"Man can't hurt the Earth!" "Man can't hurt the Earth!"
Here is a list of websites that publish disinformation on ecological issues, among other things. These opinions are forged by economic or religious agendas and the idea that Man owns the Earth. A standard theme is that people concerned about ecology are pessimistic socialists hell-bent on driving Man back to the caves. These people think that business as usual on an ever-larger scale will solve our problems; that we can grow our way out of situations caused by growth.
These sites are not listed in any particular order and the categories may overlap.
Overpopulation.com
(Libertarian rhetoric and devious Overpopulation
"FAQ")
Progress
And Its Sustainability (computer science
professor shows little concern for nature)
Julian Simon (America's most outspoken growth addict - RIP)
"Hard Green" by
Peter Huber (another conservative with no
conscience)
American Enterprise Institute (home of Ben "The Birth Dearth" Wattenberg)
Conservative News (a backwards spin on environmental news)
Free Market
Environmental networkRoom (when did money get
a conscience?)
American Land Rights Association (land is finite, greed is infinite)
Blue Ribbon Coalition (wilderness includes noise and gasoline fumes)
Environmental
Lies (off-roaders who quote out of context)
Greening Earth
Society (they think we need more C02 in
the atmosphere)
Global Warming
Information Page (should be named www.globalwarming.COM)
Ayn Rand Institute (selfishness as a way of life; an overreaction to
socialism)
Science & Environmental Policy
Project Web Site (denial masquerading as
objectivity)
Liberty Matters ("liberty" at any cost, including the
destruction of nature)
Environmentalists:
The New Life Haters (more denial and self-interest)
The
Rational Anarchist HomePage (more denial and
self-interest)
Economically Viable
Alternative Green (standard "overpopulation
myth" rhetoric)
Rush Limbaugh Online (another forum for his Creationist lies about nature)
The Reagan Information
Interchange (like father, like son when it
comes to nature)
Lyndon Larouche (hard to categorize, but generally disturbing)
Reform Party Website (Perot is folksy, but no friend to the environment)
Living Marxism (September 1994 issue is especially ignorant)
Africa 2000 (false assumptions about ZPG and racism)
Extropy Institute (blind faith in technology, no acceptance of limits)
Houston Space
Society (space-colonization touted as solution
to overpopulation)
American Petroleum Institute (oil is finite but propaganda knows no bounds)
Petition promoting
inaction on global warming (defiance, not
science)
Pushback & Bill Wattenburg
("good environmentalism" never questions
growthism)
Junkscience.com (too many dismissals of environmental concerns)
Catholic Online
Catholics on the Internet
Population Research Institute
Overpopulation Is A Myth (PRI sub-site)
Human Life International
Pro-Life America
National Center for
Public Policy Research
Center for the Defense of Free
Enterprise
Cato Institute
Reason Foundation
Heritage Foundation
Competitive Enterprise Institute
Heartland Institute
Pacific Research
Institute (see deceptive Environmental
IQ quiz)
Common disinformation technique (bell curve manipulation)
This list will be updated as more sites are found. Suggestions and URL corrections are welcome.