{"id":409944,"date":"2010-03-09T12:29:56","date_gmt":"2010-03-09T17:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/climaterealists.com\/index.php?id=5320"},"modified":"2010-03-09T12:29:56","modified_gmt":"2010-03-09T17:29:56","slug":"green-pressure-groups-get-e66-million-from-the-eu-by-daniel-hannan-the-telegraph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/409944","title":{"rendered":"Green pressure groups get \u20ac66 million from the EU by Daniel Hannan, The Telegraph"},"content":{"rendered":"

Article Tags: Green Tax<\/a><\/p>\n

Have you ever wondered why the eco-lobby is so pro-EU? Now you have your answer. Green pressure groups are becoming financially dependent on Brussels. Ten years ago, they received \u20ac2,337,924 from the European Commission; last year, it was \u20ac8,749,940.<\/p>\n

A study by the International Policy Network<\/a> reveals the extent to which Green lobbyists look to the EU for their income: Climate Action Network, Friends of the Earth, WWF, they\u2019re all at it. Much of this money, the paper shows, is then recycled into lobbying the EU.<\/p>\n

You see how the system works? The EU pays eco-lobbyists to tell it what it wants to hear. Its clients, naturally enough, tell it that the EU ought to increase its powers. A similar racket goes on between Brussels and the mega-charities (see here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t just bad for democracy; it\u2019s bad for the environment, because it equates conservation with state intervention and supranationalism. One of these Brussels-funded organisations recently produced a league of which MEPs were greenest. I like to think that I am pretty eco-conscious. I try never to fly or drive when trains are an option; Mrs H sources food locally, and reuses and recycles meticulously; we even had washable nappies for our children. But I came near the bottom of the table because I had voted consistently against giving more power to Brussels.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the Left for you, I suppose, elevating motive over action, valuing the moralistic over the moral<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Source: blogs.telegraph.co.uk<\/p>\n

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