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Ann Pettifor: Passing the Buck & Losing… by imposing the cost of the Green Deal on Europe’s insecure 99%
In this short interview segment I talk about two issues I’m really passionate about. Read HERE
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Wolfgang Knorr – Why voting Green won’t solve the climate issue
Green Authorian Liberals blame voters for not “doing the right thing”, but ignore and refuse to address widening distrust in political institutions and a general suspicion that such policies will only lead to more concentration […]
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Wolfgang Knorr – Warum die Wahl grüner Parteien das Klimaproblem nicht lösen kann
Grüne Autoren-Liberale werfen den Wählern vor, nicht “das Richtige” zu tun, ignorieren aber und weigern sich, auf das wachsende Misstrauen in politische Institutionen und den allgemeinen Verdacht einzugehen, dass eine solche Politik nur zu einer […]
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Stay Grounded: International week of action targeting private jets reaches its peak with blockade of Farnborough airport
On June 2nd, a group of activists blocked all the main gates of Farnborough airport, the biggest private jet airport in the UK, which has plans to greatly expand. This was part of an international week […]
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euronews.green: EU quits Energy Charter Treaty, leaving member states free to remain
Decision greeted as a major success for the climate but environmentalists keep urging all EU countries without exception to withdraw the treaty. Read HERE
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Energy Monitor: Is Microsoft’s AI push collapsing its carbon commitment?
Microsoft’s data centre expansions have increased its emissions by 30% since 2020. Read HERE Image: K2boy3/Creative Commons
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Irene Casado Sanchez, Jackie Botts – A program meant to help developing nations fight climate change is funneling billions of dollars back to rich countries
‘Climate finance’ from the global north to the global south is just high-interest loans, sometimes tied to obligations to source materials for green projects from rich countries. In ‘Reuters’. Read the article HERE.
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Orsetta Causa, Maxime Nguyen, Emilia Soldani – Lost in the green transition: Measurement and stylised facts
This data on green and high-polluting jobs explains a lot about the politics of the green transition. To put it simply, it’s materialism, stupid: most people need to see the green transition make a material […]
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John Feffer – The Race to End Fossil Fuel Production
Everyone talks about ending fossil fuel production, but almost no one is doing anything about it. John Feffer is the director of Foreign Policy In Focus, where this article originally appeared. Cross-posted from Counterpunch Jordan Oil […]
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Carbon Brief – What are the biggest geopolitical risks to climate action in 2024?
Carbon Brief has asked a range of scientists, policy experts and campaigners from around the world what they think the biggest geopolitical risks to climate action will be in 2024. Cross-posted from Carbon Brief Photo: […]