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"Oil Aid" and adaptation funding
International and US agencies such as the World Bank and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation currently spend billions of our tax dollars annually to support the overseas expansion of the oil industry. Do you support ending this "oil aid" and using the funds instead to help developing countries invest in clean energy and adapt to the impacts of climate change?
http://www.endoilaid.org/On Leave suggestions in comments posted 2 years ago 35 Responses
who is myopic?
To the many thoughtful and clear comments here (e.g. geosynchronous and Jim Ricker), let me just add this:
Renstrom and Perkowitz's convoluted and tortured defense of Werbach rests on this statement: "Nearly two years ago, Adam spoke out in the "Death of Environmentalism" controversy, daring to criticize the movement for its myopia and ineffectiveness. Unable to argue that the movement actually was effective, Sellers and Dudley finally found grounds on which they felt they could challenge Werbach."
Um, actually, Sellers and I argued quite clearly that the movement is actually quite effective and that Werbach and friends had gotten it wrong more than a year ago. Read it for yourself here:
http://priceofoil.org/wp-content/uploads/2006/08/Winterof...Our thesis then (which was recently reinforced by Mark Hertsgaard in the Nation: http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060731/hertsgaard) was that it was the leadership (as opposed to the grassroots) of groups like the Club who'd gotten it wrong. Looks like thats still the case.
Steve KretzmannOn Why won't America's environmentalists accept positive developments? posted 3 years, 3 months ago 22 Responses