JLF’s Daren Bakst says:
“For many environmental advocates, Earth Day is a special occasion to scare more people into believing air quality is getting worse. Unfortunately, the scare tactics have worked. Too many people think that the air in North Carolina is getting dirtier and harder to breathe. The fact is North Carolina’s air is cleaner than ever and only getting better…..The truth about air quality does not sell newspapers or help raise money for environmental causes — good news usually never does. However, the truth does help inform sound public policy….Earth Day 2007 should be a time to celebrate, not a time to cower in fear.”
Liberals still criticize the Bush administration’s “politics of fear,” but what else can you call the hysteria surrounding global warming?
