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How environmentalists lost the plot

The Argument ·

Is modern environmentalism anti-progress?

This week, Jerusalem Demsas and Matthew Yglesias read Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring — the book that launched the modern environmental movement. Jerusalem and Matt find themselves surprised by what’s actually in it. Is it a visionary scientific critique or a romantic backlash against modernity? And did Carson’s le…

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