Environmental Movement Essay

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------------------------------------------------- Environmental movement in the United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 1970s U.S. postage stamp block In the United States today, the organized environmental movement is represented by a wide range of organizations sometimes called non-governmental organizations or NGOs. These organizations exist on local, national, and international scales. Environmental NGOs vary widely in political views and in the amount they seek to influence the environmental policy of the United States and other governments. The environmental movement today consists of both large national groups and also many smaller local groups with local concerns. Some resemble the old U.S. conservation movement - whose modern expression is the Nature Conservancy, Audubon Society and National Geographic Society - American organizations with a worldwide influence. Contents [hide] * 1 Scope of the movement * 2 History * 2.1 Conservation movement * 2.2 Progressive era * 2.3 New Deal * 2.4 Post 1945 * 2.4.1 Beginning of the modern movement * 2.4.2 Wilderness preservation * 2.4.3 Anti-nuclear movement * 2.4.4 Antitoxin Groups * 2.4.5 Federal legislation in the 1970s * 2.5 Renewed focus on local action * 2.6 "Post-Environmentalism" * 3 Environmental rights * 4 Role of science * 5 Criticisms of the Environmental Movement * 5.1 DDT * 5.2 Effectiveness * 5.3 Elitist * 5.4 Wilderness myth * 5.5 Debates within the movement * 6 Environmentalism and politics * 6.1 Radical environmentalism * 7 See also * 8 References * 9 Further reading * 10 External links | ------------------------------------------------- [edit]Scope of the movement The largest and most influential environmental organizations in the United States, according to

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