Earth Week Message from the Georgia YRs

As Republicans, it is incumbent on us not to yield the issue of which party is better suited to protect the environment to the Democrats. The history of the Republican Party parallels the history of the environmental movement in America from the beginning of the National Park system under Teddy Roosevelt to the creation of the EPA under Richard Nixon. We are reminded that the word “conservation” comes from the same root as “conservative.”

As Republicans, we don’t have to buy into the leftist hysteria of “Global Warming” or the new moniker of “Climate Change” to do our duty to protect our natural resources for future generations of Americans. Furthermore, as Republicans, we understand that the responsibility to protect the environment does not begin or end with government, but with ourselves. The new Eco-Communism espoused by Al Gore, liberal college professors and researchers, the United Nations, the Hollywood elite is about politics, not about the environment. As Republicans, we understand that doing what’s right does not always mean needing a political agenda behind the motivation.

On this Earth Day, the Georgia Young Republicans ask you to show some of that good, old fashion rugged individualism as you do your individual part to protect the Creation to which God has given us stewardship over. Below are some ideas on how to do exactly that.