Even in Coal Country, the Fight for an Industry

New York Times/Yahoo ^ | May 30, 2012 | Eric Lipton

[Ratman83]

The enviros have gone from Conservationists to rabid dirt-worshiping attack dogs with no sense of scientific reality.

You summed it up nicely, my wording would have got me banned. You were nice.

[Smokin' Joe]

Thanks. It isn’t what you write, it’s how you edit it. I write what I think sometimes, then go back and remove/replace terms which might not be appropriate. (8^D)

[Ratman83]

I have a faulty editor or I am too lazy to do it, take your pick.

[the_devils_advocate_666]

Do you think they'll really come out in support of him again?

[Eric in the Ozarks]

The Sierras’ next attack is on natural gas, which they previously thought was a godsend but now have decided is dirty. Every kind of hydrocarbon is targeted by these elitists, in favor of solar and wind.
Gas is America’s ace. They want to take it away.