Exposing the Eco-Myths at the Rio Summit
Twenty years after the original Earth Summit (Eco 92), a diminished number of world leaders reconvened in Rio de Janeiro, from 20-22 June 2012, for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20). The earlier event promoted a radical ecological agenda based on many myths about the environment. At [the 2012] summit, the Plinio Corrêa …