no mention of the 50+ year IWC ban, or perhaps not. Written by Matt Ridley, who sits out by Rees Mogg at the extreme end of political spectrum. He was famously Chairman of Northern Rock during which time, in 2007, it became the only British bank in a century and a half to have a run on the bank. It had to be nationalised out from under him. He was extensively criticised in the parliamentary investigation into the bank's failure. Yet he keeps on arguing for almost no regulation (on anything). Also owns the land on which one of the few remaining UK coal mines sits. He still claims climate change will not be damaging, we should carry on using fossil fuels and not seek to decarbonise. I am sure these are entirely unconnected beliefs.

NeedMoreTea 7y ago

I guess he doesn't think the international ban on commercial whaling that led to the recovery of the humpback whale counts as disturbing free markets. How odd he makes no mention of the 50+ year IWC ban, or perhaps not. Written by Matt Ridley, who sits out by Rees Mogg at the extreme end of political spectrum. He was famously Chairman of Northern Rock during which time, in 2007, it became the only British bank in a century and a half to have a run on the bank. It had to be nationalised out from under him. He was extensively criticised in the parliamentary investigation into the bank's failure. Yet he keeps on arguing for almost no regulation (on anything). Also owns the land on which one of the few remaining UK coal mines sits. He still claims climate change will not be damaging, we should carry on using fossil fuels and not seek to decarbonise. I am sure these are entirely unconnected beliefs.