Climate Crisis
Eurostat: Germany burning 45% of Lignite in EU
Germany is mistakenly regarded as a leader in fighting CO2 in the EU. In reality it uses almost half the lignite employed in the EU for energy production. Read here
Energy
Aviation
Chaitanya Kumar – Use Covid Recovery to get to Net Zero: the Citizens Assembly’s Verdict
Do democratic institutions like the British Citizens Assembly exist in the EU? Chaitanya Kumar is Head of Environment and Green Transition at the New Economics Foundation Cross-posted from the website of the New Economics Foundation […]
Climate Crisis
Richard Murphy – Is Greta Thunberg right?
Is it true that we’ve made no progress on climate change in the past two years as Greta Thurnberg has claimed? I fear that it is. This is why:
Climate Crisis
Franziska Holz, Claudia Kemfert: No Need for New Natural Gas Pipelines and LNG Terminals in Europe
Natural gas could play an increasing role in the German energy system following the coal exit decided in July 2020 by the German parliament. However, natural gas has no climate benefit compared to coal. What […]
Climate Crisis
Paul Brown – Fossil Fuels Face Rapid Defeat by UK’s Wind and Sun
The price of UK energy from renewables like wind and sun continues to plunge, What is true in the UK must be applicable to most of the rest of Europe. Paul Brown, a founding editor […]
Climate Crisis
Investigate Europe: The truth behind the EU’s National Energy and Climate Plans
A litany of evasions, missed deadlines, questionable claims and ignorance…real and feigned. Some member states even openly state that they do not plan to phase out fossil fuel subsidies. Read here
Energy
Inside Climate News – What’s a Virtual Power Plant?
An interesting possibility, which would help reduce the power of big electricity providers and their destructive energy monopoly. Interestingly Italy has initiated a programme that has some similar features. By Dan Gearino Cross-posted from Inside […]
Climate Crisis
Unearthed – BP spends ‘Low Carbon’ Money on finding and using Fossil Fuels
Is anyone really surprised? Most “green finance” is questionable and authorities seem to be hardly concerned. Profits always come first. Unearthed is Greenpeace UK’s award-winning journalism project Cross-posted from Unearthed The oil giant BP has […]
Climate Crisis
Juliet Ferguson – Europe’s love affair with fossil fuels
Investigate Europe’s findings show that Europe subsidises its fossil fuel sectors by more than €137 billion per year. Yet, thanks to loopholes that allow for vague definitions and a lack of clear oversight, many countries […]
Climate Crisis
Tom Baxter – Hydrogen isn’t the Key to a Green Recovery
Gotphotos/Shutterstock Tom Baxter, University of Aberdeen The EU recently published its strategy for delivering net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Alongside reducing the amount of energy consumed by buildings and industry, the appliances that currently […]