Question Earthority!

I’ve always thought so. Brian Holtz thinks so, too. See the EcoLibertarianism Wiki for more on his framing of the idea. This week’s backgrounder is the draft EcoLibertarian Manifesto from that site.

Holtz leans heavily toward the “geolibertarian” school, which parts ways with other schools of libertarianism on the theory of property in land (e.g. George v. Locke). He also advocates Fred E. Foldvary’s “green tax shift.” I suspect that many libertarians will consider both of these items unattractive, or even entirely un-libertarian. Might as well start that argument, though.