“In the months after George W. Bush's reelection, a lot of liberals and environmentalists were ready to take a hard look at their political agenda, the Democratic Party, and the interest groups they supported.” LooksHardPoliticalInterestPartyGroupsReadyMonthsDemocraticAgendasDemocratic PartyEnvironmentalistInterest GroupsPolitical AgendasReelection Author:Ted Nordhaus
“As social values shifted through the '80s and '90s, as modern conservatism rose to power, and as the electorate became a good deal more skeptical of both government and environmentalists, these strategies, and the institutions that were created to prosecute them, foundered.” GovernmentValuesSocialDealsModernInstitutionsStrategyRose80sConservatismSkepticalEnvironmentalistElectorateSocial Values80s And 90s Author:Ted Nordhaus
“Environmentalists needed to stop imagining that they were representing a thing called Nature or the Environment, separate from us (e.g. humans) in politics.” HumansEnvironmentNeededRepresentingEnvironmentalist Author:Ted Nordhaus
“Energy is a sector of the economy that has been particularly resistant to innovation. This is precisely the problem. It is why we are still dependant on energy sources that are 100 to 150 years old while virtually every other sector of the economy has transformed itself. This is why we believe that the faith that many environmentalists still hold that carbon regulations and taxes will drive sufficient private sector investment into energy markets to create the kind of innovation we need is unfounded.” NeedsYearsBelieveKindHas BeensStillsProblemEnergyEconomySourceTaxesInnovationInvestmentSufficientTransformedRegulationCarbonPrivate SectorEnvironmentalistEnergy Sources Author:Ted Nordhaus
