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This essay comes from the book ENERGY: Overdevelopment and the Delusion of Endless Growth published by the Foundation for Deep Ecology in collaboration with Watershed Media and Post Carbon Institute.
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Regulatory Illusion – Brian Horejsi
Brian L. Horejsi is a wildlife scientist with a PhD from the University of Calgary and a BS in forestry from the University of Montana. Formerly a range management forester for the Alberta Forest Service, he has conducted studies of grizzly and black bears, bighorn sheep, moose, and caribou, and for more than two decades he has beena conservation biology consultant and activist focused on preserving biological diversity. He lives in the Rocky Mountain foothills.
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