OPINION - Earth Day 2024: As the climate descends into chaos, we need to be mindful of greenwashing

Today is Earth Day. Mean anything to you? On April 22, 1970, a Wisconsin senator launched it to put environmentalism in the spotlight. But shouldn’t we care about our natural world every day? As news reports show, the climate is in chaos. Global temperatures are the hottest on record. Dubai is flooded. Yet almost two-thirds of the world’s population experiences severe water scarcity, according to Unicef.