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"Created in 1967 by a small band of lawyers seeking to ban DDT, EDF ['''Environmental Defense Fund'''] evolved into George Bush's favorite environmental group. The group is the premier advocate of market-oriented solutions to environmental problems. EDF was a cheerleader for [[NAFTA]], and gets excited about pollution credits, emissions trading systems and user fees for recreational use of public lands. It hosts the [[Barbra Streisand ]] Chair of Environmental Studies, the perch of scientist [[Michael Oppenheimer]], who advocates buying up development rights in the Third World as a solution to global climate change. EDF convinced McDonalds in 1991 to reform its solid-waste disposal practices and to move from Styrofoam to paper packaging (but remained mum on quality of food, ecologically destructive ranching practices and abusive treatment of animals and workers.) In cooperation with major timber companies, the group developed a 'paper-use task force,' whose recommendations discreetly ignored sustainable alternatives to paper such as industrial hemp and kenaf. Inc. magazine praised president [[Fred Krupp]] for his ability to 'speak capitalism.' "<ref>Jeffrey St. Clair and Bernardo Issel, [http://www.lightparty.com/Economic/EnvMovement.html "A Field Guide to the Environmental Movement," ''In These Times'', Jul. 28, 1997.</ref>