Reblogged from When Worlds Collide, by Nalaka Gunawardene:
Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today Sunday newspaper on 8 July 2012
Sometimes well-meaning yet ill-informed environmentalists can be their own worst enemy. By barking up the wrong tree, they distort public sentiments and even affect policy responses.
Take air pollution in Sri Lanka, for example. For decades, the greens have vilified factories as the principal source.

