I place hijacked environmentalism in the same category as hijacked feminism.
Have we made great strides in both environmental policy and feminist equally since the 1960's?
Absolutely.
And in both cases they were absolutely necessary.
Pollution remediation and gender inequality were both in serious need of adjustment.
And they have been.
US water and air quality are significantly better than decades ago, and although not perfect is heading in the right direction.
Institutional gender inequality has largely been destroyed, and although not perfect is heading in the right direction.
The problem I have with both is how hijacked feminism resulted in my Mom/Sister/female friends now having 2 full time jobs(as opposed to just 1 as their historical counterparts had) and no one is allowed to question that part.
What I see is houses have gotten bigger, families have 2 cars, and they've got more junk.
But women have been completely shafted having to work heaps harder/longer in exchange for a little bit more trinket-y bullsh!t.
It's like the exchange of Manhattan for a few shiny beads.
Except complaining about hijacked feminism means you hate women, discussion over.
I expect no different from hijacked environmentalism.
Back in the day with hijacked feminism I reckon it was aligned interests between government(to hide poor fiscal/monetary policy) and commerce(new revenue streams from females who now must be employed for family financial survival).
The result, make Mom love her new 3 job lifestyle:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q0P94wyBYk
At least back then they tried to Jedi Mind Trick you into believing the nonsense.
The current hijacking iteration for Climate Change doesn't even try:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATTknP8t7JU
It's like the Khmer Rouge with an English accent.