"A Fierce Green Fire" is a movie about the environmental movements during the early 20th century. People finally started to think about how the environment was being affected by all the pollution and things people were doing, we were seemingly destroying ourselves. The movie showed what people started doing to help the effort to "fix" the world once again. Things like whaling and the Love Canal which were previously unknown to the public were showed through this film and released into the world.
The True Problem of Whaling
Despite the killing of whales being banned since 1986, around a thousand are still killed each and every year. The Japanese are the most guilty of the killings and still attempt to continue it even though the species is endangered. Some species of whales are near extinction because of the hundreds murdered each year. The only thing that is truly being done to try and save the whales are several conservation groups that are using the money they've raised to send out ships in attempt to scare away the whaling boats. The government has yet to get involved and still does very little to try and help the dying species.
http://www.nrdc.org/wildlife/whaling.asp
Reliance on Fossil Fuels
Not only the United States, but the entire planet has far too much dependance on fossil fuels which we will not have forever. Maybe not within a few years, but in the future, we will run totally dry on the fossil fuels that power most cars and tons of other machinery. Raising gas prices over the years has the potential to harm our economy in a serious way. The high use of gas in our cars is what is driving the problems of pollution. Think how often most people fill up their cars, most every couple weeks to a month. If we don't start changing over to other sources of energy like solar and wind, we may run dry.
http://www.mineralwebs.com/problem-with-fossil-fuels.php
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