Earth Day 2023: Utterly Bereft of Ideas

A man stands in front of a barricade on fire put up by Black Bloc at the end of the Earth Day Protest, in Montreal, Canada, on April 22, 2023. Andrej Ivanov/AFP via Getty Images

Commentary

Earth Day fell on April 22—Lenin’s birthday, appropriately enough—so let us first recall the blessed memory of the official theme for Earth Day 2022: “Invest In Our Planet^TM.” “This is the moment to change it all — the business climate, the political climate, and how we take action on climate. It’s going to take all of us. All in. Businesses, governments, and citizens — everyone accounted for, and everyone accountable. A partnership for the planet.”