Now that more details about the “Green New Deal” from New York Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have been released, a major figure in the environmental community, Michael Shellenberger, is calling “bullshit” on her plan for failing to support nuclear energy. Shellenberger also labeled Ocasio-Cortez a “climate fraud” and he is outraged by the fawning uncritical mainstream media coverage the “Green New Deal.”
Environmentalist Michael Shellenberger declared: “I am calling bullshit not just on AOC but on her progressive enablers in the news media who are giving her a pass on the most crucial test of moral and political leadership of our time when it comes to climate change: a person’s stance on nuclear power.”
Michael Shellenberger
An enraged Shellenberger continued: “I am calling bullshit on climate fakery. Anyone who is calling for phasing out nuclear is a climate fraud perpetuating precisely the gigantic ‘hoax’ that [Oklahoma] Sen. James Inhofe (R) famously accused environmentalists of perpetuating.”
Shellenberger also directed his ire at the mainstream news media for giving the plan “a pass.”
“If you want to be a self-respecting progressive or journalist who is fairly considering or covering the climate issue, please stop giving Ocasio-Cortex and other supposedly climate-concerned greens a pass. THEY ARE INCREASING EMISSIONS.” Shellenberger wrote on Twitter on February 7.
3. I am calling bullshit on climate fakery.
Anyone who is calling for phasing out nuclear is a climate fraud perpetuating precisely the gigantic "hoax" that Texas Sen. James Inhofe famously accused environmentalists of perpetuating.
— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) February 7, 2019
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D)
4. If you want renewables, energy efficiency, and to close down our largest source of zero-emissions energy — fine. Just stop dressing it up as action on climate change.
It's gotten to the point of being ridiculous
— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) February 7, 2019
5. And if you want to be a self-respecting progressive or journalist who is fairly considering or covering the climate issue, please stop giving @AOC and other supposedly climate-concerned greens a pass.
THEY ARE INCREASING EMISSIONS
"Ye shall know them by their fruits"
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— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) February 7, 2019
Related Links:
Shellenberger: The Only Green New Deals That Have Ever Worked Were Done With Nuclear, Not Renewables
Shellenberger: “I have been questioned on my reporting that Green New Deal is anti-nuclear & I stand by it The office of @AOC put out a *written* document stating that “plan is to transition off of nuclear” If @AOC isn’t calling for death of nuclear then she needs to issue *written statement*”
