Gulf of America: The Nature Conservancy's Embarrassing Capitulation to Trump
Source: The New Republic
The Nature Conservancy’s Embarrassing Capitulation to Trump
Kate Aronoff
Wed, February 26, 2025 at 6:00 AM EST·3 min read
The Trump administration’s attempt to rename the Gulf of Mexico—and decision to kick the Associated Press out of the White House press corps for not updating its style guidelines accordingly—has been roundly rebuked by the Mexican government and free press outlets. On Monday, a federal judge appointed by Donald Trump declined to restore the AP’s access to White House press events.
A somewhat surprising organization has been more compliant: the Nature Conservancy, the country’s largest and wealthiest conservation nonprofit. In February, the group changed references to the Gulf of Mexico on its website to the Gulf of America. In the Gulf of America, the website now states, the group works on “restoring healthy shorelines, protecting the Gulf’s waters, and ensuring that diverse communities benefit from Gulf restoration.” On social media, environmentalists quickly criticized the group for capitulating to a White House that has targeted climate science, frozen climate funding, purged the Environmental Protection Agency, and pledged to tear up regulations while seizing enormous amounts of power for itself.
While controversial, the decision isn’t totally out of the blue for the Nature Conservancy. Shortly after Trump’s election, its CEO Jennifer Morris released a statement indicating the group’s intention to “work with the Trump administration on a range of issues.”
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