It says: "Your tax-deductible contribution today will ____ us to fight for conservative principles like free enterprise, limited government, traditional American values, individual freedom and a strong national defense."(Underline is mine, to emphasize missing word).

I'm pretty sure that if you are trying to get donations as a think-tank or blog, you need to check for errors like that.

Many conservatives, such as myself, give thanks everyday for all of our blessings, including this wonderful planet and country. We don't need a holiday to do so. We respect the planet as God's creation and most of us treat it as gift from God; understanding that we are simply stewards over it. We understand the need to take care of it for our posterity.

A fundemental difference in the beliefs of conservatives and liberals is that conservatives do not put the planet or animals above the needs of people. Most conservatives also know that our heavens and earth are destined to both pass away and a new earth and heaven will be formed.

No matter what we do; we will not change what what is written in scripture and it is extremely arrogant to assume that we can.

And the worst environmental conditions on the planet were found in the old Soviet Union, the best bad example to date of what "people's democratic republics" can do in the name of the people.

However, the article doesn't connect lots of the dots in play here.

Most obvious is that lots of the countries still "ascending the Kuznets curve" are impacting their environments (and "the" environment) to produce goods and services for we sitting here with clean water and clear skies in the developed world. And that's just like the way NYC used to use NJ as its garbage dump for all the activities it didn't want taking place within its own borders for many decades.

There is also a real, if not fully quantifiable, chance that before all of us on the planet can afford to and choose to adopt sustainable resource utilization, we could cross various thresholds where some very negative and hard to reverse cycles could be triggered. The planet HAS had not only ice ages and greenhouse ages, but has been totally covered in ice for millions of years and been too hot for any land forms of life around today.

Something (not human activities, but something) has triggered these changes. Some also seem to have come on more rapidly than one might think. And the one unarguable thing long-term climate science can teach us is that the climate will change dramatically at some time(s) in the future for whatever reasons.

That alone, like studying how to track and deal with meteorites large enough to destroy us like the dinosaurs, is enough reason for the world to pursue robust (non-politicized) research into climatology, solar science and ecology.

While many on the environmental left are hysterical and driven by anti-capitalism, the best response for conservatives is not to go into denial either.

Resources (tho not their uses) are finite, while human demand is nigh infinite. So what's called for is not pretending otherwise, but embracing the science behind ecology and learning how to put it to productive use, making the world greener AND richer at the same time.

The businesses and societies which learn how to ever-more effectively manage environmental considerations while increasing wealth and prosperity for all in innovative ways are going to make a whole lot of profit and will be the leading businesses and nations of the future.

Conservatives, wake up – it's not too late to make Earth Day both something to celebrate and an issue we can take back and make our own.