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The West’s Green Delusions Empowered Putin
The West’s Green Delusions Empowered Putin
In a Greenpeace action, a CO-2 sign stands in front of the Brandenburg Gate with flames coming out of it. (Jörg Carstensen via Getty Images)
While we banned plastic straws, Russia drilled and doubled nuclear energy production.
By Michael Shellenberger
03.01.22 — U.S. Politics
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The West’s Green Delusions Empowered Putin

How has Vladimir Putin—a man ruling a country with an economy smaller than that of Texas, with an average life expectancy 10 years lower than that of France—managed to launch an unprovoked full-scale assault on Ukraine?

There is a deep psychological, political and almost civilizational answer to that question: He wants Ukraine to be part of Russia more t…

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Michael Shellenberger
Best-selling author, "Apocalypse Never" & "San Fransicko" : Dao Winner : Time, "Hero of Environment" : C.B.R Chair in Politics, Censorship, & Free Speech, UATX
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