If the left were truly concerned about the environment, then they would be concerned about the lack the environmental controls of the Middle Eastern oil companies.
A good friend lived in Kuwait for over 4 years. He informed us that that the oil workers slop oil everywhere. They only deal with it when it becomes a safety issue. Then, their solution is to torch off the pool of oil, thus filling the sky with black smoke.
I was at a mine in Indonesia back in the early 90’s and have been saying the same thing ever since. If they were TRULY environmentalists they would let us dig for gold next to Yellowstone and drill for oil next to Caribou breeding grounds. (By the way, the Caribou are doing great near the pipeline that was designed and built taking in their migration, etc.).
And why - if it is the Caribou’s breeding grounds - we’re the ones getting screwed?
I guess I can hope that Bush during his last week could make an Exectutive Decision claiming that a million acres (or whatever the original plan was) of ANWAR must be set aside as a drilling refuge, and drilled and put into production as soon as possible if a company wishes to do so.
Clinton, locked out all of those coal fields in Utah(?) and made it some park - why can’t it go the other way? I’m serious. Setting an area aside for development of a natural resource that is vital to our defense and economy makes more sense than some park that very few people will ever see in a lifetime.