When Did Environmentalism Become So Political?

When you think of environmentalism, does Richard Nixon come to mind?

This is the face of an American environmentalist. Richard Nixon, former republican President of the United States. You see, not that long ago, environmentalism was a fairly bipartisan issue. But all that changed.

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