Absolutism is the bane of both environmentalism and national security, as Dan Markind demonstrates with his analysis of fractivist, anti-pipeline activity.

It’s a few years too late, but the foolishness of absolutism under the guise of environmentalism finally is becoming too much to ignore. Just two weeks after I railed against New England importing natural gas from Russia, the ultra-liberal Boston Globe joined in. On Tuesday, in a remarkable 2,000 word editorial, the Globe finally said what needed to be said about the anti-pipeline movement.

Where I disagree with the Globe is in its portrayal of Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey as a fighter against these gas shipments. Markey may have demanded the Federal Government stop the importing of gas that was drilled in Russia, but Markey has done nothing to alleviate the problem New England is causing itself by its environmental policies.

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http://naturalgasnow.org/foolishness-absolutism-guise-environmentalism/