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Why ‘Climate Reparations’ Are Immoral
« on: December 02, 2022, 01:34:53 pm »
WRITTEN BY ALEX EPSTEIN ON DEC 2, 2022. POSTED IN LATEST NEWS

Why ‘Climate Reparations’ Are Immoral
climate reparationsClimate reparations” are immoral.

1. They punish the free world for fossil fuel use that has made the whole world better, including safer from climate.

2. They punish poor people by taking away their freedom to use the fossil fuels they need to flourish. [emphasis, links added]


The hottest idea emerging from the UN’s COP27 climate conference, enthusiastically supported by the Biden Administration, is “climate reparations”: wealthy countries paying poor countries to make up for climate-related harm.

This is an immoral idea that Congress should reject. 1

“Climate reparations” are based on two false assumptions: 

https://climatechangedispatch.com/why-climate-reparations-are-immoral/
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