Why is climate change so political?

In this Our Changing Climate environmental video essay, I take a brief look at why the environment has become such a partisan issue since the 1970s. Specifically, I look at how neoliberalism and free-market ideology has made environmental issues such as climate change into a republican vs. democrat issue. Neoliberalism sprouted up in the 1970s and with the rise of free-market neoliberal champions like Ronald Reagan and Margret Thatcher, environmental issues began to transform into issues about regulation.

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Resources:
1. The Bet by Paul Sabin (I highly recommend reading this one): http://amzn.to/2svHeWZ
2. WYNC’s How the Environment Got Political: http://www.wnyc.org/story/how-environment-got-political/
3. Who Politicized the Environment: https://newrepublic.com/article/128835/politicized-environment
4. The Politicization of Climate Change from 2001-2010: http://news.msu.edu/media/documents/2011/04/593fe28b-fbc7-4a86-850a-2fe029dbeb41.pdf
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