America’s Right goes green

There is a conventional view that partisans of the Right have little time for environmental issues.

The stereotype paints the Left as “tree-huggers” of a liberal persuasion in contrast to the All-American patriot who associates big vehicles with the very essence of the US of A.

It ain’t true.

People at the heart of two constituencies crucial to President Bush are expressing concern about the environment.

Some Christian groups have said for some time that caring for the earth is caring for what they see as God’s creation.

Now some neo-conservatives, not necessarily Christian, are also sounding alarm bells about gas-guzzling vehicles on “national security” grounds.

BBC