Energy
Greg Ford: Three months of banking profits could prevent a ‘fossil subprime’ crisis
Finance Watch’s latest report explores the impact of adjusting banks’ capital requirements for fossil fuel exposures Read Here
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Climate Crisis
Stella Levantesi – How the Fossil Fuel Industry Buys Goodwill
From sports to academia to the arts, fossil fuel companies are pouring money on the things we love, in an effort to “not be held accountable” for climate chaos. Stella Levantesi is an Italian climate journalist, […]
Austerity
Simon Youel – Why are we Paying Tens of Billions to Banks during a Cost-of-living Crisis?
The UK Government is set to pay £80 billion to banks over the next two years for nothing. This highlights the urgent need for a rethink of monetary policy. Simon Youel is Head of Policy […]
Globalisation
Melanie Channon and Jasmine Fledderjohann – 8 billion people: why trying to control the population is often futile – and harmful
The world’s population hit 8 billion people on November 15, according to the UN. While human activity is undoubtedly driving the climate crisis, population growth is a red herring. Melanie Channon is a Reader in Social […]
Aviation
Ben Webster: Revealed – Airlines want £2bn handout to cover cost of ‘green’ fuel
Virgin Atlantic, BA and EasyJet blasted over ‘outrageous’ request for taxpayers to subsidise their passengers Read Here Colin Fisher/Alamy Live News
Climate Crisis
Food Security in Africa: Interview with WAEMU Commissioner Professor Kako Nubukpo
“Short-term responses are being put in place to deal with mid- to long-term problems, which is understandable given the urgency of the immediate.” Read Here
Climate Crisis
Jonathan Cook – Climate crisis: Blocking roads isn’t crazy – it’s our last hope that sanity will prevail
A lack of public concern in the West at dealing with the impending climate catastrophe isn’t accidental. It’s been engineered by political elites to serve their own interests Jonathan Cook is the the author of […]
Energy
Andreas Budiman and Ruby Silk – Resources For Net-Zero: Beyond the Earth’s Crust
Current net zero ambitions demand raw materials beyond their reserves. We need to see energy and resource demand as a broader systemic issue. Andreas Budiman and Ruby Silk are authors at Meta Cross-posted from Meta […]
EU politics
Philipp Leitner, Julia Zöchling: With or Without Hungary
By December this year the European Council must vote on the EU Commission’s proposal to withdraw budgetary funds from Hungary under the Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation. Read Here Photo: Ank Kumar
Finance
Ann Pettifor: Central Bankers – Engineering a Worldwide Slump and Declaring Class War
Technocrats have used QE to deliberately inflate asset bubbles. They have never publicly condemned or constrained asset price inflation. Read Here