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'''Environmentalists''' refers to people who claim to be concerned about protecting the environment and believe that legal limitations should be put on human use of the Earth's natural environment and resources. Many environmental organizations and movements have been used for political purposes with other objectives than direct concern for the environment or environmentalism. <ref>[http://www.attacreport.com/ar_terror/tframe.php?region=namerica&group=gp ATTAC Terror Report]</ref>

'''Environmentalists''' refers to people who claim to be concerned about protecting the environment and believe that legal limitations should be put on human use of the Earth's natural environment and resources. Some environmental organizations and movements have been accused of being used for political purposes with other objectives than direct concern for the environment or environmentalism. <ref>[http://www.attacreport.com/ar_terror/tframe.php?region=namerica&group=gp ATTAC Terror Report]</ref>

==Save the trees==

==Save the trees==

==Worship of Gaia==

==Worship of Gaia==

[[Michael Crichton]] argues that the environmentalist movement has taken on a new age religious philosophy, and that this belief system is considered to be the religion of choice for urban [[Atheism|atheists]] and is one of the most powerful religions in the Western World:

[[Michael Crichton]] argues that the environmentalist movement has taken on a new age religious philosophy, and that this belief system is considered to be the religion of choice for urban [[Atheism|atheists]] and is one of the most powerful religions in the Western World:

<ref>Michael Crichton, [http://www.crichton-official.com/speeches/speeches_quote05.html Environmentalism as Religion]," Commonwealth Club, San Francisco, CA, September 15, 2003. </ref>

<ref>Michael Crichton, [http://www.crichton-official.com/speeches/speeches_quote05.html Environmentalism as Religion]," Commonwealth Club, San Francisco, CA, September 15, 2003. </ref>