Croydon citizens’ climate assembly wants totalitarian kangaroo climate courts for net zero non-believers
At first it seemed like the LTT article (1) on the London Borough of Croydon Citizens’ Climate Assembly Report was an April Fool joke, but the actual report (2) does contain the following on page 5:
“People who fail to support the law of net zero greenhouse gas emissions should be identified and penalised. We want the majority of socially responsible residents supported and recognised for contributions they make. We also want to see those who let us down identified and penalised.”
It appears that Croydon Council wish to introduce some “thought police” as in George Orwell’s novel to tell us what we should believe.
ABD Environment Spokesman Paul Biggs said: “UK Net Zero policy should be scrutinised by all voters via a proper democratic process including a full cost-benefit analysis (3) rather than by a selected few overseen by biased advisors, which include Extinction Rebellion. In a free and democratic society people are entitled to hold their own views and make their own travel and lifestyle decisions. It’s ridiculous that a supposedly Conservative government is pandering to environmental extremists by supporting the setting up of assemblies dominated by extremists to advise on decisions that will negatively impact the economy and our lifestyles when there is not likely to be any beneficial impact on global CO2 emissions, weather or climate.”
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Notes for Editors
(1) Local Transport Today: Punish people who don’t back net zero:
(2) Croydon Citizens’ Assembly on Climate Change Report:
https://democracy.croydon.gov.uk/documents/s21475/Appendix%201%20Fin
(3) Petition: Hold a referendum to scrap the UK’s policy of Net
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300316
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