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by krapp 352 days ago
Basically, it started with Reagan[0] and the Republicans equating environmentalism with leftist (read - Communist, and therefore evil) agitation (through its links with feminism and the hippie/antiwar movement) in order to court business interests who favor deregulation and lax environmental standards.

[0]https://www.vox.com/2017/4/22/15377964/republicans-environme...