Greenspeak strategy: How the West will be lost?

For more than 50 years, there has been a growing campaign against the beneficial use of natural resources. The campaigners have several names: preservationists, conservationists, radical environmentalists, and greens. I will use “greens,” since it is rather inclusive and short. Years ago, it may have started as a movement to preserve some outstanding scenic or historic locations as parks, however it has expanded into a much more general opposition. The targets have been timber and mining, and more lately, hydro and even agriculture. ✧ There are three main components to most of the campaigns: persuasion, litigation and legislation. Read more at Oregon Catalyst
(Hat tip: KimR)