The party was sometimes called the "Air and Water" party at a start because of the party's strong emphasis on environmental politics.
For the first time this topic came before the classical green topic of environmental politics in the program.
His views have put him under intense scrutiny in the hothouse world of environmental and consumer politics.
He has written on a wide range of topics, including public policy, electoral analysis, workplace democracy and environmental politics.
He describes himself as a practitioner who wants to give the people some free space in the field of environmental politics.
In his opinion ambitious environmental politics will fail if it does not pick up the people along with it.
Before the mid-1980's, environmental politics was about us versus them.
His action and remarks reflected a continuing Administration struggle over environmental politics.
This can be identified as a modernization in environmental politics, closely tied to the emergence of a market economy.
It marked a turning point in the development of international environmental politics.