Is it time for conservatism to go green? Benji Backers, founder of the nation's largest conservative youth environmental organization and author of the book “Conservative Environmentalism,” says it's time for conservatism to go green. He believes that the time has passed and argues that: James Pross In this eye-opening episode of “Zero Hour.”
“Environmentalism wasn't a dirty word all that long ago,” Bakkers tells Polos. “I wasn't alive at the time so I don't remember, but in 1990, 80% of Americans identified themselves as environmentalists, and today that number is 38%. So , it's clear that something bad happened.”
Supporters know exactly what happened to bring America to this moment, having shared the stage with left-wing icon Greta Thunberg. So we find ourselves caught between the politicization of the planet necessary for survival and legitimate human needs. To keep it alive.
That's why it couldn't be more interesting or important that environmentalists Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Donald Trump teamed up to “make America healthy again.”
In this episode of Zero Hour, they dig deep and unpack the roots of this new and necessary movement that is changing the world.
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