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cord-347140-q8qis03p	Dietz, Thomas	Earth Day: 50 Years of Continuity and Change in Environmentalism	2020-04-17		.txt	text/plain	2463	146	49	The first Earth Day took place on April 22 in the midst of this instability, and its campaigns and the environmental movement it birthed were inevitably influenced by the politics of the time. Although the event was heavily influenced by the US politics of the time, from an environmental perspective Earth Day crystallized the convergence of several themes that would define environmentalism for the decades that followed. In the case of climate change, although the proportion of the public who are concerned has increased over the last decade, a strong ideological split between Democrats and Republicans persists. Thus, as in 1970, we need to find ways to link scientific analysis to political action and overcome the polarization that has shaped and defined environmentalism in the US for the past half-century. Political polarization and long-term change in public support for environmental spending	./cache/cord-347140-q8qis03p.txt	./txt/cord-347140-q8qis03p.txt