David Jenkins, president of Conservatives for Responsible Stewardship, contributed a guest piece to Environment America titled Why environmentalism is conservative.
The article explores how environmental protection connects to traditional conservative values like stewardship, responsibility, and preserving natural resources for future generations. It highlights the idea that caring for clean air, water, and public lands fits within a long-standing conservative ethic of passing something better on to those who come after us.
It also points to examples from past conservative leadership in environmental policy to show that these principles have historically crossed party lines.
Read the full piece:
https://environmentamerica.org/articles/why-environmentalism-is-conservative/
