Rachel Carson wrote Silent Spring at her summer home in Maine Environmental policy may be understood in four ways. Examples of grassroots organizations include SOCN , Friends of the Jerome Park Reservoir, the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, and the Southeast Alaska Conservation Council.
Interest Groups are active in the area.
David Brower has led three of them. Much opposition to environmental protection comes from industry. The League of Conservation Voters keeps a scorecard. The Green Party, a small third party, has nominated Ralph Nader to run for president in 2000. Governmental Procedures influence policy.