The bald eagle could have easily gone extinct. But we did all sorts of "woke" things protecting it legally, ran conservation and study programs, banned DDT (that was good for other reasons too) and in 2007 they were removed from the endangered species list.
Likewise pine forests could be dead from acid rain.
The ozone could have a huge hole.
We CAN take care of nature when we want to. And the successes have been worth it.
I feel like we forget this, you know?
@futurebird environmentalism and conservation aren't "woke"
@futurebird they have their whole own history with separate social and legislative successes and failures.
Environmentalism has a long history of globalism: everyone is at risk from a dying planet.
Woke additions to that, like <seas rise, minorities hardest hit> are a new thing, and certainly post-dated banning DDT and saving the bald eagle
@WomanCorn No they very much are.