First it was fluoridated water that was the root of all evil, originally for the Birchers, more lately for the Naderites. Then there was California's infamous Dihydrogen Monoxide panic of 2004. Nowadays, another liquid asset is cause for alarm, writes Tim Blair:

So, you like the bottled water, huh? Well, thanks for killing the planet, you landfill-clogging, petrochemical-burning, guzzle-mad Gaia haters!

To paraphrase Sir Humphrey, “Environmentalists like to panic, they need activity. It is their substitute for achievement.”