The Enormous CEO Salaries Behind Earth Hour

Donna Laframboise
"More evidence that Earth Hour is the product of a multinational corporate machine rather than small-scale, earnest activists may be found by examining how much the World Wildlife Fund pays its CEOs. Blogger Richard Telofski pointed out last week that Carter Roberts, the CEO of the US branch of the World Wildlife Fund, was paid a total of $455,147 in 2009 – his base salary being $425,000. By comparison, the President of the United States has a base salary of $400,000 and the US Vice President is paid $230,700. In other words, the head of the US branch of the WWF earns more money each year than does the US president – and nearly $200,000 more than does the Vice President."