Way cool far-right attack on GDRs

Well, it finally happened.  Greenhouse Development Rights has been noticed by the far right!

Specifically, it has been placed at the center of a six-page screed — Greenhouse Development Rights:  Radical Plan to Curb Carbon Emissions Worldwide — published by the Capital Research Center, a right-wing watch dog that, it seems, makes its living by selling distorted research to ultra-conservative patrons who know exactly what they want to find.  The report also whacks at Greenpeace,  Dr. James Hansen and, of course, Al Gore.   Stars all, and we’re proud to join their ranks.

We’re not going to bother with a detailed refutation, but the report is worth a skim.  Particularly notable is the portrayal of the Stockholm Environment Institute as a political leviathan with immense influence over development and infrastructure policy around the world.    And this lovely paragraph:

“Karl Marx had one idea about cost-sharing:  ‘From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.’  The authors of the SEI proposal use less elegant language:  ‘The GDRs’  burden-sharing  system  is  progressive with respect to both responsibility and capacity.’”

We do wish that EcoEquity, with whom SEI has developed GDRs, got equal time. But, hey, EcoEquity is a small outfit, and more difficult to portray as a threat to freedom and human dignity.