RobertBuzzanco-TheStruggleForAmerica-NunnMcginty(2019)

Power, Lost and Found: America At Century’s End 507 floated their currencies too and began printing more money, which led to inf ...

508 ChaPter^10 ing from the West to restore American power, rescue us all, and bring back the “old” America that had so successf ...

Power, Lost and Found: America At Century’s End 509 lution, it seemed, were no longer problems to be fixed by local and state go ...

510 ChaPter^10 weapons testing. The fallout poisoned grass, which was then eaten by cows that were later consumed by the America ...

Power, Lost and Found: America At Century’s End 511 Dramatic episodes of air and water pollution, a new knowledge of the effects ...

512 ChaPter^10 wanted their children safe, their drinking water clean, and the ability to enjoy natural beauty on outdoor vacati ...

Power, Lost and Found: America At Century’s End 513 Their cause became public on April 22d, 1970, also known as the first Earth ...

514 ChaPter^10 ness interests. The country now witnessed a flood of federal laws to protect air, water, drinking water, and mana ...

Power, Lost and Found: America At Century’s End 515 trayed as a nightmare, simply involved moderate limits on carbon monoxide, b ...

516 ChaPter^10 dent had to do something to save his reputation. Although Reagan’s political ideologies remained the same, the pr ...

Power, Lost and Found: America At Century’s End 517 supporters—especially the wealthy business elites—to view him as a defender ...

518 ChaPter^10 ly supported commodity extraction. Soon, environmental policy went down- hill. Restrictions on logging were lifte ...

Power, Lost and Found: America At Century’s End 519 fossil fuels as quickly and cheaply as possible with no concern for the ecos ...

520 ChaPter^10 larly China. The Obama administration continued to partner with Bowie Resources to subsidize U.S. coal below mark ...

Power, Lost and Found: America At Century’s End 521 rioration of environmentalism and environmental policy. In many ways, Downs ...

522 ChaPter^10 included multi-million acre nature preserves across the country. The group travelled in a Volkswagen bus from nor ...

Power, Lost and Found: America At Century’s End 523 victims could fill out loan applications via the Internet. It was doubtful t ...

524 ChaPter^10 disruption of speeches. Recent initiatives include the formation of the Tar Sands Blockade campaign to disrupt ...

Power, Lost and Found: America At Century’s End 525 the mid-1970s, fell to less than 2 million; a barrel of oil had cost about $ ...

526 ChaPter^10 nomics.” His followers called them “Reaganomics.” It unleashed the forces of private enterprise to new levels, pe ...