Capital Research, December 2022
In the December 2022 issue of “Capital Research,” corruption has long been part of the union label. The Lawsuit Lobby exerts disproportionate influence on the legislative process, often against the…
environmentalism
InfluenceWatch Podcast #251: The Patron Saint of Bad Science, Paul Ehrlich
In 1968, Paul Ehrlich claimed that “the battle to feed all of humanity is over” and that mass starvation was imminent. He was completely, utterly, and totally wrong. But because…
Capital Research, September 2022
In the September issue of Capital Research, the “emerging Democratic majority” thesis has not aged well, the FBI’s bad apples are showing, Scott Walter and Bradley A. Smith correct some…
The Evangelical Left
CRC’s Hayden Ludwig discussed “creation care” and how it is attempting to insert the ideas of the environmental Left into conservative Christian churches. “Creation care” is the Left’s most recent…
The War on Plastic and Prosperity: Nature Is Messy
Plastic packaging is a conservation miracle that preserves food from spoilage at trivial cost and saves enormous resources compared to aluminum, paper, and other options. Using abundant, low-cost plastic means…
The War on Plastic and Prosperity: Worshiping the Absolute Sanctity of Everything
A circular economy has also been tried and revealed to be very messy. In more primitive days of just a bit more than a century ago, we had a circular…
The War on Plastic and Prosperity: A Greenwashing Front?
The EMF’s “funding model” is anchored in partnerships with major corporations, including many of the world’s most recognizable plastic users. This appears to fit the definition of "greenwashing," which "is…
The War on Plastic and Prosperity: Plastic Puritanism
Even accepting for the sake of argument the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s alarmist and dubious premise that there is a “plastic pollution crisis,” it's focus on eliminating polystyrene is odd given…
The War on Plastic and Prosperity: Environmentally and Economically Dangerous
In addition to modern fertilizers and high-yield agriculture (two other modern miracles the reliably risible Ellen MacArthur Foundation recommends moving away from), billions in the wealthy world owe our low-cost,…
‘Creation Care’ or Christianity?
Today's "creation care" proponents may market their doctrines to Christians as scriptural, but the funders behind this campaign are the same foundations bankrolling the secular eco-activist groups responsible for the…