The “environmentalists” have been taking the blame for the lack of climate progress for some time now. How can this be? Good question. Bad answer. People blame the “environmentalists” for not explaining climate change properly. Too much gloom and doom. Not upbeat enough! Let’s leave aside for today why it is that this information has to be presented this way or that, and whether the facts are not sufficient cause for action regardless of presentation style.

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When this charge is leveled against the “environmentalists,” who the heck do people think the “environmentalists” are anyway? I’ll tell you who they are.

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An “environmentalist” is somebody who considers clean water to be important to health. Who considers clean air to be important to health. Who considers ecosystems and species to be valuable and beautiful in themselves and also for humans. Who considers a stable climate without ever-amplifying droughts, floods and sea-level rises to be, um, kind of important.

Okay, now what part of that definition excludes you? Are you an “environmentalist”? Or are you someone who genuinely doesn’t think those things are important?

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So why is it okay then for you to sit back and assume it’s somebody else’s fault if our planet is riding headlong to hell in a polluted handbasket? What exactly do you think is your responsibility here?