I was a young liberal in the 1980s when this happened and I remember this groundswell very clearly, when the environmental movement went from pro-environment to anti-conservative, anti-Christian, anti-Reagan.
It was especially notable in the National Geographic Society. The famous magazine, National Geographic, looked the same but the reading content became nothing more than leftist drivel and honored everything EXCEPT pro-Western, pro-Judeo-Christian, pro-American notions of life, business, culture, etc.
Following a very conservative line of thinking she began investigating ‘her groups’ only to find out the money often never made it to where it was supposed to go. She stopped contributions and looked for new groups who would best utilize her money. I give her a lot of credit for realizing it was her money they were using. Too bad that line of thinking never made to the issue of taxes contributed to the government.
Like her I agree that we need a clean environment, but look at the wackiness of the environmental movement and am stunned.
One of my most vehement fights lately has been over the use of CFLs. Challenge one of the folks about the disposal of these bulbs or do they know what to do if they break? And watch their heads literally explode.
It is sad that the left has poisoned the once exciting field of science and discovery.
It is sad that these days I have to caution my kids about the leftist agenda in things like articles on cave exploration, birds, Antarctica, biology, botony, and medicine.
Whatever happened to science for the sake of science and academic advancement?