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'''Environmentalists''' are people who profess concern about protecting the environment and believe that legal limitations should be put on human use of the Earth's natural environment and resources. However, 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''' are people who profess concern 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 causes engage in political debate and are often attached to political causes. <ref>[http://www.attacreport.com/ar_terror/tframe.php?region=namerica&group=gp ATTAC Terror Report]</ref>

==Save the trees==

==Save the trees==

In a continuing series called "No Impact man," ABC television's ''Good Morning America'' reports on Colin Beaven, <ref>[http://noimpactman.typepad.com/ ''A little on political action, a little on TP''], NO Impact Man, 11 may 2007.</ref> a liberal New Yorker and environmentalist so concerned about exploitation of the environment that he has sworn off the use toilet paper. Beaven has extended his [[crusade]] against despoiling the planet by refusing to buy anything in packaging, will not use any form of transportation including  elevators, and insists that all his food be grown within 250 miles, which is a great way to reduce green house gas emmissions involved in the transportation of food.  Interviewer [[Diane Sawyer]] responded, "It really makes sense to me." <ref>''Good Morning America,'' Family Goes Extreme Green for a Year, May. 10, 2007.</ref>  In the June update installment, [[Chris Cuomo]], son of former New York Governor [[Mario Cuomo]] and younger brother of Clinton cabinent appointee and current New York State Attorney General [[Andrew Cuomo]], and a [[Kennedy]] in-law, confessed a  personal inability to make the sacrifices necessary, "can't go without it...can't be that green." <ref>http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=3314122</ref>

In a continuing series called "No Impact man," ABC television's ''Good Morning America'' reports on Colin Beaven, <ref>[http://noimpactman.typepad.com/ ''A little on political action, a little on TP''], NO Impact Man, 11 may 2007.</ref> a liberal New Yorker and environmentalist so concerned about exploitation of the environment that he has sworn off the use toilet paper. Beaven has extended his [[crusade]] against despoiling the planet by refusing to buy anything in packaging, will not use any form of transportation including  elevators, and insists that all his food be grown within 250 miles, which is a great way to reduce green house gas emmissions involved in the transportation of food.  Interviewer [[Diane Sawyer]] responded, "It really makes sense to me." <ref>''Good Morning America,'' Family Goes Extreme Green for a Year, May. 10, 2007.</ref>  In the June update installment, [[Chris Cuomo]], son of former New York Governor [[Mario Cuomo]] and younger brother of Clinton cabinent appointee and current New York State Attorney General [[Andrew Cuomo]], and a [[Kennedy]] in-law, confessed a  personal inability to make the sacrifices necessary, "can't go without it...can't be that green." <ref>http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=3314122</ref>

In June 2007 residents of Lake Tohoe California were furious at environmentalists and the grip they hold on government regulators who refused to allow the clearing of dead trees. 1,300 homes sustained damage, and the newly homeless victims blamed the special interest environmentalists for thier woes.  

One issue of debate within the environmental movement deals with policies and ideas that could have detrimental effects on large communities. One such area deals with de-forestation, particularly with regards to dead material that can provide fuel for forest firest. In June of 2007, this issue erupted after a large forest fire in the Tahoe Basin, which could be associated with years worth of dead fuel which had not been able to be cleared away. The fire erupted in large losses to private property.  

The amount of fuel in the Tahoe Basin reached critical levels after years of discord among environmentalists and government agencies over how to thin forests and reduce the fire threat. And it has led to predictions of a devastating wildfire because the basin is one of the areas with the most fire starts in the Sierra Nevada. <ref>[http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-clearance26jun26,0,2914697.story?coll=la-home-center Crowd aims fury at regional panel], Land use agency is criticized for failing to allow adequate clearing of combustible materials. By Eric Bailey and J. Michael Kennedy, ''Los Angelas Times'', June 26, 2007.</ref>

The amount of fuel in the Tahoe Basin reached critical levels after years of discord among environmentalists and government agencies over how to thin forests and reduce the fire threat. This has led to predictions of a devastating wildfire because the basin is one of the areas with the most fire starts in the Sierra Nevada. <ref>[http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-clearance26jun26,0,2914697.story?coll=la-home-center Crowd aims fury at regional panel], Land use agency is criticized for failing to allow adequate clearing of combustible materials. By Eric Bailey and J. Michael Kennedy, ''Los Angelas Times'', June 26, 2007.</ref>

==Animal rights and vegetarians==

==Animal rights and vegetarians==