Original sentence: In 2004, with all three branches of the United States government in the hands of Republicans (who are mostly pro big business and thus anti-environmental), and sonme environmentalists feeling powerless to make the  U.address the global warming crisis, many environmentalists started questioning whether “environmentalism” -- as it was conceived 40 years ago -- is still a useful moral, intellectual and political framework
Edited sentence: With all three branches of the United States government firmly in the hands of anti-environmental extremists, and environmentalists powerless to win U.action to address the global warming crisis, many environmentalists in 2004 started questioning whether “environmentalism” -- as it was conceived 40 years ago -- is still a useful moral, intellectual and political framework