Wednesday May 23rd 2012
Multimedia
Audio, video and videographics
Environmentalism in America
A divisive topic
Jun 3rd 2011, 19:48 by The Economist online
Republicans claim environmental regulations weaken the economy, while Democrats make the case that regulations protect public health
About Multimedia
This blog provides an archive of The Economist's audio podcasts, video stories, slideshows and videographics up to June 2011. Multimedia items produced after that date can be found on the relevant subject-area blog.
Advertisement
Economist blogs
- Analects | China
- Americas view | The Americas
- Babbage | Science and technology
- Bagehot's notebook | British politics
- Banyan | Asia
- Baobab | Africa
- Blighty | Britain
- Buttonwood's notebook | Financial markets
- Charlemagne's notebook | European politics
- Clausewitz | Defence, security and diplomacy
- Democracy in America | American politics
- Eastern approaches | Ex-communist Europe
- Elysée | France’s presidential election
- Free exchange | Economics
- Game theory | Sports
- Graphic detail | Charts, maps and infographics
- Gulliver | Business travel
- Johnson | Language
- Leviathan | Public policy
- Lexington's notebook | American politics
- Newsbook | News analysis
- Prospero | Books, arts and culture
- Schumpeter | Business and management
Most commented
- Foreigners in China: Barbarians at the gate, again
- The euro crisis: The Greek run
- Brazil’s economy: A bull diminished
- Russia and NATO: Rethink the reset
- Gay marriage: North Carolina begs the question too
- Politics and private equity: Bringing the Bain
- Nationalism online: Backfired
- India-China relations and the media: Blame the messenger
- Turkey’s cultural ambitions: Of marbles and men
- Greece and the euro: Exodus, chapter 1
Over the past five days
Most recommended
- The euro crisis: The Greek run
- Foreigners in China: Barbarians at the gate, again
- Brazil’s economy: A bull diminished
- Greek politics: Slouching towards the drachma
- Rival versions of capitalism: The endangered public company
- Jacob Zuma: Portrait of a president
- Bo Xilai v Chen Guangcheng: Who is the mightier?
- Facebook goes public: Not top of the pops
- The euro crisis: Going, going, gone?
- Remembering Peter David: What he wrote
Over the past seven days
Advertisement
Products & events
Readers' comments
The Economist welcomes your views. Please stay on topic and be respectful of other readers. Review our comments policy.
Sort:
"Republicans claim environmental regulations weaken the economy, while Democrats make the case that regulations protect public health"
Both are correct. Why are Americans incapable of coming to mature and balanced positions. Making trade offs, working as a team. Why does it always have to be a black and white simplification. In most countries people can handle shades of gray and can optimise over several objectives. Is it the US education system that creates simpletons, or is it the political system that makes idiot behaviour OK?
Do you cut down your apple orchard, your only source of income, for firewood to keep from freezing to death in the winter? That is the environmental question.