5. Far-right Grassroots Environmental Activism in Poland and the Blurry Lines of ‘Acceptable’ Environmentalisms

Lubarda, Balša

doi:10.11647/obp.0244.05

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“…The analyses have also investigated media coverage undermining scientific theses about climate change (Jaspal et al, 2015), tensions between the global nature of climate challenges and the national reach of most mass media (Olausson, 2009) and debates on climate policy with the participation of the extreme right in the European Parliament (Forchtner and Lubarda, 2023). Analyses linking the issues of climate change and green transition with nationalism and the far right point to specific cases of countries, such as Hungary and Poland, where right-wing populists have come to power (Lubarda, 2023). This means that ideological reasons and economic and political nationalism can seriously impede the implementation of energy transition and investments in renewable energy sources in countries ruled by right-wing populists (Żuk and Żuk, 2023).…”

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Conceptualising energy nationalism in the context of climate change: framework and review

Żuk,

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Żuk

2024

Front. Energy Res.

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This article argues that the more energy policies are circumscribed within the borders of individual nation states, the more difficult it will be to implement the climate action on a global scale. The authors shed light on the relationship between nationalism and the simultaneous challenges of environmental protection, energy transition and climate change mitigation. Based on the review of various publications referring to nationalism in the context of energy policy and energy transition, the authors conceptualise this notion. Energy nationalism is defined here as any political decision, economic action and ideological justifications used to circumscribe energy policy within the nation state and subordinate it to “national interests,” “national security” and the “protection of national sovereignty.” Energy nationalism should be distinguished from both economic nationalism and resource nationalism, yet they are part of a continuum, in which economic considerations are upheld in the pursuit of strict national “interests” and, therefore, of the ruling elites in each nation state. The article explores the differences and mutual interconnections between the three. It finally explains why the notion of energy nationalism may better render the ongoing conflict between resource-focused elites and the international community–particularly in the context of the current climate emergency.

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