Friday, April 29, 2011

Environmental laws being attacked with unseen fury, let us fight in support of them with even more furious resolve!

As i read the papers over the last weeks i have observed a very strong trend in both US and European Governments to begin to scrap or just neuter almost every environmental protection law on the books.

Laws that have been working to maintain drinking water quality, air quality, river and forest land integrity are being attacked in the name of not wanting to put undo stress on businesses in this time of economic malaise. How short sighted can we be?

We are willing to allow our leaders to discuss the dismantling of over 30 years of environmental protections? I hope we make these Republican politicians pay a price with their jobs for attacking the planet and its ability to clean itself from the mess we make.

Our natural lands and quality of air and water need to be protected even more today, not less. Please lets keep the pressure up to make sure that the budget cuts don't undercut the most important things, protecting the integrity and cleanliness and longevity of our natural forests and parks.

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