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What the Greens really seek, with increasing success, is to dictate the very parameters of your daily life--where you can live, what transportation you can use, what you can eat, and even how many children you can have.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCiting the tactics and goals of Green groups as explained by their own activists and leaders, Green Hell demonstrates:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* How Green pressure campaigns threaten the safety of your home and your car, and public health overall\u003cbr\u003e* Why the election of President Obama portends a giant leap forward for coercive Green policies\u003cbr\u003e* Why Greens obstruct the use of all forms of energy--even the renewable sources they tout to the public\u003cbr\u003e* How wealthy Green elites stand to profit fabulously from the restrictions and regulations they seek to impose on the rest of us\u003cbr\u003e* How Green pressure campaigns are hamstringing the military and endangering our national security\u003cbr\u003e* Why big business is not only knuckling under to the Greens, but is aggressively promoting the green agenda to the detriment of its own stockholders\u003cbr\u003e* What you can do to help stop the great Green machine\u003cbr\u003eA one-of-a-kind, comprehensive takedown of the entire environmental movement, Green Hell will open your eyes to a looming threat to our economy, our civil liberties, and the entire American way of life.","brand":"Steven Milloy","offers":[{"title":"Hardback Cloth over boards","offer_id":42427205517472,"sku":"9781596985858","price":10.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8637\/5072\/files\/BNCImageAPI_d2f9cfca-d8d0-4c27-b309-579b3e1727cb.jpg?v=1723397104"}],"url":"https:\/\/rivendell-books.com\/collections\/current-affairs-politics.oembed?page=12","provider":"Rivendell Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}