Staff Reports
The United Nations is once again proving that when globalist bureaucrats get involved, American interests go out the window. This week, the International Maritime Organization—an arm of the U.N.—is set to finalize the world’s first-ever global carbon tax on shipping emissions. That’s right: The globalists want to slap a massive new tax on one of the most vital industries in the world, all in the name of some radical climate agenda. This is beyond reckless—it’s pure economic sabotage dressed up as environmental concern.
Here’s the real story. The tax targets commercial ships responsible for the lion’s share of international trade emissions. They want these ships to pay fees for exceeding arbitrary carbon limits while allowing a complicated and meaningless “trade” of emission credits. They aim to hit carbon neutrality by 2050, with steep, unrealistic cuts along the way. These mandates are designed to strangle U.S. shipping businesses under the weight of European-style green taxes, killing American jobs and raising prices on everything Americans buy. It’s classic globalist double play: exploit the environment as an excuse to impose economic controls that only benefit other nations—and their own cronies.
“THE U.N. WANTS ITS FIRST GLOBAL TAX—AND YOU’LL PAY FOR IT.”
“The International Maritime Organization plans to tax every ship’s carbon emissions—sending the money straight into a new U.N.-controlled fund. 176 nations on board. Consumers will foot the bill.” – @NoorBinLadin pic.twitter.com/a02uHOtrvS
— Real America's Voice (RAV) (@RealAmVoice) October 16, 2025
Thankfully, the American response—most notably from the previous Trump administration—was tough and clear. The U.S. rightly refused to join in this unfair scheme. We refused to let the U.N. dictate how American ships operate or get taxed based on unrealistic climate goals cooked up overseas. Threatening retaliation was not just smart; it was necessary. Because make no mistake: This is about economic warfare. A global carbon tax on shipping isn’t about saving the planet—it’s about punishing American businesses and consumers, forcing us to pay for a globalist agenda that destroys free trade and erodes national sovereignty.
And who’s backing this so-called “green” movement? Oil-rich countries like Saudi Arabia and Russia aren’t coming along for the ride—because even they recognize this carbon tax is a raw deal. Yet the so-called green elites in the West push ahead anyway, oblivious to how a punitive tax on shipping will spike the cost of goods, fuel inflation, and crush global commerce. The U.N. wants to impose “taxation without representation” on an industry critical to the supply chain that keeps economies alive. This is anti-democratic nonsense that is steeped in liberal arrogance—assuming the world’s biggest economic power should just sit back and take it.
The timing couldn’t be worse. After years of Biden’s disastrous energy policies, our economy is already gasping for air. Now we face another layer of international green madness aimed at strangling American competitiveness. Anyone who claims that taxing emissions from ships won’t have a domino effect on our everyday lives is either blind or lying. When the cost of moving goods skyrockets, every family’s grocery bill and gas pump price go up. This is globalism’s latest assault on American prosperity, wrapped in a thin veil of climate “responsibility.”
The real question is this: When will the American people say enough? When will Washington stop bowing to U.N. bureaucrats demanding we pay for Beijing’s pollution or Brussels’ green dreams? If this global tax passes, it isn’t just a threat to the shipping industry—it’s a threat to America’s economic freedom. The time to stand up to these globalists is now. Otherwise, America will wake up under a mountain of bureaucratic green tolls, with fewer jobs, higher prices, and lost sovereignty. Who’s really steering this ship — and where is it headed?
