From 2020!-----Beware the Left's 'Degrowth' Movement | RealClearPolitics

This is the idea that economic growth and increased prosperity are the root CAUSE of massive ecological destruction and health pandemics.

"...These are the proponents of a radical and increasingly chic movement on the left called "degrowth." This is the idea that economic growth and increased prosperity are the root CAUSE of massive ecological destruction and health pandemics. 

• The agenda is to shut down industrial production and industries like fossil fuels, automobiles and airline travel that contribute to global warming. 
• COVID-19 and the economy lockdown are seen as a kind of test run for the theory.

...Degrowth is defended by its proponents as "a political, economic and social movement based on ecological economics, anti-consumerism and anti-capitalism."...