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Who Owns the Environment? Part II

I recently posted an item here, on Conservefewell.org, attempting to reconcile rights to and in private property with the...
Jay Faison’s Efforts to Green the GOP (and save the Planet) Through Clean Energy

I’ve long argued that the GOP’s ceding of environmental issues to the political left was not only bad for...
Republicans Don’t Hate the Environment – Just Some Environmentalists

Lest we forget, the GOP is the Party of Teddy Roosevelt, founding father of our National Wildlife Refuge system,...
Reed Watson, the New Face of Free-Market Environmentalism

UPDATE: Conservefewell welcomes Reed Watson to its team of conservation bloggers. * * * I had a chance recently...
A Socialist and Capitalist Find Common Ground

I’m always in search of a good challenge. And so, periodically, force myself out of my comfort zone in...
Celebrating Aldo Leopold’s 127th Birthday

Aldo Leopold is considered an icon of the environmental movement―primarily for his call for a heightened environmental consciousness in...
An Introduction

Well, you’ve heard from several of my compatriots here at Conservefewell. I thought it time I introduced myself. You...
Is EPA Really Essential?

“Just abolish EPA.” I heard it again this week from a friend, when discussing the agency’s renewed focus on...
Conservatives, Young People, and the Environment in 2014

Since the 2008 election cycle, conservatives have lamented the loss of constituencies key to cobbling together a winning vote:...
Human Carrying Capacity – Fanciful Fiction or Deadly Reality

One of the first courses I took in college toward my degree in wildlife management was a population dynamics class. ...
The Decline of GOP Environmentalism or Decline of Environmentalism Itself

By Brent Fewell Paul Sabin has an article in this weekend’s Boston Globe titled “The Decline of Republican Environmentalism.” Sabin,...
Real Christians Don’t Believe in Climate Change – Really??

During my commute into DC yesterday for a lunch meeting, I had my radio tuned to Rush Limbaugh when...
China – A Growing Threat to the Earth

Listened to a sobering interview yesterday on NPR’s Diane Rehm Show, with Craig Simons, author of the new book, The Devouring Dragon, which...
An Intriguing But Not-So-Bizarre Tale Involving EPA

A couple of months back I posted about a promising geoengineering development here, Save the Planet – plant a...
Do We Really Need a New Shade of Green Environmentalism?

I begin with an apology for the title of this post, but no other title quite captures the gist...
The GOP’s Environmental Challenge

By Brent Fewell Can one be a social conservative or member of the GOP and be an environmentalist? Although I’ve long...
The Bureaucratization of Environmentalism – can we survive good intentions?

Humans – are we but a mere earthly plague?

By Brent Fewell Sir David Attenborough has certainly stirred the pot with his recent name calling. Are humans but...
"The biggest challenge to the environment, as I see it, is the life-style of modern people –
fast food, packaging, pets, urban sprawl, and other things which can be rectified only slowly and only through a concerted effort of education."
― Conservative Philosopher & Author, Roger Scruton
"ConserveFewell is the place to go for some serious environmental sanity, and alternatives to the usual slop."
― Author and Political Commentator, Steve Hayward
fast food, packaging, pets, urban sprawl, and other things which can be rectified only slowly and only through a concerted effort of education."
― Conservative Philosopher & Author, Roger Scruton
"ConserveFewell is the place to go for some serious environmental sanity, and alternatives to the usual slop."
― Author and Political Commentator, Steve Hayward
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