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THE REPUBLICAN REVERSAL THE REPUBLICAN R E V E R S A L Conservatives and the Environment from Nixon to Trump JAMES MORTON TURNER ANDREW C. ISENBERG Cambridge, Mas sa chu setts London, England 2018 Copyright © 2018 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College All rights reserved Printed in the United States of Amer i ca First printing Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Names: Turner, James Morton, 1973– author. | Isenberg, Andrew C. (Andrew Christian), author. Title: The Republican reversal : conservatives and the environment from Nixon to Trump / James Morton Turner and Andrew C. Isenberg. Description: Cambridge, Mas sa chu setts : Harvard University Press, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2018009744 | ISBN 9780674979970 (alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Republican Party (U.S. : 1854–)— History—20th  century. | Anti- environmentalism—U nited States—H istory—20th  century. | Conservatism— United States— History—20th c entury. | United States—P olitics and government— History—20th c entury. Classification: LCC GE197 .T87 2018 | DDC 333.70973— dc23 LC rec ord available at https:// lccn. loc. gov/ 2018009744 Jacket design: Jill Breitbarth Jacket photograph: Aaron Foster/The Image Bank/Getty Images For my parents—JMT For Amy—AI Contents Introduction 1 1 Conservatives before and after Earth Day 19 2 Visions of Abundance 54 3 The Cost of Clean Air and Water 98 4 American Exceptionalism in a Warming World 145 Conclusion 196 Notes 219 Acknowl edgments 259 Index 261 THE REPUBLICAN REVERSAL

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Not long ago, Republicans could take pride in their party's tradition of environmental leadership. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the GOP helped to create the Environmental Protection Agency, extend the Clean Air Act, and protect endangered species. Today, as Republicans denounce climate change
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