Earth Day has lost its edge and, with that, the sense that a different world is possible. Even more than in 1970, what’s needed now is an outpouring that organizes itself—with millions of people and, for good measure, some stinky dead fish in the streets. Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala
Kolbert crystallizes the relationship between government and the public regarding the importance of environmental stewardship. Great background on Earth Day's past glory, along with polling data about the environment's priority in the minds of Americans today.
Polls show that voters regard the environment in general, and climate change in particular, as, at best, middling concerns. In a recent survey, the Pew Research Center asked Americans about their priorities for Congress and the new President. “Dealing with global warming” ranked at the bottom of a list of twenty choices, far below “strengthening the nation’s economy” and “reducing health-care costs,” and even below dealing with unspecified “global trade issues.”
