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==Politics== | ==Politics== | ||
Until the 1990s, environmentalism was mainly a bipartisan concern. Republicans Richard Nixon (EPA, clean air act, clean water act etc) and Theodore Roosevelt (U.S Forest Service, etc) passed the most comprehensive environmental bills of our time with broad bipartisan congressional support. Other notable conservatives who spoke in favor of environmentalism include Margret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, Barry Goldwater, William Ruckelshaus, Gifford Pinchot, Russell Train, and Sherwood Boehlert. | Until the 1990s, environmentalism was mainly a bipartisan concern. Republicans Richard Nixon (EPA, clean air act, clean water act etc) and Theodore Roosevelt (U.S Forest Service, etc) passed the most comprehensive environmental bills of our time with broad bipartisan congressional support. Other notable conservatives who spoke in favor of environmentalism include Margret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, Barry Goldwater, William Ruckelshaus, Gifford Pinchot, Russell Train, and Sherwood Boehlert. | ||
Many if not most US conservatives turned against environmentalism starting in 1995 when Newt Gingrich became Speaker of the House. Newt found he could win races easier by opposing shut-down of traditional energy companies, taking inspiration from a local John Bircher Democrat who opposed the EPA and national parks and consistently won in West Georgia. | |||
== Environmentalism and the future == | == Environmentalism and the future == | ||