Hence, nature must be kept pristine despite the harm this causes man. We must halt activities beneficial to us, such as farming, forestry, and treatment of cancer, in order to safeguard fish, birds, trees, and rats. Now we are being told to sacrifice our lives to nature. And current environmental legislation, such as the ESA, provides government with massive powers to enforce such sacrifices. Some environmentalists have expressed their preference.
Environmentalism makes man the endangered species.
The only antidote to these haters of mankind and their anti-human philosophy is to uphold man's right to pursue his own life. His nature demands that he does this best by improving his environment through technology and production. It is time for Congress to uphold man's rights by abolishing any environmental legislation that allows government to sacrifice people to nature. Glenn Woiceshyn is a senior writer for the Ayn Rand Institute in Marina del Rey, California.