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	The Really Inconvenient Truths: Seven Environmental Catastrophes Liberals Don't Want You to Know About--Because They Helped Cause Them by Iain Murray
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Product Details Binding Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number 363.7 EAN 9781596980549 ISBN 1596980540 Manufacturer Regnery Publishing Number Of Items 1 Number Of Pages 354 Publication Date April 22, 2008 Publisher Regnery Publishing Availability Usually ships in 24 hours Product Description Al Gore is bad for the planet... Talk about really inconvenient truths--that's one of the many you'll find in Iain Murray's rollicking exposé of environmental blowhards who waste more energy, endanger more species, and actually kill more people (yes, that's right) than the environmental villains they finger. Did you know that estrogen from birth control and 'morning after' pills is causing male fish across America to develop female sex organs? Funny how 'pro-choice' and 'environmentalist' liberals never talk about that. Or how about this: the Live Earth concert to 'save the planet' released more CO2 into the atmosphere than a fleet of 2,000 Humvees emit in a year? We hear a lot about AIDS in Africa, but the number one killer of children in much of Africa is malaria--and guess who was responsible for banning the pesticide that used to have malaria under control? Iain Murray, a sprightly conservative environmental analyst with a long record of skewering liberal hypocrisy, has dug up seven of the all-time great environmental catastrophes caused by the Left and exposed them in The Really Inconvenient Truths. Murray lays bare: * How ethanol, the liberals' favorite fuel, is destroying the world's rainforests--and could cause global food shortages * How Al Gore's hero Rachel Carson cost the lives of millions of Africans through her efforts to ban DDT * How the environmentalists have covered up the polluting effects of contraceptive and chemical abortion drugs * How the Endangered Species Act actually endangers species * How Gore's vision of greater state control over the economy has already produced some of the greatest environmental disasters in history All of us want a planet with clean air and clean water, vibrant forests, healthy animal populations, and glorious open space. But liberal environmentalists aren't the ones to deliver it. In fact, they've made the planet worse, while old-fashioned property rights, unpopular hunters, and the innovative engine of capitalism have made it better. The facts are all here, in a book that Al Gore would rather burn than read. 'Ever wonder about the story of the Cuyahoga River catching fire in Cleveland? Or the accuracy of Rachel Carson's dire warnings about DDT? Or the systematic attempt to discredit prominent scientists who question that there is a significant man-made impact on global temperatures? If you care about the environment, Iain Murray's book is a valuable resource. Murray's book questions politically correct myths that endanger both the environment and public safety.' --JOHN R. LOTT, economist and author of Freedomnomics: Why the Free Market Works and Other Half-Baked Theories Don't 'With detailed analysis and insight borne of his unique experience, Iain Murray reveals the consequences for which the `environmentalist' establishment--and their political and media enablers--have yet to be held accountable, too busy rushing off to once again wreak destruction in the name of another `greatest threat:' global warming. Murray's account almost makes one yearn for an international criminal court. Almost.' --CHRISTOPHER C. HORNER, bestselling author of The Politically Incorrect GuideTM to Global Warming and Environmentalism 'Iain Murray, again and again, demonstrates that the motivating passion for environmentalism is too often a desire for political control first and environmental improvement second. He has the keenest of eyes for spotting where science ends and utopianism takes its place--and rationally explaining why this is folly. Iain Murray understands and recounts in vivid detail that the control environmentalists seek is not only fool's gold, but is actually the fastest route to a less healthy environment and a poorer society. The only reliable guarantee for sustained environmental health is precisely the freedom and property rights so many environmentalists see as the cause of all our problems.' --JONAH GOLDBERG, bestselling author and editor-at-large, National Review Online IAIN MURRAY is the senior fellow in energy, science, and technology at the Competitive Enterprise Institute and a frequent commentator on FOX News, CNN Headline News, and the BBC. His articles have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Post, Investor's Business Daily, the Financial Times, and many other outlets. Educated at Oxford, the University of London, and the Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine, he now lives in a nicely wooded tract of Northern Virginia where Al Gore's anti-environmental energy gourmandizing is not welcome. Customers who bought this item also bought Climate Confusion: How Global Warming Hysteria Leads to Bad Science, Pandering Politicians and Misguided Policies that Hurt the Poor Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning The Deniers: The World Renowned Scientists Who Stood Up Against Global Warming Hysteria, Political Persecution, and FraudAnd those who are too fearful to do so Economic Facts and Fallacies The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality Customer Reviews for: The Really Inconvenient Truths: Seven Environmental Catastrophes Liberals Don't Want You to Know About--Because They Helped Cause Them Rating - the really inconvenient truths The Author makes very sound arguments as to the underlying reasons liberals have such an intense disdain for anything that is contrary to their position. When real truth is held up and given a fair stage onto which to expound its arguments, honest logic prevails. After all real truth is meant to set us free, and any censorship of that or intentional manipulation of such should sour any reader association to that element. The author has done us all a great service by letting us have a peek at what really motivates the ... Read More Rating - From a former environmentalist teacher, now a conservationist steward I once proudly called myself an environmentalist. Now I am a conservationist and a steward. I believe some wild spaces should be saved. I recycle (A lot!). I coordinate my school's paper recycling program. I own several of those little flourescent bulbs and I use them every day. I don't spray chemicals all over my yard. I don't dump motor oil down the drain. I pick up garbage when I walk the dog. I go camping. I go to the Earth Day celebration in downtown Indianapolis because it's a great place to get information ... Read More Rating - The really inconvenient truths points out that are unintended consequences as a result of acts done by the elitist Rating - Skewers the paradigms of the liberal environmental fascist movement Iain Murray well-written book skewers the fundamental principles of the radical left environmental movement, and does it very artfully. Clearly, this is a compelling book which mastefully states the case of the failures of the environmental movement, and their `liberal fascistic" approach to society. Murray shows at the very beginning that the environmental movement focuses on (1) identifying a cause and laws requiring immediate passage, (2) creating an apocalyptic scenario, (3) claiming a threat to children, (4) ... Read More Rating - Tree Farmer Perspective** I bought the book after seeing a C-Span discussion by Iain Murray. I am a tree farmer and retired engineer trying to make practical sense of all the attention being given human influence on global warming and offers to pay me for carbon being sequestered in my growing trees. Murray provides both a framework for understanding the extremes of the public debate and examples of unintended consequences of prior policies. I recommend the book to anyone attempting to understand the scope and ramifications of the activist environmentalism ... Read More see more reviews See all books by author Iain Murray

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