June 19, 2025
The lethal fog of clean-air hypocrisy
By Vijay Jayaraj
So-called environmental activists across the United Kingdom will pat themselves on the back this Thursday (June 19), which they have declared “Clean Air Day.” Because nothing of real value will come of the observance, the crusaders’ sense of elevated virtue will be the only noticeable effect from all the promotion of cycle-to-work schemes and lamentations over vehicle exhaust on the M25.
The fact is that the air of most developed nations is quite clean, having been improved over the last 50 years through modern pollution-control technologies. Yet, a toxic fog of irony hangs heavy over these celebrations. Many of the voices calling for marginally cleaner air in London are part of a relentless global campaign to deny the world’s poorest citizens the very fuel that would significantly improve the air they breathe.
Zealots, comfortably situated in electrified offices, are waging a public relations war against natural gas and its liquefied form (LNG), even suing governments and financial institutions to stop LNG projects in developing nations and branding them as a dangerous source of energy.
Pretending that expensive and unreliable solar panels and wind turbines are realistic alternatives for more than three billion people -- almost half the world’s population -- the ecologically self-righteous would force the continued burning of wood, charcoal, animal dung, and coal in unventilated huts for cooking, heating, and lighting.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/06/the_lethal_fog_of_clean_air_hypocrisy.html
