Climate change affects minorities and women, the elderly and the poor. But the leadership of the environmental movement is pale and male. That doesn’t look like progress. Teddy Roosevelt and John Muir in Yosemite. Underwood & Underwood/Wikipedia Americans are regularly told that climate change is happening here and now, in real time, and that nobody will be left unscathed. Just this week as a corporate-backed disinformation campaign continued to fuel lobbying against climate science and on behalf of a failed vote on the Keystone XL pipeline, the White House released a landmark climate change report, underlining that “[c]ertain people and communities are especially vulnerable, including children, the elderly, the sick, the poor, and some communities of color.” According to the even more landmark IPCC report, that goes for the developing world and rich countries alike. Just the other day, the National Wildlife Federation announced its new president – a white male ”whiz kid.” Last month, the Climate Reality Project, founded by Al Gore, replaced its female chief executive with a white man. Last November, the National Parks and Conservation Association replaced its veteran leader with another white male. The Union of Concerned Scientists is due to announce its new leader as early as next week. Spoiler alert: it’s not going to be a woman. Public opinion research in the US suggests women, Latinos, African-Americans, Asians and Native Americans are more concerned – and more directly affected – by climate change than other populations. Doesn’t it make sense to include those who are most at risk in decisions about how we fight the defining challenge of our time? Now take a look at the top executives at eight of the top 10 groups devoted to fighting that fight: Read the rest at the Guardian. Source – Why Are So Many White Men Trying To Save the Planet Without the Rest of us? Related ArticlesAs Earth Warms, West Nile SpreadsOur Alarming Food Future, Explained in 7 ChartsWhat if Everyone in the World Became a Vegetarian?
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