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A wave of executive resignations has spurred recruitment at nonprofits that work on climate, conservation and endangered species.

Green 2.0, a group that promotes diversity in environmental organizations and foundations, issues an annual report card tracking groups’ efforts to boost diversity on their staffs. This year’s report — the seventh consecutive analysis — includes data from 73 nonprofit groups and 25 foundations.

Green 2.0 is rolling out a new “experts of color database” Thursday, featuring more than 150 people of color who can testify before Congress on environmental issues including coral reefs and climate change.

Major environmental groups have made strides on hiring people of color, but diversity gaps in leadership persist, according to a new report released Tuesday.

The environmental movement has made some progress in diversifying its ranks, a watchdog group said today, but much more work needs to be done.

“There are some committees that continue to not be diverse,” Andrés Jimenez, the CEO of Green 2.0, told E&E News recently, “and have all white panelists, all males. And it’s like, ‘Come on, it’s 2021. How can you bring someone in to talk about communities of color if you don’t have that background?’”

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, Read on E&E News National Audubon Society CEO David Yarnold will be stepping down next month, the organization announced, citing “cultural issues that have come to light” as the group faced botched diversity training, two rounds of layoffs and a burgeoning staff unionizing effort over the last year. Board chair Maggie…