Look at all the great things that happen when you let Republicans take control:
ScienceDaily (July 22, 2008) — If you are living in the eastern United States, the environment around you is being harmed by air pollution. From Adirondack forests and Shenandoah streams to Appalachian wetlands and the Chesapeake Bay, a new report by the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies and The Nature Conservancy has found that air pollution is degrading every major ecosystem type in the northeastern and mid-Atlantic United States.
The report, Threats From Above: Air Pollution Impacts on Ecosystems and Biological Diversity in the Eastern United States, is the first to analyze the large-scale effects that four air pollutants are having across a broad range of habitat types. The majority of recent studies focus on one individual pollutant. Over 32 experts contributed to the effort; the prognosis is not good.
“Everywhere we looked, we found evidence of air pollution harming natural resources,” comments Dr. Gary M. Lovett, an ecologist at the Cary Institute and the lead author of the report. “Decisive action is needed if we plan on preserving functioning ecosystems for future generations.”
actually, that’s been going on for a long time. One of my best buddies works for the Nature Conservancy in Virginia, and he was complainign about this all the way back to the Clinton Administration.
I’m sure it’s gotten worse under Bush, but Bill Clinton’s administration was not easy on the environment either.
It’s not just the GOP being in charge (although the anti-lifers certainly deserve the lion’s share of the blame), it’s the Democratic Party failing to act as an opposition party.