DrChaos, do not confuse policy action with a lack of an agenda. Just because a group stresses a change in policy does not mean that they don’t have an angle. Everyone has an angle. Not only is there money to be made in research, but also in various other forms of environmental studies such as EIRs, EISs, and the like. Again, I am not saying that these are bad, per se. I am just saying that like engineers who look to benefit from roads being built, there are also environmentalists also looking to ensure that the environment is not adversely affected.