Net-Zero Emissions INCREASES Pollution
Compounds Climate Chaos
NET-ZERO emissions is NOT ZERO emissions
She can do the math. Can you? Net-zero emissions is the new buzzword to cover up the climate fraud of corporations, governments and the United Nations’ Paris Agreement. Net-zero emissions sounds like it cuts emissions to zero but it does not. Net-zero emissions pretends to “remove” pollution with false solutions to climate change to justify polluting more. Net-zero emissions does not reduce pollution, it increases pollution. Net-zero is NOT Zero.
Oil Giants claim Net-Zero Emissions
Shell, BP, Exxon-Mobil and other oil giants all claim to be moving towards net-zero emissions so they can increase drilling and burning fossil fuels and wash their hands of their responsibility for the climate crisis. These climate criminals pretend they can cut their pollution with carbon markets and carbon pricing, which has allowed pollution to increase. They also pretend to “remove” their pollution with carbon offsets, Carbon Capture, Use and Storage (CCUS), fracking and other bogus techno-scams like geo-engineering. Supposedly, these dangerous false solutions turn the oil industries’ emissions into nothing. But we are not fooled.
For example, Italian oil company Eni Agip infamous for its environmental racism in the Amazon and Nigeria, has pledged to reach net-zero carbon emissions for its operations by 2030, despite announcing plans to increase oil and gas production by 14% in the next four years[i]. Eni says it is going to achieve net-zero emissions by grabbing a chunk of Africa the size of the State of South Carolina and planting trees. Families will be at risk of getting kicked off their land and going hungry, so that Eni can drill and burn more fossil fuels and pretend that 19 million acres of trees is going to absorb the resulting pollution. This is quintessential carbon colonialism and must be stopped.
net-zero emissions = more pollution + land grabs
Net-Zero Emissions is the Goal of Green New Deal
The Green New Deal sounds like an environmental, innovative bargain. But, unfortunately, the Green New Deal is the same Dirty Old Steal. According to House Resolution 109, the goal of the Green New Deal is “to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions.” The so-called Green New Deal is not like the New Deal designed to create jobs during the Great Depression. In fact, the term “Green New Deal” comes from the 2009 United Nations report called “A Global Green New Deal” for the Green Economy Initiative.[i] The Green Economy is the next phase of capitalism based on profits from privatizing Nature.