Five seconds of searching shows the opposite of your anecdotal experience:
”We find that Hispanics/Latinos (69%) and African Americans (57%) are more likely to be Alarmed or Concerned about global warming than are Whites (49%). In contrast, Whites are more likely to be Doubtful or Dismissive (27%) than are Hispanics/Latinos (11%) or African Americans (12%).”
Question 41C. Hispanics care a bit more about the environment than white, but if you account for the median ages (28 for Hispanics, 42 for whites) and compare with the cross tab for age, the white-Hispanic gap seems mostly if not entirely age driven.
The median Hispanic is a generation younger than the median white person. His statement that young people care more about the environment is accurate. But it’s a youth issue, not a “people of color” issue.
And just because people say they care about the environment in the abstract doesn’t mean they place a high priority on it. You can see this in actual voting behavior. The candidates that focus the most on the environment, like Elizabeth Warren, have less support from minorities than ones that focus more on the economy, like Biden.
”We find that Hispanics/Latinos (69%) and African Americans (57%) are more likely to be Alarmed or Concerned about global warming than are Whites (49%). In contrast, Whites are more likely to be Doubtful or Dismissive (27%) than are Hispanics/Latinos (11%) or African Americans (12%).”
https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/race-and-...