Saturday 22 May 2010

Collaborationist Green campaigning

Groups such as Conservation International (CI) and the Nature Conservancy (TNC) are among the most trusted "brands" in the world, pledged to protect and defend nature. Yet as we confront the biggest ecological crisis in human history, many of the green organisations meant to be leading the fight are busy shovelling up hard cash from the world's worst polluters – and simultaneously burying science-based environmentalism. In the middle of a swirl of bogus climate scandals trumped up by deniers, here is the real Climategate, waiting to be exposed.

This behaviour has pervaded almost all of the mainstream green organisations. They take money, and they offer praise

The addiction to corporate cash has changed the green groups at their core.