https://hotair.com/erika-johnsen/2013/03/02/why-environmentalists-should-push-for-prosperity-more-than/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usThu, 23 Apr 2026 15:10:01 -0400<![CDATA[Self-fancied environmentalists have an unfortunate tendency to turn to big-government and top-down control as the best and most efficient arbiter of environmental quality, when in fact the effort to coerce people&#8217;s behavior into complying with their preconceived notions of &#8216;green&#8217; living reliably comes with a whole host of unintended consequences and puts a damper on the very economic growth that is the real driver of the types of innovation and efficiency for which environmentalists claim they&#8217;re pushing. Prosperity is not the enemy of environmental quality, and as much as the greenies doth protest, it is more than possible to both improve global standards of living and better our environmental stewardship &#8212; at the same time.]]>Sat, 02 Mar 2013 19:01:35 -0500<![CDATA[Erika Johnsen]]>https://hotair.com/erika-johnsen/2013/03/02/why-environmentalists-should-push-for-prosperity-more-than-n205085