A somewhat surprising organization has been more compliant: the Nature Conservancy, the country’s largest and wealthiest conservation nonprofit. In February, the group changed references to the Gulf of Mexico on its website to the Gulf of America. In the Gulf of America, the website now states, the group works on “restoring healthy shorelines, protecting the Gulf’s waters, and ensuring that diverse communities benefit from Gulf restoration.” On social media, environmentalists quickly criticized the group for capitulating to a White House that has targeted climate science; frozen climate funding; purged the Environmental Protection Agency; and pledged to tear up regulations while seizing enormous amounts of power for itself.
On inauguration day, January 20, TNC put out two press releases referencing federal policy. One said the group would “continue to honor the Paris Agreement goals and help the U.S. do its part.” The other stated that the group “remained committed to its values, including respect for people, cultures, communities and the world around us.” Neither statement criticized the Trump administration. Subsequent press releases haven’t either, and have all generally avoided discussion of White House policy decisions. Other large environmental nonprofits—including the Environmental Defense Fund and Sierra Club—have repeatedly criticized the White House since Trump took office. As E&E News reported on Tuesday, other groups aren’t adopting Trump’s “Gulf of America” title, either. The Nature Conservancy did not respond to requests for comment in time for publication.
The Nature Conservancy has faced criticism in the past for selling land to trustees and lending money to executives, ties to the timber industry, support for questionably “sustainable” industrial logging operations and sale of dubious carbon offset schemes.
Looking out for their bottom lines, plenty of Silicon Valley CEOs—including those who once branded themselves climate champions—seem to have made peace with the Trump administration’s assault on everything from environmental regulations to clean energy subsidies and the Constitution. It’s not clear, though, what green groups like The Nature Conservancy might have to gain from doing the same.
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