As Laura Huggins noted some time back: "Time has not been gentle with these prophecies (of doom and gloom). Four decades later, the world hasn't come to an end. Most measures of human welfare show the Earth's population is better off today than at any other time in human history. Life expectancy is increasing, per-capita income is rising, and the air we breathe and the water we drink are cleaner. And, of course, concerns about climate change have shifted from cooling to warming." More…

In summary, we need more "PERC enviropreneurs" who understand that:

Incentives matter
Property Rights matter
Price Matters
Trade Matters
Wealth Matters

"The truth is that there's much to celebrate this Earth Day. One reason to rejoice is that the doomsters have been wrong for 40 years, and they will likely be wrong again." Laura Huggins

By the way, get your copy of Cool it by Bjorn Lomborg here… and Greener than Thou by Terry L. Anderson and Laura E. Huggins here…

Watch Mrs. Huggins presentation on Celebrating 40 Years of Earth Day: Goodbye Gloom & Doom below for more ideas to help our environment.