> The "yellow jacket" protests were a response to tax increases on fuel as part of the government's strategy to reduce emissions It's a bit more complicated th

> The "yellow jacket" protests were a response to tax increases on fuel as part of the government's strategy to reduce emissions It's a bit more complicated than that. The protests came because the gas taxes, along with several other changes by the Macron administration, basically all hit the poorest in the country without really impacting the wealthiest. The goal isn't to stop policies that reduce carbon emissions, its to make sure we don't put the burden of fixing environmental problems first and foremost on the poor when we have people with plenty of resources who are barely getting touched by the costs of the cure even as they carry an outsized share of the blame for the disease.