http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2009/2/26/9464/79373
...the peak of environmental protest was the surge of Greenpeace USA led actions in the early 1980s.
...the peak of environmental protest was the surge of Greenpeace USA led actions in the early 1980s.
The strength of public commitment to environmental action and climate crisis intervention (as opposed to the breadth of public opinion, a fickle product of ADD mass-media news cycles) is directly proportional to our conviction and moral clarity -- for which protest, or the lack thereof, serves as a convenient civic barometer. Without thinking about it, most Americans gauge how bad things are by whether there are people in the streets (or Zodiacs).
