Is Environmentalism Anti-Science?

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By Keith Kloor
May 24, 2012 9:10 PMNov 19, 2019 11:54 PM

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By Keith Kloor, a freelance journalist whose stories have appeared in a range of publications, from Science to Smithsonian. Since 2004, he’s been an adjunct professor of journalism at New York University. You can find him on Twitter here.

Greens are often mocked as self-righteous, hybrid-driving, politically correct foodies these days (see this episode of South Park and this scene from Portlandia.) But it wasn't that long ago---when Earth First and Earth Liberation were in the headlines---that greens were perceived as militant activists. They camped out in trees to stop clear-cutting and intercepted whaling ships and oil and gas rigs on the high seas.

In recent years, a new forceful brand of green activism has come back into vogue. One action

 (carried out with Monkey Wrenching

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