[Pen-l] Environmental Kuznets curves in NY Times

[Eugene Coyle <eugenecoyle@xxxxxxx>]

In the New York Times yesterday and again today a columnist and blogger, John Tierney has advanced the argument that "richer is better" for the environment.  His argument is that richer countries have the resources to devote to cleaning up their environmental damage and to obviate more damage.  One of the blogs is titled "Use Energy, Get Rich and Save the Planet."

This is an argument that has been well-aired over the years.  The Stern Report anticipated this and refuted the idea with respect to GHG.     

I don't know Tierney's political history -- and only read stuff where the headline catches my eye.  But these blogs seem to me to have a clear political purpose at this moment.

Gene Coyle

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