Jesse Ausubel: Nature Rebounds

I found a curious article, distributed by John Mauldin, an economist that I follow regularly, regarding the restoration of natural lands in something of an environmental renaissance.  As humanity increases the efficiency with which we produce both food and fuel and consume the same, we are seeing a rebirth of the wildlands of the nature.  This is exactly the kind of economic efficiency necessary to evoke expanding environmentalism without simultaneously destroying the human economy.

This article was written by Jesse Ausubel, who is a renowned climate and ecological scientist who has chartered and led several climate research groups such as the first UN World Climate Conference and the Climate Task of the Resources and Environment Program of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, near Vienna, Austria, an East-West think-tank created by the U.S. and Soviet academies of sciences.  This man has more serious ecological and climate science under his purview than a host of climate scientists combined.

His article is in PDF format here: http://phe.rockefeller.edu/docs/Nature_Rebounds.pdf and is well worth the read.

A Win for Liberty: The Patriot Act Expires

This is a great day for liberty in America.  Rand Paul managed to halt the renewed passage of the Patriot Act, which will help remove some of the legal framework for the NSA bulk phone collections.

Hopefully, the Libertarians can build on this momentum and attack other key issues, like welfare reform.