An argument you can't win.(EDITOR'S NOTE)

For as long as I can remember, metal producers have been making admirable efforts to be recognized as environmentally responsible. Do these efforts have any effect on their image?

For example, Republic Engineered Products recently announced it has joined the National Vehicle Mercury Switch Recovery Program, a voluntary effort by automakers, steelmakers, and their industry groups to organize and standardize the removal of contaminants from steel scrap before it is processed and remelted. Republic is doing the responsible and sensible thing, because mercury is among vario