Conservatives,
Prosperity, freedom and a clean environment go together.
When society prospers, we create the means necessary to protect the environment.
When our economy falters, nature suffers.
Government regulators should understand this, but sadly, the radical eco-leftists who have entrenched themselves over at EPA and other agencies have it backwards.
Last week EPA announced that it would trigger a rarely used aspect of the Clean Water Act in a way which could stymie what is potentially the world's largest copper mine, Alaska's "Pebble Project." As one friend asked CFACT via Facebook, "where are logic and common sense?" The goal for government should be to find the smart path which allows society to both obtain the resources it needs and protect the environment at the same time. Failing that, both people and the environment suffer.
Can the Obama administration get away with simultaneously demanding that we lay thousands of miles of copper wire to connect inefficient, subsidized, solar and wind projects to a grid which wasn't designed for them, and block copper mining at the same time? It appears that in Washington common sense is the scarce resource.
The hard eco-left is orchestrating massively expensive campaigns designed to push hysteria over science. They want to stop hydraulic fracturing and the Keystone XL pipeline, despite their economic benefits and proven records of environmental cleanliness.
Thanks to everyone who did their part and signed CFACT's petition to the State Department to approve Keystone XL. We can only make a difference if we work together. Many thousands of our friends stepped up and proved we can do it.
The official public comment period on Keystone closed this week, but the court of public opinion remains open.
Keep on speaking up and educating the public.
We'll supply the facts.
For nature and people too,
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