When it comes to balancing environmental protection with economic development, the facts sometimes got lost in the rhetoric.  Despite what environmental extremists would have you believe, environmental quality is actually improving - and it's industry that is leading the way.

"As this report and others like it have explored for more than a decade, environmental improvement in the United States has been substantial and dramatic, almost across the board. The chief drivers of this improvement are economic growth, constantly increasing resource efficiency, technological innovation in pollution control, and the deepening of environmental values among the American public."

-- Steven Hayward, 2008 Index of Leading Environmental Indicators

One of the goals of Citizens for Sound Conservation is to help filter out misinformation so that logic - not emotion - is the deciding factor when making important policy decisions.  Emotional arguments have their place, but when it comes to the environment and the economy, sound science and proven facts must be the predominant factors.  These pages will provide those facts.