Gloria Walton and Mark Ruffalo on Remaking Philanthropy at the 2023 TIME CO2 Earth Awards

Taking the stage to accept a joint Earth Award, Gloria Walton and Mark Ruffalo highlighted the overlapping goals of the climate fight and the struggles for racial justice. “We cannot talk about climate without talking about race,” Walton said. She pointed out the ways that the toxic effects of petrochemical plants disproportionately affect communities of color, and how those groups often are forced to live in places that are more vulnerable to extreme weather and rising seas. She also described how their perspective tends to be left out of conversations on how to address the climate crisis.