Climate Crisis
Energy Monitor: ‘Fit for 55 part II’ doesn’t reflect a climate emergency
The European Commission’s proposed action on gas and buildings would not be enough to get the EU to its 2030 and 2050 climate goals. Read here
Lobbying
Climate Crisis
DeSmog UK: The Network of Powerful Agribusiness Groups Lobbying to Water Down the EU’s Sustainable Farming Targets
Agrochemical and pesticide giants like Bayer and BASF are pushing for weaker action on harmful chemicals and climate goals. Read here Credit: Peter Reynolds.
Corruption
euobserver: Ombudsman launches probe into Commission tobacco lobbying
In this new inquiry, launched by the ombudsman on her own initiative rather than following complaints and announced on Tuesday (30 November), the EU watchdog regretted that the commission still does not proactively make public […]
Climate Crisis
Friends of the Earth: EU Commission gives in to big biotech’s tactics to deregulate new GMOs
Citizens’ concerns and already-proven farming solutions to climate change are dismissed Read here Marching against new GMOs (c) Via Campesina
Corruption
EEB: Delay in proposed microplastics restriction leading to irreversible pollution
One additional year without a restriction on microplastics could see levels of pollution equivalent to 1.6 billion plastic bottles released into the environment. Read here
Corruption
Corporate Europe Observatory: Derailing EU rules on new GMOs
CRISPR-Files expose lobbying tactics to deregulate new GMOs Read here
Climate Crisis
David Whyte – Cop26: The day the net zero carnival came to town
The new alliance for net zero presented a huge opportunity to tackle the climate crisis. But what happened was an audacious attempt to consolidate the control of bankers and private financiers over the new-look global […]
Climate Crisis
Richard Murphy – COP 26 failed. We need not. But we have to get on with beating the forces that want to kill life in earth. Time is not our side.
It is right to be angry. There have seldom been such shit shows comparable to COP26. It is amazing what mainstream media and scientists, who feel they have to be positive, are trying making of […]
Climate Crisis
Rupert Read, Jem Bendell – The Davosification of Cop: Why capitalism hasn’t got climate covered
Cop26 is many things. Rupert Read and Jem Bendell are co-authors of DEEP ADAPTATION: Navigating the realities of climate chaos. Polity Press, 2021 One of us (Rupert) is in the thick of Cop26 in Glasgow, […]
Climate Crisis
Bill McKibben – Trust Is Hard to Find at the U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow
Young activists are right to doubt the pledges of governments, financial firms, and the fossil-fuel industry. Read here