Earth Day and COVID-19

What to Know: Some radical environmentalists are glorifying the suffering and death caused by the pandemic, calling the coronavirus the “cure” for what plagues the planet—us.

The TPPF Take: How callous it is to rejoice in human suffering.

“While lower emissions might sound like good news, it’s anything but,” says TPPF’s Jason Isaac. “The virus that causes COVID-19 has caused financial devastation for countless families. Human well-being is essential to responsible care for the environment — not the other way around. The best long-term solution for our environment is to promote freedom and economic growth.”

Protests, But Not In Person

What to Know: Earth Day protests planned for various locations of Chase Bank have been called off due to COVID-19, but activists will seek other ways to pressure the lender to “Stop the Money.”

The TPPF Take: The Stop the Money movement is the worst kind of bullying.

“What the climate activists don’t realize is that divesting from fossil fuels won’t have any meaningful effect on climate change,” says TPPF’s Brent Bennett. “It will only make life more expensive. Activists will be responsible not for saving the planet, but for worsening poverty around the world.”

Being Intersectional

What to Know: Earth Day has gone intersectional, looping in causes such as “environmental justice” for the poor and women’s empowerment.

The TPPF Take: Want to empower women and the poor? Ensure they have access to dependable, affordable energy.

“Without electricity, daily tasks necessary for living such as cooking, gathering water, and caring for children require tedious, hard labor — labor that falls almost exclusively to wives, mothers, and daughters,” says TPPF’s Katie Tahuahua. “Access to electricity is the most powerful catalyst for prosperity known to womankind.”