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Our environmentalist “green age” is over. Progressive eco-propaganda has worn out its welcome in public discourse and policy. Note the lack of green issues emphasis in the 2012 national elections. Practical environmental protections are now an accepted fact of American life. And, their heavy regulatory and economic costs are felt in every American life. Everything “green” costs more, and shackles economic growth and prosperity.

Environmentalists hail the supremacy of environmental issues over all others with a cultish or even religious fervor. Environmentalists obsess in their green sensitivities and superiority â€" ranting over recycling, carbon footprints, endangered species, sustainability, etc.

The green climate crusaders have amused us with endless apocalyptic theories and mythologies such that today global warming is viewed with growing skepticism. A recent Wall Street Journal opinion piece by the elite eco-group, Environmental Defense Fund, that attempts yet again to sell a false “consensus” about the impacts of global warming was countered August 13th by recognized, nonpartisan climate science experts making the following points:

• Long term NOAA climate data show no significant wet/dry climate trends related to carbon dioxide (CO2) levels;
• There are no extreme high temperature trends correlated to CO2 levels;
• No correlations are observed in CO2 levels with the number or intensity of weather disasters such as tornadoes, tsunamis and hurricanes;
• Current CO2 levels are below optimal for plant life, and doubling CO2 levels would only increase global temperatures by a nominal one degree;
• There would be positive impacts of global warming such as the doubling of CO2 and moderate warming would benefit humanity with better agricultural crop yields.

If environmental policies do invade our national elections, they should be tethered to national energy policies embracing North American energy independence where the U.S., Canada and Mexico coordinate energy production, share technologies and execute mutually beneficial energy trade agreements. There should be a freeze on any further U.S. environmental regulations until our unemployment rate settles below 6.5%.

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