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5. Eric Holthaus (@EricHolthaus), “If you are wondering…,” Twitter, October 8, 2018, 12:45 p.m., https://twitter.com/EricHolthaus/status/1049339997827084295.
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7. Peter Foster, “Peter Foster: Mark Carney, Man of Destiny, Arises to Revolutionize Society. It Won’t Be Pleasant,” National Post, June 5, 2021, https://nationalpost.com/opinion/peter-foster-mark-carney-man-of-destiny-arises-to-revolutionize-society-it-wont-be-pleasant.
8. Valerie Richardson, “Professor Floats Idea of ‘Climate Lockdown’ with Bans on Red Meat, ‘Extreme’ Energy Limits,” Washington Times, September 28, 2020, https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/sep/28/professor-floats-idea-climate-lockdown-bans-red-me/; Marc Morano, “Gates/Soros/Ford Foundation-Funded Professor Floats Idea of ‘Climate Lockdown’ with Bans on Red Meat, ‘Extreme’ Energy Limits,” Climate Depot, September 28, 2020, https://www.climatedepot.com/2020/09/28/gates-soros-ford-foundation-funded-professor-floats-idea-of-climate-lockdown-with-bans-on-red-meat-extreme-energy-limits/.
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10. Richardson, “Professor Floats Idea of ‘Climate Lockdown.’ ”
11. Mariana Mazzucato, “The Covid-19 Crisis Is a Chance to Do Capitalism Differently,” The Guardian, March 18, 2020, https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/18/the-covid-19-crisis-is-a-chance-to-do-capitalism-differently.
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14. Kit Knightly, “Is a ‘Climate Lockdown’ on the Horizon?,” OffGuardian, June 10, 2021, https://off-guardian.org/2021/06/10/is-a-climate-lockdown-on-the-horizon/.
15. Kevin A. Hassett, “Death by 1,000 Climate Faucis,” National Review, December 1, 2021, https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/12/death-by-1000-climate-faucis/?utm_source=recirc-desktop&utm_medium=blog-post&utm_campaign=river&utm_content=more-in&utm_term=first.
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17. Ellipses in the original. Marc Morano, “Intl Energy Agency Report Urges ENERGY LOCKDOWNS: ‘Banning Use of Private Cars on Sundays… Reducing Highway Speed Limits… More Working from Home… Cutting Business Air Travel’ & SUV ‘Tax,’ ” Climate Depot, March 18, 2022, https://www.climatedepot.com/2022/03/18/international-energy-agency-report-urges-energy-lockdowns-due-to-russian-war-banning-use-of-private-cars-on-sundays-reducing-highway-speed-limits-more-working-from-home-cutting-business-air-t/.
18. Justin Worland, “The Pandemic Remade Every Corner of Society. Now It’s the Climate’s Turn,” Time, April 15, 2021, https://time.com/5953374/climate-is-everything/.
19. Alice Bows-Larkin, “Climate Change Is Happening. Here’s How We Adapt,” TED, June 2015, https://www.ted.com/talks/alice_bows_larkin_climate_change_is_happening_here_s_how_we_adapt/details?.
20. Dominic Mealy, “ ‘To Halt Climate Change, We Need an Ecological Leninism’: An Interview with Andreas Malm,” Jacobin, June 15, 2020, https://jacobin.com/2020/06/andreas-malm-coronavirus-covid-climate-change?mc_cid=9aab712a86&mc_eid=581c6ff5ff.
21. Ben Pile (@clim8resistance), “The green blob and its ‘High Level Climate Action Champions’ have wet dreams about Lockdown….,” Twitter, July 9, 2020, 8:07 a.m., https://twitter.com/clim8resistance/status/1281198376579719170.
22. Bryan Walsh, “How Stalling Growth Hurts the Planet,” Axios, March 20, 2021, https://www.axios.com/degrowth-economic-growth-climate-change-pandemic-774933af-9209-4b74-89fb-b4a783a87305.html.
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24. Ari Natter, “Climate Groups Prod Biden to Bolster Kerry by Declaring Crisis,” Bloomberg, November 25, 2020, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-25/climate-groups-prod-biden-to-bolster-kerry-by-declaring-crisis.
25. Marc Morano, “Climate Lockdowns Coming Soon: Dem Sen Merkley Urges Biden ‘To Declare a National Climate Emergency’—‘Using Every Tool Available to Him’—‘Treat this Crisis Like the Emergency It Is,’ ” Climate Depot, December 21, 2020, https://www.climatedepot.com/2020/12/21/climate-lockdowns-coming-soon-dem-sen-merkley-urges-biden-to-declare-a-national-climate-emergency-using-every-tool-available-to-him-treat-this-crisis-like-the-emergency-it-is/.
26. Adam Aton, “Schumer Urges Biden to Declare Climate Emergency,” ClimateWire, January 26, 2021, https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/1063723529.
27. Andrew Mark Miller, “House Dems Want Biden to Declare National ‘Climate Emergency’ and Ban Oil Drilling on Federal Lands,” Fox News, March 15, 2022, https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-democrats-biden-declare-climate-emergency-ban-oil-drilling-federal-lands.
28. Jean Su and Maya Golden-Krasner, “The Case for Declaring a National Climate Emergency,” The Nation, March 11, 2022, https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/biden-climate-emergency-dpa/.
29. Steve Milloy (@JunkScience), “This is true….,” Twitter, April 18, 2020, 11:38 a.m., https://twitter.com/JunkScience/status/1251535611976126468.
30. Luke Kemp, “The ‘Stomp Relflex’: When Governments Abuse Emergency Powers,” BBC News, April 28, 2021, https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210427-the-stomp-reflex-when-governments-abuse-emergency-powers.
31. “People Must Explain Travel Reasons under New British Border Measures,” Reuters, January 27, 2021, https://news.trust.org/item/20210127135918-tptoe.
32. Eric Holthaus (@EricHolthaus), “More than half of Americans…,” Twitter, November 18, 2020, 11:27 a.m., https://twitter.com/EricHolthaus/status/1329098925446492165; Eric Holthaus (@EricHolthaus), “1% of people cause half…,” Twitter, November 18, 2020, 11:18 a.m., https://twitter.com/EricHolthaus/status/1329096682932461574.
33. Pierre L. Gosselin (@NoTricksZone), “USA morphing into communist…,” Twitter, January 27, 2021, 2:41 p.m., https://twitter.com/NoTricksZone/status/1354514856037244932 (Twitter has deleted Gosselin’s account, but this tweet is available at the Internet Archive’s WayBack Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20210428115657/https://twitter.com/NoTricksZone/status/1354514856037244932).
34. Damian Carrington, “1% of People Cause Half of Global Aviation Emissions—Study,” The Guardian, November 17, 2020, https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/nov/17/people-cause-global-aviation-emissions-study-covid-19.
35. Christopher Ketcham, “Op-Ed: Coronavirus Has Something to Teach Us about How to Save the Planet—by Staying Put,” Los Angeles Times, March 14, 2020, https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-03-14/coronavirus-travel-ban-air-travel-climate-change-carbon-emissions.
36. Marc Morano, “Watch: Morano on Fox and Friends on Bill Gates Private Jet & COVID Lockdown Hypocrisy—‘Gates is the #1 Carbon Footprint of All Celebrity Climate Activists’—$30K a Month Electricity Bill at His Home,” Climate Depot, January 10, 2021, https://www.climatedepot.com/2021/01/10/watch-morano-on-fox-and-friends-on-bill-gates-private-jet-covid-lockdown-hypocrisy-gates-is-1-carbon-footprint-of-all-celebrity-climate-activists-30k-a-month-electricity-bill-at-his-home/.
37. Rob Picheta and Barbara Wojazer, “France to Ban Domestic Flights Where Trains Are Available, in Move to Cut Emissions,” CNN, April 12, 2021, https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/france-domestic-flight-ban-emissions-scli-intl/index.html.
38. Graham Piro, “Yang: Climate Change May Require Elimination of Car Ownership,” Washington Free Beacon, September 19, 2019, https://freebeacon.com/politics/yang-well-eliminate-car-ownership-to-fight-climate-change/.
39. Fox News, “Tucker: Brace Yourselves, Climate Lockdowns Are Coming,” YouTube, June 22, 2021, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD9JulHePh8.
40. Craig Rucker (@CJRucker), “Social planners, ecologists look to exploit pandemic…,” Twitter, April 15, 2020, 4:00 p.m., https://twitter.com/CJRucker/status/1250514367189311489; Alex Davies, “The Pandemic Could Be an Opportunity to Remake Cities,” Wired, April 13, 2020, https://www.wired.com/story/pandemic-opportunity-remake-cities/.
41. “Flashback 1975: Holdren Says Real Threat to USA Is Cheap Energy,” hauntingthelibrary, January 31, 2011, https://hauntingthelibrary.wordpress.com/2011/01/31/flashback-1975-holdren-says-real-threat-to-usa-is-cheap-energy/.
42. Brittany Bernstein, “Australian State Limits Residents of COVID-19 Lockdown Apartments to Six Beers per Day: Report,” National Review, September 8, 2021, https://www.nationalreview.com/news/australian-state-limits-residents-of-covid-19-lockdown-apartments-to-six-beers-per-day-report/.
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44. Svein Tveitdal (@tveitdal), “If we can put the whole world on pause…,” Twitter, March 17, 2020, 6:33 a.m., https://twitter.com/tveitdal/status/1239862376310222848.
45. Jamie Margolin, “Coronavirus Response Should Be a Model for How We Address Climate Change,” Teen Vogue, March 18, 2020, https://www.teenvogue.com/story/coronavirus-response-climate-crisis (The article title has since been changed to “Coronavirus Shows Us Rapid Global Response to Climate Change Is Possible,” but a screenshot of the original title is available at Climate Depot: https://www.climatedepot.com/2020/03/17/teen-vogue-op-ed-coronavirus-response-should-be-a-model-for-how-we-address-climate-change/).
46. Valerie Richardson, “ ‘Earth Day Climate Activists: Treat Climate like Coronavirus Crisis,” Washington Times, April 22, 2020, https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/22/earth-day-climate-activists-treat-climate-coronavi/.
47. Benjamin Zycher, “Statement Submitted for the Record, Subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship and Capital Markets, Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives,” JunkScience.com, March 3, 2021, https://junkscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ESG-House-Finance-K-Mkts-sub-Zycher-March-2021.pdf.
48. The Heartland Institute, “Glenn Beck and Justin Haskins Discuss America’s Newest Threat to Freedom,” YouTube, March 8, 2021, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNHgk0XLLTw.
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50. Fiona Harvey, “Tackle Climate Crisis and Poverty with Zeal of Covid-19 Fight, Scientists Urge,” The Guardian, March 28, 2020, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/28/coronavirus-tackle-climate-crisis-and-poverty-with-zeal-of-covid-19-fight-scientists-urge.
51. Ed Conway, “Coronavirus Can Trigger a New Industrial Revolution,” The Times, March 5, 2020, https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/coronavirus-has-a-silver-lining-cz8wpc6xj.
52. Pete Schroeder, “U.S. Regulator Proposes Sweeping Climate Risk Guidance for Banks,” U.S. News & World Report, December 16, 2021, https://money.usnews.com/investing/news/articles/2021-12-16/u-s-banking-regulator-solicits-feedback-on-monitoring-climate-change-risk.
53. “Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets,” The White House, March 9, 2022, https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2022/03/09/executive-order-on-ensuring-responsible-development-of-digital-assets/.
54. Glenn Beck, “Proof a Government-Controlled Dollar Is Coming,” YouTube, March 23, 2022, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DWv9CZH860.
55. “Tucker: This Is ‘the Single Most Successful Human Rights Protest in a Generation,’ ” Fox News, February 10, 2022, https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/tucker-this-is-the-single-most-successful-human-rights-protest-in-a-generation.
56. New York Times Events, “DealBook 2017: The Economy, Consumers and Redefining Long Term,” YouTube, November 9, 2017, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cCs9Kh2Q08; NewsTime, “BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Says He Believes in ‘Forcing Behaviors,’ ” YouTube, March 31, 2022, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mfElnS0EOg..
57. “Tucker: This Is ‘the Single Most Successful Human Rights Protest.’ ”
58. Class Redux Killa (@BLCKD_COM_PlLLD), “You’re watching a master level ponzi scheme…,” Twitter, March 19, 2022, 5:32 p.m., https://twitter.com/BLCKD_COM_PlLLD/status/1505296205538070536.
59. Marc Morano, “Listen: Vivek Ramaswamy Gives Best Explanation of ESG: ‘The Defining Scam of Our Time’—‘Agendas That Would Make the Blood of Those Retirees Boil If They Knew,’ ” Climate Depot, March 23, 2022, https://www.climatedepot.com/2022/03/23/listen-vivik-ramaswamy-gives-best-explanation-of-esgr-the-defining-scam-of-our-time-agendas-that-would-make-the-blood-of-those-retirees-boil-if-they-knew/.
60. “Tucker: This Is ‘the Single Most Successful Human Rights Protest.’ ”
61. Sebastian Tong, “Musk Says ESG ‘an Outrageous Scam’ after Tesla Index Exclusion,” Bloomberg, May 18, 2022, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-18/musk-says-esg-an-outrageous-scam-after-tesla-index-exclusion.
62. Ron Paul, “End the Fed and Get More Doritos,” Ron Paul Institute, March 21, 2022, http://ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2022/march/21/end-the-fed-and-get-more-doritos/.
63. Marc Morano, “Climate Lockdowns: New CO2 Monitoring Credit Card Enables Tracking of ‘Carbon Footprint on Every Purchase’—‘Monitors & Cuts Off Spending When We Hit Our Carbon Max’—Mastercard & UN Join Forces,” Climate Depot, September 13, 2021, https://www.climatedepot.com/2021/09/13/new-co2-monitoring-credit-card-enables-tracking-of-carbon-footprint-on-every-purchase-monitors-cuts-off-spending-when-we-hit-our-carbon-max-mastercard-un-join-forces/.
64. Marc Morano, “ ‘Fight Climate Change with Every Swipe’: New Climate Change Debit Card Debuting: Monitors Your ‘Personal Sustainability Score’—‘Plant a Tree Every Time You Make a Purchase,’ ” Climate Depot, September 24, 2021, https://www.climatedepot.com/2021/09/24/fight-climate-change-with-every-swipe-new-climate-change-debt-card-debuting-monitors-your-personal-sustainability-score-plant-a-tree-every-time-you-make-a-purchase/.
65. Francesco Fuso Nerini et al., “Personal Carbon Allowances Revisited,” Nature Sustainability 4 (2021): 102–31, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-021-00756-w.
66. Colin Drury, “Should Everyone Have Their Own Personal Carbon Quota? Calls Grow for Emission Allowances,” The Independent, November 13, 2021, https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/personal-carbon-allowance-trading-climate-crisis-b1956705.html.
67. Ron Clutz, “Covid/Climate Prigs Are Out to Spoil Your Day,” Climate Matters, December 1, 2021, https://rclutz.com/2021/12/01/covid-climate-prigs-are-out-to-spoil-your-days/.
68. Ross Mittiga, “Political Legitimacy, Authoritarianism, and Climate Change,” American Political Science Review (2021): 1–14, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055421001301.
69. Ronald Bailey, “To Stop Climate Change Americans Must Cut Energy Use by 90 Percent, Live in 640 Square Feet, and Fly Only Once Every 3 Years, Says Study,” Reason, July 2, 2021, https://reason.com/2021/07/02/to-stop-climate-change-americans-must-cut-energy-use-by-90-percent-live-in-640-square-feet-and-fly-only-once-every-3-years-says-study/.
70. Jefim Vogel et al., “Socio-Economic Conditions for Satisfying Human Needs at Low Energy Use: An International Analysis of Social Provisioning,” Global Environmental Change 69 (July 2021), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2021.102287.
71. 1News, “Trio of Covid Scientists Chuffed after Winning Prizes at PM’s Awards,” YouTube, April 13, 2021, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7XjO-57F4Q.
72. A. R. Ravishankara and Mary M. Glackin, “We’re Flattening the Coronavirus Curve. We Can Flatten the Climate Curve, Too.,” Washington Post, May 19, 2020, https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/05/19/coronavirus-action-climate-change/.
73. Marc Morano, “Climate Lockdowns?! Climate Is ‘Greatest Threat’ to Global Public Health, Say 230 Medical Journals: Declare COVID-19 ‘Response’ Be ‘Template’ for Climate Response,” Climate Depot, September 6, 2021, https://www.climatedepot.com/2021/09/06/further-corruption-of-public-health-orgs-more-than-230-medical-journals-warn-made-up-number-of-1-5c-of-global-warming-could-be-catastrophic-for-health-despite-99-drop-in-climate-rel/.
74. Marc Morano, “Climate Lockdown: ‘It’s Time to Ban the Sale of Pickup Trucks’—‘Shift Away from Relying on Private Vehicles Entirely,’ ” Climate Depot, July 16, 2021, https://www.climatedepot.com/2021/07/16/climate-lockdown-its-time-to-ban-the-sale-of-pickup-trucks-shift-away-from-relying-on-private-vehicles-entirely/.
75. Marc Morano, “Climate Lockdowns: British Medical Journal Study Calls for Meat & Dairy Price Hikes to Fight ‘Climate Change’—Meat Consumption in N. America Must Fall 79%—‘Substantially Fewer Journeys by Car,’ ” Climate Depot, October 9, 2021, https://www.climatedepot.com/2021/10/09/climate-lockdowns-british-medical-journal-study-calls-for-meat-dairy-price-hikes-to-fight-climate-change-meat-consumption-in-n-america-must-fall-79-substantially-fewer-journeys-by-car/.
76. Marc Morano, “Foreign Policy Mag: ‘What if Democracy & Climate Mitigation Are Incompatible?’—Democracy ‘Is Not Necessarily the Path to a Solution. I Might, Instead, Be Part of the Problem,’ ” Climate Depot, January 11, 2022, https://www.climatedepot.com/2022/01/11/foreign-policy-mag-what-if-democracy-climate-mitigation-are-incompatible-democracy-is-not-necessarily-the-path-to-a-solution-it-might-instead-be-part-of-the-problem/.
