“He is a dangerous conspiracy theorist and science denier whose agenda would be a disaster for our communities and the planet,” reads a letter from twelve green groups.
A dozen environmental groups issued a sharp rebuke Friday of independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., an environmental lawyer who led the green group Waterkeeper Alliance until 2020 and has promised to be the “best environment president in American history.” Kennedy “is not an environmentalist,” reads the letter, whose signees included the Sierra Club, 350 Action, and the Sunrise Movement.
environmental movement not just because of the possibility that he could play spoiler and pave the way for a second Trump term, but also because of his own statements. Kennedy claimed last year that “climate change is being used to control us through fear” and argued, contrary to the beliefs of many environmentalists, that “freedom and free markets are a much better way to stop pollution.
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