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My latest articles, one published in The Malaysian Insider and the other in my column in Utusan Malaysia.

English article (The Malaysian Insider)

Don’t be fooled by Western environmentalists (and their parrots)

Import duties, under the guise of ‘green’ taxes, will increase the
cost of international trade, ultimately damaging economic growth in
developing countries that exports to America like us. America is
Malaysia’s second biggest export partner.

Jairam Ramesh, India’s environment minister, said that he will not
sign any treaty in Copenhagen that forces a curb of carbon emission in
the Third World. We are lucky to have a figure in the developing world
like Ramesh. He knows how climate change activism in and by Western
countries can damage growth in developing countries. Malaysia needs to
learn from his boldness.

Let us not be fooled by the doom-glorifying environmentalists. Many of
them are simply following what Western green activists say, ignoring
science as well as the importance of growth and development in our own
country.

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Malay article

Jangan terperangkap agenda Barat

Mungkin setelah menyedari bahawa kempen alam sekitar di negara-negara Barat kerap kali dijadikan topeng kepada sekatan perdagangan yang menzalimi negara membangun, maka Jairam Ramesh, Menteri Alam Sekitar India, berkata bahawa beliau tidak akan menandatangani apa-apa perjanjian di sidang kemuncak Copenhagen sekiranya ia memaksa negara membangun menghadkan emisi karbon.

Mujurlah masih ada pemimpin negara dunia ketiga yang berani dalam menangani isu ini. Beliau menyedari hipokrasi negara-negara Barat yang telah sekian lama cuba menghalang kebangkitan dunia ketiga. Malaysia perlu mencontohi sikap India dalam hal ini.

Jangan kita terperangkap dengan kata-kata manis aktivis alam sekitar yang hanya mengikut telunjuk negara-negara Barat, dan mengenepikan kepentingan pembangunan negara kita sendiri serta fakta sains mengenai perubahan iklim dunia.

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