John Berlau

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John Berlau is a Washington, D.C.–based journalist and author who is currently director of the Center for Entrepreneurship at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a think tank. Berlau's book, Eco-Freaks: Environmentalism Is Hazardous to Your Health, (ISBN 1595550674) was published in 2006 by Nelson Current.

In the book, which is highly critical of the environmentalist movement, Berlau writes: "America . . . is still mighty prosperous, but environmentalism is putting us on the brink of danger as well. As technology after technology that our grandparents put in place is being banned, and new technologies never even come to market, we risk a public-health disaster. Environmentalists have promoted all sorts of doomsday scenarios about population explosions and massive cancer crises from pesticides that have been shown to be false. But now, because we have done away with so many useful products based on those scares, we are in danger of an old-fashion doomsday returning, because we've lost what protected us from the wrath of nature. Indeed, as we will see throughout this book, public health hazards caused by environmental policies are already on the scene."

Berlau is known for attacking various parts of the US government, such as the IRS and Department of Homeland Security. He takes the position that anyone who is a "public figure" needs to submit to being interviewed by journalists, and this has made him unpopular with some, as has the fact that he lacks any real world business management experience, but runs a center dedicated to promoting entrepreneurship