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| − | Green Conservatism was apparently termed by former Speaker Newt Gingrich in April 2007, [http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?print=yes&id=20393]. | + | '''Green Conservatism''' was apparently termed by former [[Speaker of the House|Speaker]] [[Newt Gingrich]] in April 2007, <ref>http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?print=yes&id=20393</ref>. |
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| − | '''So what is Green Conservatism? Here are its basic values:'''
| + | ===So what is Green Conservatism? Here are its basic values:=== |
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| − | 1. Green Conservatism favors clean air and clean water.
| + | # Green Conservatism favors clean air and clean water. |
| | + | # Green Conservatism understands biodiversity as a positive good. |
| | + | # Green Conservatism favors minimizing carbon loading in the atmosphere as a positive public value. |
| | + | # Green Conservatism is pro-science, pro-technology and pro-innovation. |
| | + | # Green Conservatism believes that green prosperity and green development are integral to the successful future of the human race. |
| | + | # Green Conservatism believes that economic growth and environmental health are compatible in both the developed and developing world. |
| | + | # Green Conservatism believes that we can realize more positive environmental outcomes faster by shifting tax code incentives and shifting market behavior than is possible from litigation and regulation. <ref>[http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?print=yes&id=20393]</ref> |
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| − | 2. Green Conservatism understands biodiversity as a positive good.
| + | The need for a Green Conservatism is based on the need for conservatives to take part in the environmental debate instead of being marginalized to the point that the Left defines what environmentalism means. |
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| − | 3. Green Conservatism favors minimizing carbon loading in the atmosphere as a positive public value.
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| − | 4. Green Conservatism is pro-science, pro-technology and pro-innovation.
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| − | 5. Green Conservatism believes that green prosperity and green development are integral to the successful future of the human race.
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| − | 6. Green Conservatism believes that economic growth and environmental health are compatible in both the developed and developing world.
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| − | 7. Green Conservatism believes that we can realize more positive environmental outcomes faster by shifting tax code incentives and shifting market behavior than is possible from litigation and regulation. [http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?print=yes&id=20393]
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| − | The need for a Green Conservatism is based on the need for conservatives to take part in the environmental debate instead of being marginalized to the point that the Left defines what environmentalism means.
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| | [[category:Environmentalism]] | | [[category:Environmentalism]] |
| | [[category:Conservatism]] | | [[category:Conservatism]] |