The term eco-nationalism is a neologism used to describe an emerging form on nationalism

Nationalism

Nationalism is a political ideology that involves a strong identification of a group of individuals with a political entity defined in national terms, i.e. a nation. In the 'modernist' image of the nation, it is nationalism that creates national identity. There are various definitions for what...

 both on economic and ecological issues.

Economic nationalism, typified in the US by individuals such as Lou Dobbs

Lou Dobbs

Louis Carl "Lou" Dobbs is an American journalist, radio host, television host on the Fox Business Network, and author. He anchored CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight until November 2009 when he announced on the air that he would leave the 24-hour cable news television network.He was born in Texas and lived...

 seeks to protect the working class of a country from loss of jobs due to trends such as globalization

Globalization

Globalization refers to the increasingly global relationships of culture, people and economic activity. Most often, it refers to economics: the global distribution of the production of goods and services, through reduction of barriers to international trade such as tariffs, export fees, and import...

, unfettered immigration

Immigration

Immigration is the act of foreigners passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence...

 etc. This stance is often pejoratively referred to as protectionism

Protectionism

Protectionism is the economic policy of restraining trade between states through methods such as tariffs on imported goods, restrictive quotas, and a variety of other government regulations designed to allow "fair competition" between imports and goods and services produced domestically.This...

.

Ecological nationalism on the other hand seeks to eliminate reliance on foreign sources of fuel and energy by promoting alternate and experimental energy sources which can adequately be created and maintained with a nation's boundary. Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

 displayed an example of this by becoming completely energy self reliant

Energy independence

The following articles relate to the topic of energy independence:* Energy resilience* Energy security* North American energy independence* Swedish Commission on Oil Independence* United States energy independence...

.

The term is attributed to an article for Slate Magazine written by Jacob Weisberg

Jacob Weisberg

Jacob Weisberg is an American political journalist, serving as editor-in-chief of Slate Group, a division of The Washington Post Company. Weisberg is also a Newsweek columnist. He served as the editor of Slate magazine for six years, until stepping down in June 2008...

, although the word is never specifically used in the article.