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Corporate Europe Observatory – Inside Job

June 5, 2022 Mathew D. Rose 0

How business lobbyists used the EU Commission’s scrutiny procedures to weaken human rights and environmental legislation The Corporate Europe Observatory is a non-profit research and campaign group whose declared aim is to “expose any effects […]

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Transport & Environment: MEPs opt for weak car targets in blow to affordable EVs and the climate

May 11, 2022 Mathew D. Rose 0

EU Parliament must support more ambitious 2030 target and interim 2027 goal to drive down electric car prices and help countries cut their transport emissions. Read Here

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EEB: CAP national strategic plans will not deliver on EU Green Deal

April 25, 2022 Mathew D. Rose 0

Both nature and food security under threat as Member States cave in to misguided farm lobby agenda Read Here Photo: Raúl Hernández González licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic

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Corporate Europe Observatory: Big Tech’s last minute attempt to tame EU tech rules

April 23, 2022 Mathew D. Rose 0

Read Here As the EU discussions to set up new tech rules come to an end, new lobby documents expose the intense last minute corporate campaign to influence the secretive last phase – the trilogues. […]

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Amy Westervelt – Documents Show How Polluting Industries Mobilized to Block Climate Action

April 14, 2022 Mathew D. Rose 0

Since its inception, the IPCC itself has been the target of corporate obstructionism. Read Here

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Corporate Europe Observatory – Why Europe can’t break free from the gas lobby

April 12, 2022 Mathew D. Rose 0

Corporate interests, not the common good of European citizens, determines EU policy By Pascoe Sabido Cross-posted from the website of Corporate Europe Observatory Photo: Wikimedia commons The invasion of Ukraine has exposed Europe’s dependency on […]

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DeSmog UK – Biomass Industry Pushes Back Against Europe’s Plans To Protect Woodlands

April 12, 2022 Mathew D. Rose 0

The climate rollback in the EU continues as leaked documents show UK power plant Drax is at the heart of lobbying efforts to dilute EU biodiversity rules that could limit its supply of wood.  By […]

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Josephine Valeske – Arms firms spent €6m lobbying Germany ahead of massive defence budget hike

April 4, 2022 Mathew D. Rose 0

The news raises questions over industry’s access to power, with influential politicians known to work with high-level arms firms representatives Josephine Valeske is part of the Transnational Institute’s War and Pacification programme. She holds an […]

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Energy Monitor: New EU state aid rules keep energy transition on the back burner

April 3, 2022 Mathew D. Rose 0

Renewables and community energy get support, but so do fossil fuels, while energy efficiency – among our most crucial tools right now – is undervalued. The European Commission can turn the intentionally vague rules around […]

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Client Earth: We are challenging the EU to end overfishing

April 1, 2022 Mathew D. Rose 0

As usual the EU is priorisising corporate profits over the environment and future of its citizens Read Here

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The Great Transformation: China’s Road from Revolution to Reform by Odd Arne Westad and Chen Jian

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Book Review by Branko Milanović Odd Arne Westad and Chen Jian’s The Great Transformation: China’s Road from Revolution to Reform is a book about how China transformed itself between the Great Leap Forward and the early […]

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