A newly formed climate alarmist group is seeking to publicly name and condemn individuals they say are most responsible for the climate crisis the world is said to be facing. The Climate Criminals Project is an offshoot of the Climate Accountability Research Project (CARP), which was formed with the support of several climate alarmist groups, including 350.org, Climate Clock, the World Center for Climate Justice, Greenpeace, and Summer of Heat.
“Climate Criminals” Campaign
On July 22, which was apparently Climate Emergency Day, the group published its first list of climate criminals. The list includes 24 individuals with ties to the fossil fuel industry, financial institutions that partner with fossil fuel companies, or who are involved with climate “denial” think tanks. CARP alleges that these individuals have committed fraud, money laundering, and other crimes that are putting the planet at risk of climate disaster.
“The Climate Criminals Campaign aims to raise awareness not of getaway drivers or politicians carrying out orders, but of the individual criminals operating behind the scenes and orchestrating the activities of the fossil fuel industry — the masterminds of climate destruction,” said CARP co-founder Chuck Collins.
“These masterminds have used their personal wealth, power and position to accelerate climate change through spreading climate disinformation, greenwashing, lobbying and implementing new fossil fuel extraction projects, and delaying public action on climate change. They are planet number one, and future generations will want to know who was personally responsible,” Collins said.
“criminal”
Among these “climate criminals” is former Environmental Protection Commissioner Bernard McNamee.
Federal Energy Regulatory Commissioner Jamie Dimon, who contributed to the notorious Project 2025 energy section, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, James M. Taylor of the Heartland Institute, and Kevin Roberts, chairman of the Heritage Foundation.
Environmental activist Daniel Faber said:
America's largest corporate polluters… are the architects and facilitators of putting profits above environmental and social welfare and must be held accountable.
Ideally, CARP would like to see those on the climate offender list face some sort of international tribunal for their “crimes” against the climate.
“Imagine a time in the not-too-distant future when an international court sits down to ask the question: who is to blame for climate change?” Collins and CARP researcher Tara Steckler asked on the Common Dreams website.
“crime”
What exactly have these “climate criminals” done?
Collins and Steckler claim that their “climate criminals” “knew about the dangers of burning oil, gas and coal with their atmosphere-altering properties but did nothing” and “worked to spread disinformation, block change and delay action.”
Climate criminals are using their power to buy time for climate change. They are leading us to a point where we will be living in ever-increasing climate chaos, with unprecedented increases in temperature, droughts, wildfires, floods, and rising ocean temperatures and sea levels.
“They are the apex predators in the climate change ecosystem. Future generations will know their names,” Collins and Steckler asserted.
CARP claims that the list of climate criminals is worth just under $30 billion. Additionally, DEI is not as robust as CARP would like. In a press release, CARP stated:
Of the 24 climate offenders, 21 are male, three are female, 23 are white, 13 were born before 1965, and only one was born after 1980.
What does CARP want?
CARP is calling on supporters to sign a petition calling on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate these “climate criminals,” the petition states:
We are charging these 24 people with climate crimes. These individuals had considerable power, authority, and wealth to promote climate denial, sow doubt about science, block alternatives, and delay action on climate change. They have locked our planet on an ecological collision course.
Unfortunately, the idea of holding corporate bosses, fossil fuel companies and climate realists responsible for climate inaction is not as absurd as it may seem. Recall that in April the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that the Swiss government had “failed to comply with its obligations” with regard to climate change policy.
Ultimately, the Swiss government chose to ignore the European Court of Human Rights' ruling, but it shows how international courts may rule in similar cases in the future.
