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eu observer: EU Commission wary of Austria’s green air-price plan
How the EU will impose its Braun Deal: by blocking national governments from introducing measures to reduce CO2 Read here
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Mark Maslin, Simon Lewis – Outdated carbon credits from old wind and solar farms are threatening climate change efforts
chuyuss / shutterstock Mark Maslin, UCL and Simon Lewis, UCL French global energy giant Total recently announced it had delivered its first shipment of “carbon neutral liquid natural gas”. Natural gas is, of course, a […]
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The Case for Degrowth by Giorgos Kallis, Susan Paulson, Giacomo D’Alisa, Federico Demaria
Book Review by Mathew D. Rose “Forlorn Hope” was a British military term from the seventeenth to early nineteenth century for a group of soldiers chosen to take an extremely hazardous role in a military […]
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Cardiff University – Climate Scientists Fly more than other Researchers
A lot of flying by academics simply has to do with a sense of entitlement, but isn’t that true of most people who fly? Time for a rethink. Cross-posted from Phys Org The large, international […]
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Tim Radford – Supply Chains generate massive Carbon Emissions
When it comes to cutting carbon emissions, think global. Think multinational. Think Coca-Cola, or Total. But don’t fly. Tim Radford, a founding editor of Climate News Network, worked for The Guardian for 32 years, for […]
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Alex Chapman – The Dodgy Economics behind Expanding our Airports
Despite what airport executives say, expanding our airports won’t tackle unemployment or bring more money to the UK. Dr Alex Chapman is a consultant with NEF Consulting Cross-posted from New Economic Foundation Image: Pexels Given […]
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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 […]
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DeSmog UK: Aviation Industry Coronavirus Bailouts Contradict Governments’ Climate Commitments
Is the chance for a green recovery flying by? Read here
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Climate Home News: Airlines’ climate obligations postponed as UN body endorses industry proposal
First climate destroying corporations are given billions by government to save them in the current crisis. Now the limits set to stop global warming are being reversed. “The proposal was pushed by the EU, which […]
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Steffen Redeker, Christoph Trautvetter – State Aid and Tax Avoidance – the Case of Lufthansa
Germany, the nation where the industry interests and lies by politicians determine the nations policies. Today, 30 May, a new coal-fired power plant was taken into active service. Earlier in the week Lufthansa was given […]