Heartland assisting with Solidarity union’s efforts on a referendum for Poles to suspend the European Green Deal
Solidarity lauds “Heartland Institute’s extensive experience in managing large international projects”
KRAKOW, Poland (October 17, 2024) – Solidarity labor union leaders and The Heartland Institute signed an historic agreement Tuesday to work together to preserve conventional energy and individual freedom while opposing the United Nations’ oppressive climate change agenda.
In a pair of Joint Declarations (here and here) Solidarity’s National Secretariat for Mining and Energy, Solidarity’s Independent Self-Governing Trade Union for Individual Farmers, and three other prominent Polish trade unions joined The Heartland Institute in voicing serious concern that UN climate policies are destroying jobs, driving up the cost of living, and threatening precious personal freedoms that Solidarity fought so hard to win a generation ago from the Soviet communists occupying the Polish nation.
“In our view, such actions [to address the so-called climate crisis] aim solely to provoke widespread fear and a sense of threat, especially among young people, without finding – so far – confirmation in scientific research,” stated one of the declarations.
“The Parties declare mutual assistance in preparing for a referendum in which Poles will decide on the verification of suspension of the European Green Deal,” stated the second declaration. “The key actions in this area will include: preparing resources including analyses, assessments, forecasts, interviews, reports, and informational threads as well as securing international support from the strongest member states. Fully appreciating the Heartland Institute’s extensive experience in managing large international projects, we are convinced that such cooperation can significantly contribute to increasing the effectiveness of our joint actions in the future.”
This is not the first time Solidarity has called on Heartland’s expertise on climate and energy policy. Heartland and Solidarity signed similar declarations in Katowice, Poland, site of the 2018 United Nations Conference of the Parties on the Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Before and after the meetings, Solidarity officials introduced Heartland Institute President James Taylor to members of the Polish Parliament and Polish members of the European Union Parliament who share Heartland’s commitment to individual freedom.
“Fighting to advance climate realism in the face of a globalist climate-hysteria agenda is an international labor issue as well as a scientific, environmental, and economic issue,” said Taylor in Krakow. “After inviting me here to Poland, these union leaders emphasized how important it will be for Heartland to form and lead an alliance of organizations to fight for common-sense climate policy. I vow that Heartland will not let them down and we will provide as much information and leadership as humanly possible.”
Also, during the meetings, Solidarity advisors requested permission to translate and publish a Polish-language version of Heartland’s groundbreaking informational book, Climate at a Glance for Teachers and Students. Climate at a Glance provides concise, compelling climate-realist summaries of 30 frequently discussed topics related to climate change, such as hurricanes, droughts, coral reefs, etc. The book is also publicly available for free in digital format and as a free smart-phone app. Heartland will work with its Polish allies to make a Polish-language version speedily available in Poland.
James Taylor and other Heartland Institute experts are available for media interviews regarding this historic international development. To reach them for comment, please contact Vice President and Director of Communications Jim Lakely at [email protected] or call/text 312-731-9364.
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