In a world of financialised globalisation, prices of food are not determined by the simplistic laws of supply and demand. Prices are determined by a wall of money wielded by relatively few, invisible speculators and aimed at largely unregulated global grain markets.
Finance
Charis Marantzidou – Hard Currencies
Bulgaria has joined the Euro and the public don’t seem very happy about it – no wonder. In New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.
Climate Crisis
DeSmog UK: Cheap Wind and Solar Should Prompt ‘Rethink’ on Role of CCS
Oil and gas companies should be asking themselves whether they are investing in “the right kind of CCS”, its lead author said. Read here A carbon capture and storage facility launched by Canadian electric utility […]
Aviation
Climate Home News – Airlines could get Free Pass on Climate for Five Years under Industry Proposal
The industry is lobbying to rewrite the rules of a UN aviation pact, in a move researchers say would remove pressure to invest in clean flying technology Read here
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