We used to refer to legislators as minnows and whales. Giaimo and Byrd are whales.

The environmental movement is falling out of favor because it has steadily moved to the left, abandoning the conservatives who were originally sympathetic to the cause.

The contrast between PBS's celebration of the huge public events of the first Earth Day in 1970 with the sleepy affair it is today tells you what is wrong with today's environmentalism: it is stuck in the past.

Recent corporate environmentalism has been driven by economics, as companies seek financial savings.

Government in general is increasingly unable to attract, retain, and motivate the kinds of people it will need to do the essential work of the republic in the years and decades ahead.