Saw an interesting documentary today on American Experiences about the environmental movement in America.
One thing I learned from it was how Reagan basically ruined the forward momentum we were making with environmental issues in America.
http://www.thedailygreen.com/print-this/presidents-worst-environmental-records-460808?page=all
Because of his legacy, lawmakers can’t even talk about environmentalism in this country without being called names, chastised for being anti-business, or ridiculed as being impractical.
If we had someone in the white house who embraced the progress Carter was making, and encouraged people to educate themselves, who knows what kind of world we could live in today.