Browsing All posts tagged under »Eco Imperialism«

‘Climate Alarmism’ Is New Form Of ‘Colonialism’ That Infringes On Sovereignty, Researcher Says

March 18, 2023 by

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By Michael Ippolito ~ OXON HILL, Md.—The Earth is warming, and while many worry about the potential consequences of the change, it is not unprecedented or dangerous, and will be a net benefit for humanity, Vijay Jayaraj said. Numerous figures in the mainstream media have pushed “climate alarmism,” but Jayaraj, a research associate at the […]

Childish Beliefs Drive Lethal Energy And Agricultural Agendas

February 28, 2023 by

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By Paul Driessen ~ Many eco-activists (and too many legislators, regulators, judges and journalists) have trouble thinking beyond slogans. They apparently believe declaring ecological emergencies, repeating clever mantras, and issuing proclamations and mandates will create a fossil-fuel-free, organic farming utopia. In their dreams. Since 1950, American farmers increased per-acre corn yields by an incredible 500% […]

COP-27 Financiers And Eco-Imperialists

November 25, 2022 by

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By Paul Driessen ~ As Americans give thanks this week for our many blessings, let us recall the Pilgrims’ and Native Americans’ primitive agricultural knowledge and technologies, the hunger and disease that were constants in their lives – and how so many around the world are not much better off today. Much of Africa still […]

REAL Threats To Planet And People

July 7, 2021 by

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By Paul Driessen ~ Environmental activism was already nasty and lethal when I wrote Eco-Imperialism: Green Power – Black Death 18 years ago. It’s gotten steadily worse since then, especially with hysteria about the “looming manmade climate apocalypse” driving ever more extreme demands that we rid the world of fossil fuels and prohibit or roll […]

Costly Climate Policies Will Harm Energy-Starved Africa

June 20, 2021 by

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By Adam Houser ~ In 1985, Michael Jackson and other American musicians tried to channel a spirit of global unity by releasing a collaborative song titled “We Are the World.” The purpose was noble, namely to raise funds for Africa which was going through a severe famine at the time. Today, famine, disease, and lack […]

Financiers Of Misery – Part 2

April 25, 2020 by

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By Paul Driessen ~ (This article is a continuation of Paul Driessen’s article at Part 1 at this link.) It’s easy to farm organically in the wealthy, advanced EU and USA, where consumers can afford much more expensive organic meats, eggs, fruits and vegetables. It’s much harder if you have to deal with the insects […]

Financiers Of Misery – Part 1

April 22, 2020 by

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By Paul Driessen ~ The UN Food and Agriculture Organization, anti-development banks, the Agency for International Development (USAID), NGO (non-government organization) pressure groups and other eco-imperialists are properly condemned for using their money. Additionally their power, and control over trade and lending to keep millions of African, Asian and Latin American families from having access […]

Let’s Quarantine Some Fake Corona And Energy News

April 7, 2020 by

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By Paul Driessen ~ Some 40,000 children slave away in Chinese-operated Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) mines, digging out cobalt for cell phones, laptops, Teslas and Green New Deal technologies, the London-based Guardian has reported. They’re exposed constantly to toxic and radioactive mud, dust, water and air. Blood and respiratory diseases, birth defects, cancer, paralysis […]

Keeping Africa On The Brink Of Starvation

February 27, 2020 by

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By Paul Driessen ~ Billions of desert locusts have descended again on East Africa. Crawling first, then sprouting wings and flying in hungry hoards of 40-150 million or more, they are devastating crops and threatening tens of millions of people with lost livelihoods and starvation. This latest locust plague, says the United Nations, is the […]

Reform USAID Energy Aid Policies Now!

January 8, 2020 by

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By Paul Driessen and David Wojick, Ph.D. ~ Apparently unable to grasp the cruel irony, USAID Commissioner Mark Green boasts that “electricity enables access to refrigeration to store fish, milk and vaccines. Electricity brightens the night and helps schoolchildren study. Electricity allows businesses to stay open later and makes communities safer.” Abundant, reliable, affordable electricity […]

Climate Alarmist Banks Go Carbon-Colonialist

December 31, 2019 by

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By Paul Driessen and David Wojick, Ph.D. ~ Africa has the world’s lowest electrification rate. Its power consumption per capita is just 613 kilowatt-hours per year, compared to 6,500 kWh in Europe and 13,000 in the United States, African Development Bank (AfDB) President Akinwumi Adesina observed in July 2017. That’s 9.4% of EU and 4.7% […]

More Buckets Of Icy Cold Energy Reality

September 25, 2019 by

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By Paul Driessen ~ The full-court press is on for climate chaos disaster and renewable energy salvation. CNN recently hosted a seven-hour climate event for Democrat presidential aspirants. Every day brings more gloom-and-doom stories about absurd, often taxpayer-funded pseudo-scientific reports on yet another natural event or supposed calamity that alarmists insist is due to fossil […]

Fighting For Energy And Human Rights Equality In Africa

February 28, 2019 by

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By Paul Driessen ~ “She has gone to the Lord,” her sister Diana told me a few days ago. And with Fiona Kobusingye’s passing, after a courageous battle with cancer, the Congress of Racial Equality Uganda lost another leader. However, their legacy remains, the battles they began rage on – and Uganda and Africa are […]

“Agro-Ecology” Campaign Enshrines Primitive Agriculture And Malnutrition As Human Rights

July 23, 2018 by

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Luddite eco-imperialists claim to be virtuous By Paul Driessen and David Wojick, Ph.D. ~ Not every poor person in impoverished places around the world aspires to the modern living standards they see and hear about: indoor plumbing, electricity for lights, a refrigerator and stove, a paucity of disease-carrying insects, top-notch schools and hospitals, their children […]

Rejecting Carbon Colonialism

July 17, 2018 by

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African Development Bank breaks with anti-fossil fuel banks to fund coal power, prosperity By Paul Driessen and David Wojick, Ph.D. ~ We recently explained how Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) use manmade climate change alarmism to justify lending policies that reject funding for fossil fuel electricity generation, promote expensive and unreliable renewable sources, and thereby help […]

Greenpeace Showcases Its Anti Human Side

July 16, 2014 by

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Greenpeace activist confirms every negative story you’ve ever read about this activist group By Paul Driessen ~ It was a surreal experience. As the Heartland Institute’s hugely successful Ninth International Conference on Climate Change ended, I agreed to let Greenpeace activist Connor Gibson interview me. I’d just given a presentation on Big Green’s lethal agenda, […]

Eco Imperialism Joins Vulture Environmentalism

March 28, 2013 by

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Obama appointees seek to impose ideological control over our energy, economy and property. By Paul Driessen ~ Gina McCarthy, President Obama’s choice to replace Lisa Jackson at the Environmental Protection Agency, has been chastised for having lied to Congress, in claiming that EPA did not use “dangerous manmade climate change” to justify new 54.5 mpg […]

Our Real Manmade Climate Crisis

March 8, 2013 by

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The crisis is due not to climate change, but to actions taken in the name of preventing change. By Paul Driessen ~ In his first address as Secretary of State, John Kerry said we must safeguard “the most sacred trust” we owe to our children and grandchildren: “an environment not ravaged by rising seas, deadly […]

Electricity, Parks and Progress for Chile

November 12, 2011 by

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By Paul Driessen Progress improves lives. It brings better, cleaner, more energy efficient technology. It reduces poverty and improves working conditions, health, nutrition, living standards and social equity. It generates revenues to pay employees, churches and taxes, support government programs, and protect the environment. There can be no progress without investors, inventors, innovators and businessmen […]