Thursday, November 22, 2018

#DENMARK: Pro-Environment "Alternative Party" Spokeswoman Labeled "Carbon Pig" And Hypocrite For Frequent International Flights

[world politics news]


The flying habits of members of Danish environmentalist party, "The Alternative," has come under fire by opposition parties. The Alternative positions itself as Denmark’s "greenest" party, even encouraging Danes to cut down on meat consumption and avoiding flying because of the carbon emissions of air travel.

But Alternative's political spokeswoman Carolina Magdalene Maier was the subject of scrutiny after the right-wing Free Speech Blog called her "parliament’s biggest carbon pig," and documented her many travels. The blog revealed she took 20 flights between November 2015 and October 2018 to 13 different countries.

[FULL STORY HERE]

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