“Millions of Africans are being systematically forced by the elites of Europe and North America into a future free of fossil fuels and rife with poverty,” writes Vijay Jayaraj in RealClearEnergy. “This is carbon imperialism where Western leaders, who have embraced climate superstitions, control what kind of energy people in Africa use. ” All economic…
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African Leaders Say No to Renewables
Reuters reported from the prestigious CERAWeek energy conference this month: “Some 900 million people in the world, most of them in Africa, still have no access to energy for basic needs, Nigeria’s oil Minister Timipre Marlin Sylva said during the CERAWeek energy conference in Houston. “‘We are still in transition from firewood to gas,’…
How to Reduce Carbon Emissions and Hurt Poor Countries in the Process
More fallout from COP26: Wealthy countries agreed to stop paying for fossil fuel projects in Third World. The Breakthrough Institute reports: “At COP26 in Glasgow, rich nations including the US, UK, Canada, and France pledged to end public financing for fossil fuel projects abroad, essentially restricting development options in poorer countries, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa…