For more than 50 years, there
has been a growing campaign against the beneficial use of natural resources.
The campaigners have several names: preservationists, conservationists, radical
environmentalists, and greens. I will use “greens,” since it is rather
inclusive and short. Years ago, it may have started as a movement to preserve
some outstanding scenic or historic locations as parks, however it has expanded
into a much more general opposition. The targets have been timber and mining,
and more lately, hydro and even agriculture.
There are three main components
to most of the campaigns: persuasion, litigation and legislation.
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