You Vote: With talk of climate change skepticism, and of the green new scam, what do you think?

A United Nations climate expert is calling for people who question the goal of avoiding a climate catastrophe by rapidly eliminating fossil fuels to face criminal penalties. The experts who would be targeted for these penalties say these calls for censorship are part of a broader, growing effort to stop people from speaking out against climate activists’ political agenda. 

Elisa Morgera, U.N. special rapporteur on human rights and climate change, authored a report, “The imperative of defossilizing our economies,” which was released in June. The report calls for the banning of all oil production and infrastructure development by 2030. According to Morgera, cause “significant and pervasive risks and harm to the right to life.” 

In order to ensure people have the right information and form the right opinions about energy and climate, Morgera argues that oil companies need to be banned from advertising or lobbying for their industry, and “misinformation” by the fossil fuel industry would need to be criminalized. 

Some House members are not happy with the Senate version of the "Big beautiful bill" when it comes to what President Trump calls the "Green new scam." "Many Senators thought they were voting for a bill that would end the Green New Scam," Texas GOP Rep. Keith Self wrote on X. "Turns out, a last-minute paragraph inserted by lobbyists and agreed to by leadership does the exact opposite. What else is lurking in this bill? And why is the House being pressured to vote on it with less than 24 hours to review?"