The radical environmental establishment and their allies in government and in the mainstream media know how to fight with all the means at their disposal. As a California state lawmaker, I can vouch for this fact firsthand. My own experience in fighting the leftwing environmental lobby has resulted in a “long train of abuses,” to use a phrase from the Declaration of Independence. It began when I visited with California Department of Parks and Recreation employees at Crystal Cove State Park in my district just days after being sworn into office in December 2004. I asked questions of Parks staff...