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Parables Of A Green Environment

There are politicians who are flat-outalready-born  children.
anti-environmental---they just don't buy the
argument. As long as they state their caseGore and Kennedy are both doing good work on
plainly and honestly, we can at least respectbehalf of the environment-they rank in the
their right to their opinion, howeverTop 10 of the world's most effective
misinformed it may be. Others, however, haveenvironmental advocates. And they both no
taken to deceit, crafting back-room dealsdoubt make plenty of eco-friendly lifestyle
that are a negative for the environment butchoices. But to be a high-profile
then trying to sell the public on the newenvironmentalist and not fully walk the
regulations by claiming they're antalk-even if only in terms of the perception
environmental improvement. We think that's athey create-is hugely problematic. The public
clear form of environmental hypocrisy and candoes not like hypocrites, environmental or
be described as "listen to what I say, butotherwise, and giving opponents of
don't watch what I do." Let's go through aenvironmental progress the opportunity to
few  examples.throw hypocritical mud on your righteous
arguments reduces the power of your message
In campaign speeches prior to the 2000and distracts people from the real issues.
election, George W. Bush promised to doFor some in the audience, these slight
something about global warming if electednegatives weigh heavily against the
president. The insincerity of the promise wasoverwhelmingly positive work Kennedy and Gore
made clear shortly after he took office whendo.
he reneged on his pledge, claiming that
joining the Kyoto protocol would hurt the USWe find most mainstream environmental groups
economy. In reality, doing something aboutto be fairly on-target with their overall
global warming would hurt only somegoals and methods, but we think some of them
industries---notably Big Energy and Big Auto,act hypocritically occasionally. For
both heavy contributors to the Bush campaign.instance, most major US environmental groups
Overall, delaying action on global warmingare silent on the issue of global
will cost us far more in the long run. Makingpopulation-and, more specifically, silent on
a promise to do something about globalthe  issue  of  US  population.
warming without any intention of keeping the
promise it was a form of environmentalRemember that one's individual environmental
hypocrisy.footprint is roughly based on the amount of
energy and resources used and the amount of
To those people who take a pro-life stance,waste produced. The total US environmental
we ask: Is the health of a child already bornfootprint is based on the average individual
not just as important to you as the health ofenvironmental footprint of a US resident
a child still in the womb? If so, do youtimes the number of people in the country.
voice your opinions on childhood health careSince the average individual environmental
and the above environmental issues asfootprint in the US is very big compared to
strongly as you voice your opinions onthe global average, adding more people in the
abortion?US  is  clearly  an  environmental  negative.
Our intention here is not to debate theTo talk about the problem of US population
merits of pro-choice vs. pro-life but rathergrowth only in terms of sprawl is dishonest.
to say that it is hypocritical to beBut the US population level-and ways to check
supremely worried about the fate of unbornits growth-is a touchy issue, and green
children while being unconcerned about thingsgroups would "rather not go there.
(environmental or otherwise) that affect



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