Climate Crisis
euronews: The EU’s hydrogen plans are a dangerous distraction driven by corporate interests
A good summary of recent developments concerning the EU’s corrupt and disastrous hydrogen policy. Read HERE
Corruption
Corruption
Robin McAlpine – WhatsApp corruption was in plain sight from the beginning
It has taken a remarkably long time for the Scottish Government to be held to account for what is clearly breaches of acceptable practice in record-keeping. Let’s hope the Covid Inquiry becomes a final reckoning […]
Financial Institutions
David Rowland: How private finance is crippling health and social care in the UK
Private Finance Initiatives have resulted in NHS Trusts in England being locked into financial constraints for which they bear the full risk. New research reveals the full scale of the financial burden. David Rowland is […]
Corruption
Politico: How Europe became the Wild West of spyware
“The U.S. is working to blacklist these companies but here in Europe, they are getting the royal treatment.” Read the article HERE.
Corruption
Ivor Chipkin, Jelena Vidojević – Africa is not a Country
Branding all of Africa as corrupt is not just stupidheaded, it is racist. Jelena Vidojević is a political scientist and the co-founder of the New South Institute Ivor Chipkin is the co-founder and Director of […]
Environment
Ellie McLaughlin – Big finance wants to turn nature into an asset class: but that’s not the way to save it
The financial industry is paying lip-service to green investment while its financing of nature’s destruction goes unchecked. Ellie McLaughlin is Positive Money’s Senior Policy and Advocacy Officer Cross-posted from Positive Money Photo: Հանուման/Creative Commons Nature is […]
Energy
Transport & Environment: E-fuels would emit ‘five times as much as electric cars’ if EU criteria weakened
New analysis shows that e-petrol cars would emit 61 gCO2e/km under the Renewable Energy Directive’s criteria for carbon neutrality. Read HERE
Energy
Corporate Europe Observatory – The dirty truth about the EU’s hydrogen push
The EU is hyping hydrogen as the miracle that will cure our fossil fuel addiction but the truth is dirtier: hydrogen risks extending fossil fuel use. A new study. Cross-posted from Corporate Europe Observatory The EU is hyping hydrogen as the miracle that will cure our fossil fuel addiction. The truth […]
Corruption
Dean Baker – Team Billionaire Is Winning: They Have Us Cursing at Markets
We have to understand how the rules we are making can lead to more or less inequality. The issue is not whether the government will override the market, the issue is how the government will […]
Environment
Vicky Cann – Which comes first, chemical-industry profits or health?
Stricter European Union regulation of toxic chemicals is being jeopardised by corporate lobbying Vicky Cann is a researcher and campaigner with Corporate Europe Observatory Cross-posted from Corporate Europe Observatory Photo: Anna Massini/Creative Commons ‘Stop deindustrialisation!’ is […]