António Guterres,
asbestos,
carbon emissions,
central planning,
coal,
coronavirus,
COVID-19,
Culture & Ethics,
economic suppression,
fossil fuels,
fracking,
global warming,
globalism,
natural gas,
natural resources,
New York Times,
obesity,
oil refineries,
polluters,
regulatory control,
subsidies,
United Nations
Ever since the COVID-19 crisis erupted, commentators have predicted that activists would try to hitch global warming to the ongoing fight against coronavirus — not that this required true prophetic gifts. Activists think every crisis requires the dilution of national sovereignty, increased regulations, wealth redistribution, and higher taxes — including to combat the obesity epidemic. Unsurprisingly, and right on schedule, U.N. Secretary General António Guterres contributed an op-ed in the New York Times — filled with the usual global-warming bromides — arguing that the fights against the virus and climate change should be joined into one six-point “climate positive” plan. You like economic suppression? You like heavy-handed government regulatory control? You like globalism? Then, Guterres is your man. He writes: A recovery from the coronavirus crisis must not take us just back to where we…