The European Union
( EU )
has always had
a problem moving
from words to actions.
The 2005 EU
carbon market
collapsed because
member states
tried to cheat
by issuing
too many
carbon credits
to their own
favorite
companies.
Those EU hypocrites
who promoted the
"Greta phenomenon"
are now uncomfortable
with Greta Thunberg,
who's calling the EU’s
new Green Deal
climate law
a "surrender".
Ms Thunberg spoke
in Brussels as the EU
unveiled a proposed law
( aka "EU Green Deal" )
for reducing their
carbon emissions.
If passed, the law
would make it a
legal requirement
for the EU to be
carbon neutral
by 2050.
EU Commission
President ,
Ursula von der Leyen,
hailed the law as the:
“heart of the
European
Green Deal”.
But 17-year-old
Ms. Thunberg
dismissed the law
as “empty words”,
accusing the EU
of “pretending”
to be a climate
change leader.
“When
your house
is on fire,
you don’t wait
a few more years
to start putting it out.
And yet this is what
the Commission
is proposing today,"
” Thunberg told the
European Parliament’s
environment committee.
“Your distant targets
will mean nothing
if high emissions
continue like today,
even for just
a few more years,
because that
will use up
our remaining
carbon budget
before we even
have the chance
to deliver on your
2030 or 2050 goals"
Ms Thunberg said.