Greens against the environment.
Forbes (6/30/20) reports: "Congressional Democrats today unveil a “Climate Crisis Action Plan” similar to the Green New Deal proposed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez last year, which sounded like a dream to many progressives and climate activists. At the heart of the proposal are billions in new subsidies and a federal mandate to achieve 100% renewables...There has already been widespread attention to the high economic cost of renewable energy mandates. University of Chicago economists found that 'consumers in the twenty-nine states paid $125.2 billion more for electricity' because of them. But now, in response to a growing number of lawsuits and regulations, and a new Michael Moore documentary about the environmental impacts of renewables, the wind industry increasingly finds itself on the defensive. 'Birds have evolved over hundreds of years to fly certain paths to migrate,' said New Hampshire-based environmentalist Lisa Linowes. 'You can’t throw a turbine up in the way and expect them to adapt. It’s not happening.'...Now, wind energy threatens one of America’s most iconic birds. 'Look at the whooping crane,' said Linowes. 'With just 235 whooping cranes in the wild, their gene pool is very limited. A rule of thumb is that you need at least a thousand individuals to make sure the gene pool will grow and so you don’t get inbreeding and lose diversity.'"
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"It’s unfortunate and extremely misguided that large asset managers are trying to demonstrate to a cohort of activists that they are worried about some imaginary end of the world, while businesses and their workers are worried about the reality of just getting through the end of the most challenging year in modern history. "
– Mark J. Perry,
American Enterprise Institute
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