There are many reasons for inaction in America, the most important one is the repetitive orchestrated confusion raised by few dissident scientists funded by corporations who have cast doubt on all the contemporary challenges we have faced as a nation, by minimizing the existence and magnitude of the various environmental problems including Ozone Depletion,Chemicals and Pesticides, Species Extinction and now Global Warming and Climate Change.
The modus operandi of the corporations has been consistently aggressive and deceptive by impugning the scientific credibility and professional integrity of scientists like Rachael L.Carson, Theo Colborn, Paul R.Ehrlich, James Hansen and Peter Wadhams that have raised concerns about the environmental hazards to our planet and humanity.
Given this history the responsibility falls on us the citizens of America to stop these insane repetitive polices that are not based on scientific evidence.