Mercury Laden Clouds-Poetic Justice

There is a poetic justice when mercury laden clouds head toward masses of Republican voters in Nevada and Utah. Hopefully this threat to their children and their unborn and others will cause them to rethink their support for a party that will never choose the environment over making money. This AP story is especially poetic due to the fact that the cloud emanates from gold mining operations which were exempted from EPA mercury emission laws.

The Great Lakes are in trouble again; the Hudson River, once cleaned up, is now going downhill again. Farm raised fish are not adviseable. Quietly, but, increasingly, the burning of tires is a growing practice, sending even more heavy metals and other pollutants into the air. On this issue their is agreement between the Green Party and the Democratic Party as both oppose the Republican's increasing laissez faire approach to the environment.