Links tagged “France”
- NYT; Forget the Carbon Tax for Now…Huge Victory for Real Science and Conservatives
- Warmist fmr. NYT reporter Justin Gillis: ‘Forget the Carbon Tax for Now… It’s politically toxic’ – French protests, tell us… it’s going to run into a buzz saw of opposition’
- Media burnout: Warmist reporter laments UN climate ‘bubble’, cites France – ‘It is going to be very difficult…to make energy costs more expensive…another conference won’t achieve that’
Warmist reporter Amy Harder of Axios: 'I think it is going to be difficult to acknowledge, In order to address climate change, you need to make fossil fuels more expensive and there appears to be this disconnect between that reality and what countries are willing to put on the table at countries like this in Poland...At a certain point, you can't expect to hold more conferences to get more ambition. You really have to change the energy policies in different countries.'
'We are seeing outside the bubble that is these climate talks, you are seeing this is very difficult. France saw a lot of violent protests over among other things higher fuel costs because of taxes. I think it is going to be very difficult when push comes to shove to institute policies that will make energy costs more expensive...another conference won't achieve that.'
- The UN Paris Climate Discord – Not in my wallet
- Paris burns as France faces protests over Carbon Tax on fuel
They are opposed to taxes Macron introduced last year on diesel and petrol which are designed to encourage people to shift to more environmentally friendly transport. Alongside the tax, the government has offered incentives to buy green or electric vehicles.
Mass riots turn Paris into warzone
Police fire tear gas, water cannon
- ‘Catholic Church Fooled by UN on Climate Change’
