<p>The American Conservation Coalition was formed in 2017 to try to attract younger people to the Republican Party. But the Coalition doesn’t seem to be able to claim any actual outcomes for the environment. Journalist Gaby del Valle spent a three day weekend with this group, at their annual summit, taking part in all their hijinks, and trying to understand: what are conservative environmentalists fighting for? </p><ul><li>Guest: Gaby del Valle, journalist, <a href="https://harpers.org/archive/2026/04/state-of-nature-gaby-del-valle-acc-conservative-environmentalism/">wrote</a> about her ACC weekend for Harper's Magazine. She has a book coming out in 2027, about the history of US conservation.</li><li>Producer: Ann Arnold</li></ul>