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→The Environment
==The Environment==
==The Environment==
[[File:17332349103 2a786ecb57 k.jpg|right|200px|thumb|To stop oil drilling in Alaska, "kayaktivists" in Seattle tried to prevent an oil rig from departing, while riding in kayaks made from plastic, which in turn were made from oil.]]
[[File:Habeck.PNG|right|300px|thumb|German Finance and Economic Minister [[Robert Habeck]] of the far left environmental [[Green partyu]] bowing to the [[Qatar]]i Trade Minister, begging for more crude oil and [[fossil fuel]] imports after imposing [[Russia sanctions|sanctions on Russian energy]].<ref>https://youtu.be/3BU3MudND8Q</ref> ]]
*A 2018 University of Michigan study found that despite being "highly concerned" about human-caused climate change and supporting [[big government]] programs to combat it, such people were least likely to have an eco-friendly lifestyle while people most skeptical of human-caused climate change and most opposed to big government policies had the most eco-friendly lifestyle.<ref>Multiple references:
*A 2018 University of Michigan study found that despite being "highly concerned" about human-caused climate change and supporting [[big government]] programs to combat it, such people were least likely to have an eco-friendly lifestyle while people most skeptical of human-caused climate change and most opposed to big government policies had the most eco-friendly lifestyle.<ref>Multiple references:
*Tennant, Michael (May 7, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/environment/item/28981-climate-change-believers-pollute-more-than-skeptics-study-says Climate-change Believers Pollute More Than Skeptics, Study Says]. ''The New American''. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
*Tennant, Michael (May 7, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/environment/item/28981-climate-change-believers-pollute-more-than-skeptics-study-says Climate-change Believers Pollute More Than Skeptics, Study Says]. ''The New American''. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
===Seattle's anti-oil "kayaktivism"===
===Seattle's anti-oil "kayaktivism"===
[[File:17332349103 2a786ecb57 k.jpg|right|200px|thumb|To stop oil drilling in Alaska, "kayaktivists" in Seattle tried to prevent an oil rig from departing, while riding in kayaks made from plastic, which in turn were made from oil.]]
On May 16, 2015, a group of individuals in Seattle, Washington staged a protest to prevent the departure of a Shell oil rig bound for Arctic oil fields off Alaska. The total number ballooned to over 200 kayaks and other water craft, organized by environmental groups from across the country "''...to demonstrate concern about the impact of fossil-fuel consumption on climate change''"<ref>https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/paddle-in-seattle-protesters-gather-against-shell-oil-rig/</ref><ref>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/may/15/seattle-kayak-tivists-shell-arctic-oil-drilling</ref>. These kayakers returned to the water again in 2018, protesting the expansion of a Canadian oil pipeline<ref>https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/kayaks-return-to-seattle-waters-to-protest-pipeline-project/</ref><ref>https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/kayak-activists-in-seattle-protest-oil-pipeline-tanker-project/281-529663142</ref>.
On May 16, 2015, a group of individuals in Seattle, Washington staged a protest to prevent the departure of a Shell oil rig bound for Arctic oil fields off Alaska. The total number ballooned to over 200 kayaks and other water craft, organized by environmental groups from across the country "''...to demonstrate concern about the impact of fossil-fuel consumption on climate change''"<ref>https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/paddle-in-seattle-protesters-gather-against-shell-oil-rig/</ref><ref>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/may/15/seattle-kayak-tivists-shell-arctic-oil-drilling</ref>. These kayakers returned to the water again in 2018, protesting the expansion of a Canadian oil pipeline<ref>https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/kayaks-return-to-seattle-waters-to-protest-pipeline-project/</ref><ref>https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/kayak-activists-in-seattle-protest-oil-pipeline-tanker-project/281-529663142</ref>.