These people are scum.
https://thehill.com/policy/international/580102-democrats-call-on-biden-to-sanction-climate-change-contributors/
https://www.markey.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/markey_letter_to_treasury_re_climate_sanctions.pdf
Combined with additional climate diplomacy with key countries like China, financial sanctions would ensure that addressing the climate crisis remains at the center of U.S. foreign and national security strategy.
Signed by:
Edward J. Markey
Veronica Escobar
Bernard Sanders
Elizabeth Warren
Literally only the four of them. This wasn't even just some "sign on to whatever" thing. They specifically used their "progressive" cred to attack China and promote the use of economic sanctions.
Yeah it's like dealing with climate change can't even be the goal of this request. It's literally just to slow China's rise. The article doesn't mention any of the like 20 different countries that pollute more per-capita, even though some of them, like Japan, Germany, South Korea, etc. have much higher per-capita emissions, and a lot of countries that are higher don't produce nearly as much value as China does from their manufacturing. What value does the US or Germany provide to the world that requires such high CO2 usage?
Uhhh excuse me, but have you considered how people are supposed to live without financial derivative products and Marvel movies?