Executive summary: Partisanship has been detrimental to the environmental movement, leading to decreased public support, difficulty passing legislation, and inconsistent executive actions.
Key points:
Polling data shows that as partisanship increased starting in the 1990s, overall public support for environmental issues declined.
The frequency of major environmental legislation being passed decreased significantly once the issue became partisan.
International environmental treaties stopped being ratified unanimously and some were not ratified at all as partisanship grew.
Executive actions on environmental issues fluctuate with the political party in power, leading to inconsistent policies.
The environmental movement was most successful in the 1960s-80s when it had bipartisan support.
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Executive summary: Partisanship has been detrimental to the environmental movement, leading to decreased public support, difficulty passing legislation, and inconsistent executive actions.
Key points:
Polling data shows that as partisanship increased starting in the 1990s, overall public support for environmental issues declined.
The frequency of major environmental legislation being passed decreased significantly once the issue became partisan.
International environmental treaties stopped being ratified unanimously and some were not ratified at all as partisanship grew.
Executive actions on environmental issues fluctuate with the political party in power, leading to inconsistent policies.
The environmental movement was most successful in the 1960s-80s when it had bipartisan support.
This comment was auto-generated by the EA Forum Team. Feel free to point out issues with this summary by replying to the comment, and contact us if you have feedback.