The orange potato strikes again!

"US helps sink world’s first global carbon tax after threatening sanctions against countries supporting it"

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/10/17/climate/imo-shipping-carbon-tax-trump

#climatechange #climatecrisis #breadcrumb #usa #uspol #fossilfuels #carbontax

US helps sink world’s first global carbon tax after threatening sanctions against countries supporting it

A fierce Trump administration push to stop the global shipping industry from paying for its own climate pollution appeared to have been successful Friday, as efforts to approve the “world’s first global carbon tax” collapsed.

CNN
@why_we_went_extinct Amazing how fast cruel men can sink the work of hundreds.
@jide25 indeed, and quite depressing as well, especially since I barely hear any resistance to this in Europe from political parties, even the green ones. Apparently this is al fine, and we should just bow down to this madness...