The Greens Are Fading

Despite their best efforts and those of their political and academic allies, the well-funded Green Movement is being marginalized — and this decline is likely to continue.

In fact, the Green movement has found itself in a bit of an environmental crisis. According to Gallup's annual Earth Day Poll, environmental issues are next to last on the list of people's major concerns, finishing just above race relations. More telling, 44 percent of those polled said that the economic concerns should take precedence over protection of .....