Conservatives Need a Conservation Rebrand

I write as someone who is, in a sense, concurrently both within and outside the conservative movement. On economics, I’m solidly on the left, though I cross over with conservatives (and especially the so-called “New Right”) on many social and cultural issues. Notwithstanding, I talk to conservatives frequently, and I’ve ended up affiliated with various right-of-center institutions.

So, I might have a unique vantage point to offer conservatives. For far too long, mainstream conservative commentary has sought to deny that climate change is even real. But intelligent people of all ideological stripes can recognize that climate change is in fact real, and should be dealt with, without succumbing to the hysteria of banning all fossil fuels.

Though I’m far from an expert on climate change, I believe that there are practical things that can be done, which I think the next generation of conservatives ought to at least seriously contemplate.