Jeffrey St. Clair: How Green Became the Color of Money – A Concise History of the Rise and Fall of the Enviro Establishment

St. Clair in CounterPunch ..

Under the firm hand of [former biology professor Jay] Hair’s leadership the National Wildlife Federation’s membership doubled and it’s budget tripled. His strategy was simple: market the Federation as a non-confrontational corporate-friendly outfit. Hair created the Corporate Conservation Council and forged relationships with some of the world’s most toxic corporations: ARCO, Ciba-Giegy, Dow Chemical, DuPont, Exxon, General Electric, General Motors, IBM, Mobil Oil, Monsanto, Penzoil, USX, Waste Management and Weyerhaeuser. The corporations received the impriatur of the nation’s largest environmental group, while the National Wildlife Federation raked in millions in corporation grants

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