How Conservatives Can Reclaim Narrative on Environment

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🗓️ 12 April 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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“Conservative ideals are the best way to solve environmental issues,” says Benji Backer, founder of the right-leaning environmental advocacy group American Conservation Coalition. Backer joins "The Daily Signal Podcast" to discuss how conservatives can take back the environmental conversation and advocate small-government solutions to climate issues. Follow the links below to learn more about the American Conservation Coalition: ACC Membership: www.acc.eco/membership ACC Market Environmentalism Academy: www.marketacademy.eco Twitter: @ACC_National Instagram: acc_national Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanConservationCoalition Also on today’s show, we read your letters to the editor and share a “good news story” about one way you can honor a Korean War veteran on his 93rd birthday. Click here to learn how you can send a letter to Korean War Veteran Thomas Bryan Crouch on his 93rd birthday. Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal podcast for Monday, April 12.
0:09.9	I'm Virginia Allen and co-hosting with me once again today is my colleague Doug Blair.
0:15.6	Doug, welcome back.
0:16.6	Thanks Virginia.
0:17.6	It's great to be here.
0:18.9	On today's show, Doug talks with Benji Bakker, the founder of the American Conservation
0:24.4	Coalition, an environmentalist group started to give conservatives a voice within
0:29.5	environmental debates.
0:31.5	We also read your letters to the editor and share a good news story from friend of the
0:35.1	show, Janine Stang, about how this month you can honor a Korean war veteran on his
0:39.5	93rd birthday.
0:41.4	Before we get to today's show, we want to tell you about the most reliable source for global
0:46.7	economic data, the Heritage Index of Economic Freedom.
0:51.3	The Heritage Foundation Index of Economic Freedom ranks nearly every nation in the world,
0:55.7	according to its level of economic freedom.
0:58.4	Whether for personal or professional research, the index is a well of information.
1:03.4	Learn why it's easier to start a business in Switzerland than it is in France, and where
1:07.3	America falls on the ranking.
1:09.7	Visit heritage.org-index to explore the new 2021 Index of Economic Freedom, which features
1:17.1	interactive maps, country rankings, graphs of data, and much more.
1:21.4	Now stay tuned for today's show, coming up next.
1:31.1	My guest today is Benji Bakker, president and founder of the American Conservation Coalition,
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