Opinion: The Rocky Mountain Institute’s Climate & DEI Colonialism in Africa

September 24, 2025

On Thursday, the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) announced the sponsorship of 50 “women energy practitioners” for its first “Global Women in Clean Energy Fellowship.” The women will be working in Nigeria, Ethiopia and Zambia. If RMI were trying to win a climate colonialism contest, then it would be difficult to top this effort.

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