Arnold Schwarzenegger has a message for environmentalists desperate about the approaching of President Donald Trump’s administration: “Stop complaining and start working.” [emphasis, links added]
The new U.S. government has brought the axe to Biden-era environmental ambitions, rolled back milestone regulations, withdrew funding for climate projects, and supported support for oil and gas production in the name of the “American Energy Advantage” agenda.
Since leaving his political post in 2011, former Republican Governor of California, Schwarzenegger, has been working on environmental reasons.
He said Tuesday that he has been hearing news from environmentalists and policy experts lately, asking: “When the U.S. government says climate change is a scam and coal and oil are the future, what is the point of fighting for a clean environment?”
Schwarzenegger helped organize the event at the Austrian World Summit in Vienna, where he replied: “Stop complaining and start working.”
I know people get tired of complaining, complaining, and doom and melancholy.
He pointed to examples of local and regional governments and actions, including his government in California, and believed that pollution was reduced by 70% at the local or state level.
“Become the mayor who makes buses electric; be the CEO who ends fossil fuel dependence; be the school that places (in) solar roofs,” he said.
“You can't just sit around and make excuses because a guy in a very beautiful White House on Pennsylvania Avenue disagrees with you,” he said. Attacking the president is “not my style”, he did not criticize any president when he was outside the United States
“I know people are tired of complaining, complaining, and doom and melancholy,” Schwarzenegger said.
“The only way we win the hearts of the people is to show them the actions that make their lives better.”
Top Photo: Arnold Schwarzenegger hosts the Austrian World Summit, an annual climate conference initiated by a California actor and former governor. Source: YouTube screenshot.
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