If the checks and balances are working so well, why are so many salmon and steelhead runs extinct? The issue here is this administration trying to roll back checks and balances developed by concerned politicians from Nixon to Bush Sr.

This is NOT about electric power. It is about unnecessary exploitation of our last wilderness areas in an effort to develop relativly minor amounts of gas and oil.

Yes most of us live a lifestyle that could be better suited to protecting our environment, but that does not mean we should abandon all regard for the environment. Life is NOT an all or nothing concern. We can drive a car and still support better mileage standards. We can use electricity and still switch to more efficient light bulbs, support wind and solar, etc. All humans are hypocrites, but we can still try to make a diffrence..

If you want to try to understand the issue, you can read more here: http://www.ourforests.org/localreports/