Coastal Protection Turned into Reefer Madness

Environmentalists to thank for yet another eco-tastrophe.

By Dan Gainor

Off the coast of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, two million old tires are pounding into reefs, destroying the ecosystem and littering the shoreline. It’s an environmentalist catastrophe.

That’s right – environmentalist. This disaster might as well be sponsored by your favorite left-wing environmental group. Do-gooders launched this project back in 1972 to save the oceans, spawn fish and rid the earth of mountains of tires that posed health and fire hazards.

Only it didn’t quite work that way. Environmentalists and their usual fans in the media are whispering a collective “oops.” Read on.