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What does it mean?
The author criticizes the green movement as irrational and destructive to science.
In plain terms
The green movement is seen as a destructive version of the red movement.
What can you take from it?
Critique environmentalism as anti-science.

Where it applies

  • policy debates
  • ideological critique

Putting it to work

  • evaluate environmental claims

Questions to consider

  • Is environmentalism anti-science?

Another view

It generalizes a broad movement with harsh terms.

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