On the offensive | Alan Oxley takes aim at WWF …

by Tim Wilson, February 12, 2010

An interesting article appeared in The Australian yesterday by Alan Oxley, former Chairman of the GATT and current Chairman of pro-growth NGO, World Growth.

Oxley uses the recent exposure of the link between environmental NGOs attempts to ’sex up’ the questionable science used to justify anthropogenic climate change claims to take aim at the anti-development agenda of NGOs like the World Wildlife Fund. In particular the arguments ally well with Sustainable Development’s view that many environmental NGOs are running campaigns that will harm economic development that is necessary to be able to afford environmental preservation.

The article is well worth a read and is likely to stir some emotions at WWF headquarters, especially because the accompanying cartoon was the Panda logo holding a chain saw.

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