• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Greenpeace banned nuclear power and brought back coal

    • Centuries of colonial rule

    • Decades of military dictatorship

    • Enormous domestic fossil fuels and chemicals industry (see: Pakistan’s fuel oil exports surge to record high on muted domestic demand )

    • Decades of nuclear non-proliferation policy at the UN driven by fear of rogue states using the weapons to terrorize civilians

    • Billions spent on media campaigns to influence fossil fuel policies

    You know that small American-based environmental organization that did a few high profile stunts back in the 1970s? They did this.