Free Trade Deal on Solar and Wind Could Hurt the Environment

Continuing to limit such trade would help green-collar jobs flourish closer to where the environmental goods are actually used.  That would help communities everywhere embrace their own renewables revolutions, while also reducing carbon emissions from shipping and trucking.

But the problems go deeper than that.  The protectionist government of India sees the agreement as a straight-up ruse — an effort to boost free trade that’s masquerading as environmental do-goodism.  India’s position starts to make sense once you consider the broad list of products that would be included under the agreement.

Free Trade Deal on Solar and Wind Could Hurt the Environment