Real environmentalists.Your cover story suggesting Americans learn from Europe to create new American Dream American dream also American Dream n. An American ideal of a happy and successful life to which all may aspire: underscores a fundamental problem in American society. It takes more than "fill in the square" or "click the box" to achieve sustainable outcomes, leading one to question the meaning of a recent Gallup poll Gallup Poll Noun a sampling of the views of a representative cross section of the population, usually used to forecast voting [after G H Gallup, statistician] Gallup poll n → : Sixty-six percent of Americans consider themselves environmentalists. In my opinion, environmentalists: (1) Consume only what they need, which immediately exempts most of the 35.7 percent of overweight Americans who drive under the influence of their SUV; and (2) Vote for politicians who share their environmental values, but not for "leaders" who resemble a destroy-the-environment dream team, doing their "best" to earn an "F" from the League of Conservation Voters The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) is an independent, nonpartisan political advocacy organization that was founded in 1969 by the noted American environmentalist David Brower. . While Europe's vision might play well in the blue states, your story fails to recognize that we're turning the American Dream into the American Nightmare. Jay Lustgarten North Bellmore North Bellmore, uninc. town (1990 pop. 19,707), Nassau co., SE N.Y., on Long Island. It is chiefly residential. , NY |
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