Red Tide Is Back, And So Is The Weak-Kneed Response

Red tide is natural occurring but made far worse by human activity. People choose lawns and green grass over healthy oceans. The more fertilizer and other harmful runoff ends up in the ocean, the more red tide flourishes. The Gulf Of Mexico already suffers from the heavy fertilizer and chemical load coming from agriculture and other sources. It suffers from the additional fertilizer and chemical load from millions of people that want to live near the coast, and that want perfect green grass no matter how damaging this is to the gulf.

Restricting the use of fertilizers and chemicals, especially in coastal areas, is too controversial for weak kneed politicians to stomach.