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lostlogintoday at 8:44 AM1 replyview on HN

> Appeal to nature is something that definitely cuts across the political spectrum.

I wish this was true. How many right wing political parties support policies that improve the natural environment? Doing that is the domain of left wing parties, but I’d love to know of any exceptions.


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amanaplanacanaltoday at 4:08 PM

Conservation used to be quite popular in conservative circles before it got branded as a lefty position. Once that happened, everyone who thought of themselves as conservative started running away from it.

The US EPA was created by Richard Nixon, for example.