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An environmentalist is a person who is concerned with and/or advocates for the protection of the environment. An environmentalist can be considered a supporter of the goals of the environmental movement, "a political and ethical movement that seeks to improve and protect the quality of the natural environment through changes to environmentally harmful human activities". An environmentalist is engaged in or believes in the philosophy of environmentalism. Many environmentalists attach particular importance to the need for fundamental changes in values for mankind to survive. Many environmentalists have also been at the forefront in political protest and direct action. '''In 1991 a strong majority of people in the United States being 78% identified themselves as environmentalists. In 2016, the percentage of individuals that identified themselves as environmentalists dropped down to 42%. This sudden decline in 2016 was due in part to the emergence of partisan divide in environmentalist identity. '''

Environmentalists are sometimes referred to using informal or derogatory terms such as "greenie" and "tree-hugger". '''Environmentalists as well face several dilemmas. Against outsiders, environmentalists must urge for new reforms against advocates of commercial interests who believe that environmental legislation should not disrupt the economy.'''

Impact: The environmentalist movement has made America today a more ecologically friendly place than in the 1960s and 1970s when the movement started (Goldstein 2002).