{"id":381607,"date":"2025-06-05T17:34:39","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T15:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=381607"},"modified":"2025-06-05T17:34:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T15:34:41","slug":"schwarzenegger-urges-green-leaders-to-waste-money-on-useless-tokenism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=381607","title":{"rendered":"Schwarzenegger Urges Green Leaders to Waste Money on Useless Tokenism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Essay by<\/strong> Eric Worrall<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cStop whining and get to work\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Schwarzenegger tells environmentalists dismayed by Trump to \u2018stop whining\u2019 and get to work<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, June 4, 2025 5:56AM<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said Tuesday he keeps hearing from environmentalists and policy experts lately who ask, \u201cWhat is the point of fighting for a clean environment when the government of the United States says climate change is a hoax and coal and oil is the future?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Schwarzenegger told the Austrian World Summit in Vienna, an event he helps organize, that he responds: \u201cStop whining and get to work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBe the mayor that makes buses electric; be the CEO who ends fossil fuel dependence; be the school that puts (up) solar roofs,\u201d<\/strong> he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026Read more:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/abc7news.com\/post\/schwarzenegger-tells-environmentalists-dismayed-trump-stop-whining-get-work\/16644134\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Personally, I\u2019d rather the mayor who maintains public safety and clean streets, the CEO who invests in product improvement and the school which strives to provide the best possible education. But maybe that\u2019s just me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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