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‘The Biggest Environmental Scandal in the World’?

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‘The Biggest Environmental Scandal in the World’?
A North Atlantic right whale swims in the waters of Cape Cod Bay near Provincetown, Massachusetts, on April 14, 2019. Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images
Mark Hendrickson
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I just came across an article by Michael Shellenberger titled “The Biggest Environmental Scandal in the World.” It’s about the plight of right whales, which have been dying at an alarming rate in recent years. The storied mammal is nearing extinction, apparently due to disruptions in the whales’ environment caused by offshore wind energy.
Mark Hendrickson
Mark Hendrickson
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Mark Hendrickson is an economist who retired from the faculty of Grove City College in Pennsylvania, where he remains fellow for economic and social policy at the Institute for Faith and Freedom. He is the author of several books on topics as varied as American economic history, anonymous characters in the Bible, the wealth inequality issue, and climate change, among others.
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