UN says growing pollution threatens recovery of damaged reefs

Thanks for the second.

21 posted on 10/19/2006 12:29:46 PM PDT by cogitator

I agree with you 100% here. Though I think farmers have a right to defend their livestock, completely eliminating a species is not good at all.

22 posted on 10/19/2006 12:49:29 PM PDT by proud_yank (Socialism - An Answer In Search Of A Question For Over 100 Years)

No kidding. Liberals come out against trashing nature and to some people, that makes turning the world into one big dump a conservative value. It isn't.

Reflexive opposition to the message bearer instead of a position that stands on its own merits should be left to Dingy Harry and the rest of the congressional socialists.

I think that conservation, and environmental stewardship are important values, and conservative values too.

The problem I have with the 'environmental movement' is that it has become a 'socialist movement'. These people, especially the UN, use environmental matters as a means to power and control. It is quite obvious with Kyoto too, which was well established as a wealth redistribution scheme that would do nothing to reduce emissions. The UN's very own IPCC is a political body, not a scientific one. I do not give them any credibility at all, as it is likely something very vague and designed only to benefit that group.

Furthermore, many of the policies put forward by environmentalists generally do much to harm people, and produce a negative impact environmentally.

There is nothing I love more than spending my time outside, and you can look on my FR page at some of the things I enjoy doing. Anymore, listening to environmentalists does little more than cause a migraine.

23 posted on 10/19/2006 12:56:31 PM PDT by proud_yank (Socialism - An Answer In Search Of A Question For Over 100 Years)

Actually, there is a real danger to coral reefs, but it's mostly from the murky water caused by agricultural runoff. Water temperatures a few degrees higher won't kill coral - it actually makes a lot of species really flourish.

24 posted on 10/19/2006 12:58:28 PM PDT by AirForceBrat23

To: AirForceBrat23

Actually, there is a real danger to coral reefs, but it's mostly from the murky water caused by agricultural runoff.

Untreated sewage directly discharged into the coastal waters is also a problem, especially for many tropical countries (i.e., Third World) where the reefs occur offshore. Growing urban coastal populations exacerbate this problem.

25 posted on 10/19/2006 1:07:00 PM PDT by cogitator

Indonesian dynamite fisherman don't help reef recovery either.

26 posted on 10/19/2006 1:07:50 PM PDT by Rb ver. 2.0

We should make an artificial reef out of the UN.

27 posted on 10/19/2006 1:09:53 PM PDT by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)

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