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In an article in Salt Lake's Deseret News (Sunday, July 21, 1991), Utah's ever poplular, pro-human (anit-environment) congressman, James Hansen, says that "the pendulum has swung too far toward protecting the enviromnet at the expense of mankind."
Hansen, who is a firm believer that the earth is here for the taking and that economic growth should take priority over the environment at all times, is introducing a bill in the U.S. House that makes "man the first consideration in (environmental) discussions." According to Hansen, "people should get equal consideration with fish, spotted owls and desert tortoises."
Unfortunatley, humans aren't in short supply, while spotted owls and desert tortoises are. But, Hansen simply reflects the views of a constituentcy whose environmental knowledge and understanding are somewhere back in the 1950's. The interesting point in all of this is that without an environment which can support "fish, spotted owls, and desert tortoises," humankind doesn't have much of a chance either.
