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Don't ever see references to this posted here, so here's one I got this afternoon. I've cut it off after a couple of introductory paragraphs- if you want more, there's info at the end =======================Electronic Edition======================== . . . RACHEL'S ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH NEWS #744 . . ---February 14, 2002--- . . HEADLINES: . . The Environmental Movement -- Part 4 . . REBUILDING THE MOVEMENT TO WIN . . ========== . . Environmental Research Foundation . . P.O. Box 5036, Annapolis, MD 21403 . . Fax (410) 263-8944; E-mail: erf@rachel.org . . ========== . The Environmental Movement--Part 4 REBUILDING THE MOVEMENT TO WIN The environmental movement is a huge, powerful political force that would appear to be unstoppable. In 30 short years it has (1) passed a dozen pieces of national legislation, creating a government regulatory system that its adversaries dubbed "command and control;" (2) forced corporations to reveal each year that they routinely dump millions of tons of cancer-causing chemicals into our common property (our air and water); (3) launched a very fundamental critique of the entire industrial enterprise, that it is not "sustainable;" and even (4) challenged the bedrock idea that all human activities add up to "progress." Furthermore, by publicizing evidence of environmental damage, the environmental movement has gained the support of most of the public. Large majorities of the public -- at least two thirds -- when asked, say they want the environment protected, even at considerable expense.[1] Yet despite these phenomenal successes and the political power of these issues, in recent years anti-environment forces have gained the upper hand. Progress toward environmental protection has stalled and in some instances slid backward. In Washington, the environmental movement has been on the defensive, really, since Ronald Reagan took office in 1980. Things improved only marginally during the Clinton/Gore years. ================================================================= . Back issues are available from http://www.rachel.org . . To start your own free subscription, send E-mail to . . listserv@lists.rachel.org with the words . . SUBSCRIBE RACHEL-NEWS YOUR FULL NAME in the message. . . The Rachel newsletter is now also available in Spanish; . . to learn how to subscribe in Spanish, send the word . . AYUDA in an E-mail message to info@rachel.org. . ================================================================= -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- SUST-MAR TIP: messages to sust-mar must be plain text format (no HTML) -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
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