Who was America's greenest commander-in-chief? A recent list from Canadian-based media company and "clean capitalism" advocates Corporate Knights ranks the greenest presidents based on votes from leaders of some of the country's largest environmental groups.
Corporate Knights surveyed 12 environmental groups, including World Wildlife Fund, Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, 350.org, Greenpeace and others. Leaders of the dozen groups provided their nominations for the three greenest presidents in U.S. history, according to a press release.
America's 26th president, Theodore Roosevelt, claimed the top spot by a wide margin. As president, he established the first national wildlife refuge, in Florida, along with "150 national forests, 51 federal bird reservations, 18 national monuments and five national parks," explains Grist's David Roberts. Along with Roosevelt, two other members of the Republican Party made the list-- Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.
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