At the national level, the modern environmental movement and environmental justice movement sparked increasing public awareness of threats to the environment, especially in areas of under- represented communities, and encouraged environmental policy changes from the 1960s-1990s. The impact of the movements at the national level raises questions about other forms of impact-- namely, the movement's influence on discourse at the local level. This study conducts a content analysis on 50 articles printed in the Appalachian newspaper the "Athens Messenger" from the 1960s-1990s. The study identifies...
At the national level, the modern environmental movement and environmental justice movement sparked increasing public awareness of threats to the envi...
