Big Ideas Book Club with Steve Hilton
Conservation’s Conservative Roots with Benji Backer
22 Apr 2024
Founder of the American Conservation Coalition, Benji Backer, joins today's episode to discuss his debut book, “The Conservative Environmentalist: Common Sense Solutions for a Sustainable Future”. Benji and I discuss how conservation and environmentalism, at their roots, are conservative ideas. There are two arguments when addressing climate change, and it’s either “doomerism” or “denial”, but conservative principles are key to climate solutions that actually work. Fossil fuels and nuclear energy can coincide with windmills and solar panels, and both liberal and conservative approaches can meet in the middle to conserve our environment. Benji and I discuss how it is time to change the narrative around environmentalism and climate change in the conservative space. This is a fascinating episode you won’t want to miss!
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