🚀 go-pugleaf

Rather than reply to the litany of ad hominem attacks that have been
launched, let me just say that Scott should do a little homework before
making such bold claims about an organization.

For starters, Reason Public Policy Institute (rppi) is not an
anti-environmental organization.  Nor are we saying that climate change is
something that was dreamt up.  We do not know.  Period.   In fact, if you
check out our most recent climate change policy brief at the link below, you
will read that we recognize the long-term costs of global warming could be
significant.

In terms of our work, RPPI works very closely with organizations like the
Environmental Council of the States, National Environmental Policy
Institute, and, yes, even the EPA.  Needless to say, we would not be invited
to attend White House (Clinton Administration) Recycling Summits, or EPA
regional climate change panels if Scott's gratuitous insults were true.
While we may differ on some points with these organizations, they have come
to appreciate our commitment to academic integrity and peer-reviewed
research.

If you wish to take a look for yourself please check out our site at
http://www.reason.org or the climate change document in question at
http://www.reason.org/kyoto.html


Scott Nudds wrote:

> Now however, as you might expect from the most creative economy the
> world has ever known, a new industry has emerged to turn a profit from
> all this bad news.  You could call it the Good News industry.
>
> Young writers are pumping out magazine articles and fat books claiming
> that these problems have all been dreamed up by hungry environmentalists
> who can't see beyond their next direct-mail funding appeal.
>
> Indeed, the main message of the Good News industry is that none of these
> problems are very serious, if they exist at all. According to this
> industry's pundits, all these problems have been exaggerated, or even
> manufactured out of whole cloth, by out-of-work environmentalists
> desperate for a handout. ............