When we talk about energy in the popular imaginary, we talk about coal, oil, and gas. Displacing the costs of such a destructive industry from North to South is one strategy of imperialist capital in which environmental racism is wedded to energy colonialism. Transitions to renewable energy can be extractivist in nature. Two examples from North Africa show how energy colonialism is reproduced in the form of green grabbing. It also necessitates an overhauling of the production and consumption patterns that are energy-intensive and utterly wasteful, especially in the global North.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 02, 2020 12:11 UTC