{"id":1145704,"date":"2021-12-23T09:35:03","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T14:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1145704"},"modified":"2021-12-23T09:35:04","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T14:35:04","slug":"not-like-that-greta-thunberg-decries-inclusion-of-nuclear-gas-in-eu-green-playbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/not-like-that-greta-thunberg-decries-inclusion-of-nuclear-gas-in-eu-green-playbook\/","title":{"rendered":"Not Like That! Greta Thunberg Decries Inclusion of Nuclear, Gas in EU Green Playbook"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnot-like-that-greta-thunberg-decries-inclusion-of-nuclear-gas-in-eu-green-playbook%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1145704&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1350017008-e1640171414179-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Greta Thunberg, alongside a host of other climate extremists, has decried the possible inclusion of nuclear and gas in the EU\u2019s green investment playbook.<\/p>\n<p>The possible inclusion of nuclear and gas in an upcoming EU playbook for green investment has prompted outcry from climate activists, including Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, who has accused the union of engaging in \u201cfake climate action\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Thunberg\u2019s criticisms come about a month after she herself came under fire&nbsp;for acting in an \u201canti-democratic\u201d manner during the U.N.\u2019s COP26 climate summit, however.<\/p>\n<p>Aimed at guiding investors towards green projects in-line with the European Union\u2019s climate goals,&nbsp;<em>The Guardian<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/dec\/21\/eu-in-row-over-inclusion-of-gas-and-nuclear-in-sustainability-guidance\">reports<\/a> that the so-called \u201ctaxonomy for sustainable activities\u201d is set to include both nuclear energy and gas as possible routes for investment<\/p>\n<p>The two energy sources are reported to be included in the playbook via a so-called \u201camber\u201d category, as opposed to the full-on green category, which includes wind and solar.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The decision is apparently in response to political pressure from nuclear states in the EU, such as France, as well as from gas reliant nations that lie mostly in Europe\u2019s east.<\/p>\n<p>Despite some analysts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/04\/21\/prageru-challenges-lefts-power-grab-climate-change-narrative\/\">claiming<\/a> that nuclear is a clean energy source that could help fight climate change, both its inclusion, as well as the inclusion of gas in the playbook, have been lambasted by Thunberg and co.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs climate activists have been battling to ensure taxonomy paves the way for real climate action, the \u201cleaders\u201d have been working hard on rebranding fossil gas and nuclear power to \u201csustainable\u201d, when they are neither sustainable nor green,\u201d reads an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/climate-environment\/opinion\/code-red-for-humanity-or-green-light-for-more-climate-destruction\/\">opinion piece<\/a> co-authored by the Swede. \u201cThis could turn into a real life climate-nightmare.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are living in times of mounting crises, but especially because of that there is no space for cowardly decisions, like allowing for this fake climate action,\u201d the article continues. \u201cThere is no wiggle room now for any decision that delays reaching real zero emissions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Green MEP&nbsp;Bas Eickhout has also come out against the inclusion of gas and nuclear, saying that their inclusion is not needed.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIf Europe now starts calling [gas] green then you can forget about the 1.5 degrees,\u201d <em>The Guardian<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/dec\/21\/eu-in-row-over-inclusion-of-gas-and-nuclear-in-sustainability-guidance\">reports<\/a> the Dutch European representative as saying.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Norwegians Accuse Greta Thunberg of \u2018Anti-Democratic\u2019 Behaviour <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bVTl3lobHC\">https:\/\/t.co\/bVTl3lobHC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1458380663850078208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Thunberg\u2019s criticism of the new EU playbook comes after she was previously accused of engaging in anti-democratic behaviour during a climate rally last month.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a protest outside the annual UN climate conference in Glasgow, Thunberg <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/10\/norwegians-accuse-greta-thunberg-of-anti-democratic-behaviour\/\">said<\/a> that the conference ultimately represented \u201cbusiness as usual\u201d, and that those attending were merely there to create \u201cloopholes to benefit themselves\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people in power can continue to live in their bubble filled with their fantasies, like eternal growth on a finite planet and technological solutions that will suddenly appear seemingly out of nowhere and will erase all of these crises just like that,\u201d Thunberg told her fellow protesters.<\/p>\n<p>The Swedish activist\u2019s comments prompted a response from a Norwegian newspaper editor, who accused the 18-year-old of creating a sense of polarisation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe risks leading them into something authoritarian, anti-democratic and downright dangerous,\u201d&nbsp;Kjetil B. Alstadheim \u2014 the political editor of Norway\u2019s highest-circulating newspaper \u2014 said. \u201cHer rhetoric is just a ploy away from incitement to something beyond civil disobedience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Norway\u2019s Climate Minister Espen Barth Eide also came out in criticism of Thunberg, saying that her past criticisms of politics were \u201cslightly dangerous\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe that the strong and sensible commitment to make something happen must be converted into political action \u2013 not to reject the whole idea of \u200b\u200bdemocratic political change,\u201d Eide said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greta Thunberg, alongside a host of other climate extremists, has decried the possible inclusion of nuclear and gas in the EU\u2019s green investment playbook. 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