Corruption
Corporate Europe Observatory: Under the influence
Is France’s EU Presidency already captured by corporate interests? Read here
Lobbying
Climate Crisis
Transport & Environment – Car industry “dirty tricks” seek to derail tough EU emissions standards
Ambitious legal limits for nearly 100 million new cars will improve public health for decades, but car industry is trying to sabotage this Transport & Environment’s mission is to promote, at EU and global level, […]
Climate Crisis
Global Witness, Corporate Europe Observatory – Piping gas into the Parliament
Rapporteur’s pro-gas views and refusal to reveal lobbying raise alarms over TEN-E revision Read here
Climate Crisis
Florian Skelton – Switzerland’s dead-lock on climate change mitigation
Three months ago, on 12 June, the Swiss people narrowly rejected a landmark law on climate change. Heralded as the most comprehensive bill yet, it would have however still failed to meaningfully reduce Switzerland’s greenhouse […]
Climate Crisis
Unearthed – Meat industry pushes UN food summit to back factory farming
Leaked documents chronicle behind-the-scenes row over industry calls to boost meat-eating Unearthed is Greenpeace UK’s award-winning journalism project Cross-posted from Unearthed A coalition of meat industry associations has pushed for the upcoming UN food systems […]
Climate Crisis
eu observer: Auditors slam EU Commission on green investments
Is anyone really surprised by this article? The EU Commission is so debased by corruption (also known as lobbying) that little of use for its citizens is realised Read here
Corruption
Michelle Meagher, Nicholas Shaxson: The US is taking on its corporate monopolists – now the rest of the world must follow
As Joe Biden’s administration starts to challenge the democracy-warping powers of giant multinationals, Britain and Europe risk being left behind Michelle Meagher is co-founder of Balanced Economy Project, competition lawyer and author of ‘Competition Is […]
Climate Crisis
DeSmog UK – The ‘Big Lie’ of Blue Hydrogen Starts With Ignoring Basic Economics
Blue hydrogen isn’t a clean energy source and the economics don’t work, but that does not appear to be slowing its rapid adoption being driven by the oil and gas industry. By Justin Mikulka: freelance […]
Climate Crisis
The Juice Media – Honest Government Ad | Carbon Capture and Storage
The bullshit around Carbon, Capture, and Storage (CCS) and Blue Hydrogen
Corruption
Taylor D.H. Rockhill – Amazon is Stealing the World Right Out from Under You
Any way you look at it, Amazon is a monopoly that penetrates into all our lives. Taylor D.H. Rockhill is Associate Lecturer-Economics at the Institute for Management Studies Goldsmiths, University of London Chances are pretty […]