The Public Eye, June 1993 cover

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The Public Eye, June 1993

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The Wise Use Movement

Right-Wing Anti-Environmentalism
A red and white sign that says "capitalism is killing the planet!"

In the last days of the 1992 presidential campaign, George Bush Sr. denounced “environmental extremists” who sought to lock up natural resources and destroy the American way of life. At the heart of this imagined green conspiracy was the “Ozone Man…

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Environmental Justice Grassroots Constituencies Criticize the Movement

A protestor's hand holding a sign that says, "Climate Justice Now!"

For many years, the large, mainstream environmental organizations such as The Audubon Society, the Wilderness Society, and the Sierra Club exercised hegemony over the environmental debate in legislation, the media, and publishing. In the 1980s and…

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