Why ‘Environmentalists’ Are Called ‘Watermelons’

Thomas DiLorenzo, a well-known American and Libertarian scholar and author, is asked why 'environmentalists' are sometimes called 'watermelons':

"Because they’re green on the outside and red on the inside, of course.  This is not just a clever joke; it’s true with regard to the professional “environmentalists,” if not most of the rank and file.  All of their frauds and ruses, from acid rain to cellphone cancer  scares, to global cooling, global warming, the “ozone hole,” “climate change,” etc., have one common denominator:  They are used to make a case for a massive redistribution of worldwide wealth and central planning of the entire world’s economy.  Communism, in other words."