“A bunch of white people in the developed world saying population should be reduced is the definition of an imperialist framing” More than 11,000 scientists from a broad range of disciplines signed a new editorial declaring a “climate emergency,” but _…

https://www.netzerowatch.com/eco-imperialism-critics-bast-proposal-to-curb-climate-change-by-halting-population-growth/

Coal will and should remain the primary source of energy for India in the short to medium term as the fossil fuel remains the cheapest source of energy for India’s development needs, chief economic advisor Arvind Subramanian said on Thursday. _…

https://www.netzerowatch.com/indian-govts-chief-economic-adviser-slams-carbon-imperialism/

Arnaud Montebourg, the newly-appointed French minister for “industrial revival” has promised to revive old plans for a carbon tariff at the EU’s borders. Matthias Machnig, a former German environment minister, famously called the French idea “eco imperialism”. Arnaud Montebourg, the _…

https://www.netzerowatch.com/eco-imperialism-socialist-france-plans-to-revive-eu-carbon-war-on-developing-nations/

Why the United Nations is wrong to depict everything from war to famine as a ‘climate change issue’. You would think the United Nations Security Council, a principal executive organ of the UN, was powerful enough as it is. Led _…

https://www.netzerowatch.com/the-rise-of-eco-imperialism/

It is not acceptable to use climate change as an excuse to limit growth in poor countries as the west’s carbon emissions rise Last Thursday the World Bank approved a £2.4bn loan to build a huge new coal-fired power station _…

https://www.netzerowatch.com/andrew-chambers-the-fight-against-eco-imperialism/

CNN: A leaked document known as the “Danish text” has driven an even deeper wedge between rich and poor countries embroiled in U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen. Developing countries have reacted angrily to the text, alleging developed countries have worked _…

https://www.netzerowatch.com/poor-nations-fury-over-western-eco-imperialism/

Vladimir Putin joked about President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement. ‘We can now blame bad weather on American imperialism, that it’s all their fault. But we won’t.’ Vladimir Putin was in a surprisingly jovial mood on Friday _…

https://www.netzerowatch.com/putin-on-trumps-paris-withdrawl-we-can-now-blame-bad-weather-on-american-imperialism/

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry labeled India the biggest “challenge” in the way of negotiators trying to hammer out a Global Climate Treaty (GCT) in Paris, and predictably his comments didn’t go over well in the south Asian nation. _…

https://www.netzerowatch.com/india-decries-the-wests-carbon-imperialism/

France and Italy urged the European Union on Thursday to impose carbon tariffs on countries that are not part of a global agreement to curb greenhouse gases, an idea opposed by other EU members. French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Italian _…

https://www.netzerowatch.com/eco-warriors-france-italy-want-eu-to-apply-carbon-border-tariffs/

Spiegel Online: John Kerry was on a roll. At the Copenhagen climate summit, the former US presidential candidate delivered a fiery speech that was mostly directed at China. If the US has to accept binding targets for reducing their greenhouse _…

https://www.netzerowatch.com/economists-warn-of-a-climate-trade-war/

The British defence establishment is spoiling to become the global climate police. Senior politicians and officials seem to be carving out a new green role for Britain’s armed forces and so-called ‘intelligence’ agencies. According to these reports, troops and spies _…

https://www.netzerowatch.com/does-britain-really-want-to-go-to-war-for-the-climate/

The next four years will be crucial to the prospects of poverty reduction in the developing world, and it remains to be seen how the leadership there will react to the barrage of anti-fossil darts from the West. A steady _…

https://www.netzerowatch.com/wary-of-the-new-green-wave-india-continues-to-increase-its-coal-capacity/