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
Regulatory Capture
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
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
Climate Crisis
Roberta Arbinolo – EU coal: a race to the bottom where polluters win
While Europe’s athletes pushed the limits of sport this summer, coal corporations and governments have been playing way less healthy games, writes Roberta Arbinolo. Roberta Arbinolo is a contributor to META. She works as a […]
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 […]
Corruption
Renegade Inc. – The Real Looters Of South Africa
Since Nelson Mandela’s long walk to freedom, South Africa has faced hurdle after hurdle politically and economically. Mandela’s release from prison unified the nation. However, the last president, Jacob Zuma’s incarceration lit a national tinderbox. […]
Climate Crisis
The Juice Media – Honest Government Ad | Carbon Capture and Storage
The bullshit around Carbon, Capture, and Storage (CCS) and Blue Hydrogen
Climate Crisis
Mathew D. Rose – The Coming Climate Crisis Uprising
As the lies of corporations and the European political class regarding climate change become ever more massive, so will the reaction of concerned citizens, especially European youth. Mathew D. Rose is an Investigative Journalist specialised […]
Climate Crisis
Guy Standing – The Threat of Extinction: Dismantle Rentier Capitalism Now
Forget the technical solutions, the incremental measures, all the fancy footwork. Climate change is the product of rentier capitalism and can only be stopped by stopping rentier capitalism. Guy Standing is a Professorial Research Associate […]
Climate Crisis
Robin McAlpine – Look away now if …
Scotland is just a microcosm of the rest of Europe. Just substitute the name of your nation and replace a few names. Robin McAlpine is the director of the Scottish think and do tank Common […]