Politics is who gets what, when and how, as defined by a prominent political scientist. If environmentalism requires that we change how we get what we want and when, then by definition environmentalism, the response the a changing environment, is political and could never be anything else. To wish otherwise is fantasy and refusal to address the problem. 

Please take a serious position with your pulpit, Wente, because it's depressing to see that one of the leading columnists in Canada can't come up with a better analysis than " Climate change is real, and demands a sensible response. The only way for that to happen is to take the politics out of it. If you have any ideas for doing that, please let me know."