Climate Crisis
Greenpeace: ECB injects over €7 billion into fossil fuels since start of COVID-19 crisis
So much for von der Leyen’s Green Deal Read here
Energy
Climate Crisis
Steve Keen – The Macroeconomics of Degrowth: Can Planned Economic Contraction be Stable?
Modelling the imperative of degrowth: to bring energy demand down to the point where we can eliminate carbon emissions by 2030, in a safe and just way. At first glance the article may appear technical […]
Climate Crisis
Corporate Europe Observatory: Research & Destroy
The factories of the industrial bioeconomy threaten the climate and biodiversity Read here
Climate Crisis
pv magazine: Italian homeowners can now install PV systems for free
If the Germans won’t let the Italian government invest, at least the interest payments will go to its own people and not to the banks. Read Here
Climate Crisis
Tim Radford – Carbon Dioxide Emissions Fall – but by Accident
The good news is that carbon dioxide emissions have fallen in line with global agreement. But we have chance to thank for that. Tim Radford, a founding editor of Climate News Network, worked for The […]
Corruption
Toni Strubell, Núria Bassa – “Spain Neglects the Sun that Others Exploit”
Interview with Pep Puig, vice-President of EUROSOLAR Toni Strubell is a former MP in the Catalan Parliament, journalist, and author of What Catalans Want Núria Bassa Camps is a Catalan Photo Journalist Photo by Núria […]
Climate Crisis
Corporate Europe Observatory: The future according to Shell
Shell is thus once again selling its supposed vision of a sustainable future, hoping to distract from the reality that the company bears a significant share of the responsibility for climate change and has a […]
Aviation
Asbjørn Wahl – A Red-Green New Deal in Transport: Workers’ Power + Renewable Electrification of the Whole Economy
The EU”s transport sector is like most businesses run contrary to existing laws and regulations, but lack of control and enforcement makes it possible to operate on the side of the law (if the US […]
Aviation
Corporate Europe Observatory – Corona Lobby Watch
Who would have expected that: Opportunistic lobbyists abuse the EU’s unprecedented health crisis. Lobbyists for many industries are opportunistically repackaging old demands, or developing new ones, and using the Corona Crisis to justify them, even […]
Aviation
George Monbiot – Corona Crisis: No Government should offer Airlines and Oil Giants a Lifeline
This crisis is a chance to rebuild our economy for the good of humanity. Let’s bail out the living world, not its destroyers. Read here