To be fair, environmentalists did do some good in America. The Cuyahoga River is a good example of this. The problem is where some of their efforts have since gone.
Nevertheless, they have done some good here.
Never understood why I can’t be conservative AND worry about air and water pollution.
You’re right - I should have kept things in perspective.
The environmental advocates did do quite a bit of good. I hear, for example, that in the 70’s Lake Erie was so bad someone put a match to it and it actually burned. Many horror stories from that period, which is likely why President Nixon had little choice but to authorized the creation of the EPA.
I think it’s absolutely consistent with being conservative to desire a clean environment. Years ago I heard Michael Savage say as much. No thinking person wants to drink contaminated water or breathe polluted air. Jobs and a clean environment need not be mutually exclusive.
And since we’re being fair, the EPA never would have been necessary if corporations and everyday citizens had been doing the right thing with waste all along.