Brooke+Lockwood+RP+Post+5

Because I decided to switch the focus of my research from the rhetoric of the environmental movement to its evolution from the 1960s, I have recently come across a wide variety of both very general and very specific sources. At this point, I am trying to wade through a vast sea of information and pick out what I see as relevant. Thus far I have learned:
 * Post-1994, there has been increasing political polarization which has greatly affected the government's ability to install effective environmental legislation. In previous years, Democrats and Republicans were able to come together and support environmental bills (implementation of Clean Air Act, EPA)
 * Because of Republican reactionaries, some environmentalist Republicans have since registered as independents or Democrats (there appears to be a clear political/cultural issue: certain politicians are not representing the environmental beliefs of there constituents, but rather the financial interests of corporations that fund them)
 * Increasing move by big business to green up (good for economics)- WalMart (more efficient supply chains, cutting emissions from factories in China), MacDonalds (using less antibiotics in chicken), FedEx (using hybrid trucks)- collaboration between environmental consuling firms and corporations