Environmentalists Run Amok and Everyone Pays

1. Genetic engineering of edible crops and livestock along with synthetic pesticides and inorganic fertilizers have saved hundreds of millions worldwide from starving over the past couple of decades. Yet, the extreme environmentalists continue to be hostile to such technology since it doesn't meet their standard of "green".
2. Extreme environmentalists aided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (government environmentalists) have caused a man-made drought in the San Joaquin Valley, California, in order to protect a local species of fish (the delta smelt). They have used the Endangered Species Act to prevent sufficient irrigation in the San Joaquin Valley during a drought. The drought has cost millions in lost crops, created huge unemployment and naturally contributes to an increase in the cost of food.
3. Environmentalists have campaigned against offshore drilling for oil and drilling in the Alaska ANWR region when the security of this nation and its economic viability is to a large extent in the hands of countries that are our enemies; 60% of petroleum is imported. This will keep the cost of gasoline high for a decade.
4. Environmentalists, and self-serving investors like Al Gore who will profit greatly from restrictions on emissions in generating electricity, continue to push for highly restrictive rules on carbon dioxide emissions while they push for "green" energy generation of electricity that is about five times more costly than coal (which accounts for about 50% of the electricity in this country). It is estimated that an Al Gore version of the "Cap and Trade" bill, if enforced, could cost the U.S. about $2 trillion over eight years.
When will some sanity and balance be restored to a concern for the environment and the life and economic well-being of people?