"Tree hugger? What are these 'tree-huggers' of which you speak?"
You know, for people who apparently don't exist, they sure make a lot of noise in this society.
I live in California, and not a year goes by when some obscure offshoot of an insect or something isn't used as a weapon to get "those damn corporations."
Right now, billions of barrels of oil sit in the ground in Alaska because of people who think a possible annoyance to two herds of caribou outweigh the financial and security implications of developing our own local sources of oil.