Climate Crisis
Transport & Environment: Europe’s luxury cruise ships emit as much toxic sulphur as 1bn cars
Research shows harmful gases from vessels quadruple that of cars as campaigner says people are ‘choking on toxic air’ Read HERE
Transport
Climate Crisis
Euronews: ‘Another missed opportunity’: EU Commissioner rules out private jet ban
The EU Transport Commission has said it won’t curb private jet use. Read the article HERE.
Environment
Jonne Silonsaari, Gemma Simón i Mas, Jordi Honey-Rosés, Marco te Brömmelstroet: Return of the child-friendly city? How social movements are changing European urban areas
Bike demonstrations which occupy the streets for child-friendly cities have sprung across Europe, and are achieving results Jonne Silonsaari is a Doctoral Researcher in Urban Planning at the University of Amsterdam. Gemma Simón i Mas […]
Climate Crisis
Stay Grounded: EU’s New Law on ‘Sustainable Aviation Fuels’ Fails to Be Truly Sustainable
The new ReFuelEU law, part of the EU Fit for 55 package, was announced yesterday The Stay Grounded network fears this could lead to a massive demand for biomass and energy, competing with other sectors […]
Climate Crisis
Hauke Benner – Germany: A declaration of war by the government
The last time the German Greens were in government in 1998 their legacy was mainly the Yugoslavian and Afghan wars. This time it appears it will be solely the Ukraine war…and maybe some solar panels […]
Lobbying
Justin Mikulka – Corporate Greed Is a Root Cause of Rail Disasters Around the World
Greece’s worst rail disaster ever is the result of the same corporate cost-cutting and deregulation that led to East Palestine and Lac-Mégantic disasters. Justin Mikulka is a research fellow at New Consensus Cross-posted from DeSmog […]
Corruption
Laura Neumann: VW diesel scandal – cliffhanger at the ECJ
The European Court of Justice must decide whether Volkswagen can be tried again for the same case that it has already faced and been fined for in Italy. Read HERE Bryn Hughes/Wikimedia Commons
EU politics
Euronews: ‘Mega strike’ in Germany: Flights, trains and buses cancelled during mass walkout on Monday
Largest strike in Germany for 30 years. Read the article HERE.
Climate Crisis
Hauke Benner – Deutschland: Eine Kriegserklärung der Regierung
Als die deutschen Grünen 1998 das letzte Mal an der Regierung waren, bestand ihr Erbe hauptsächlich aus dem Jugoslawien- und dem Afghanistankrieg. Diesmal scheint es nur der Ukraine-Krieg zu sein … und vielleicht ein paar […]
Energy
Nick Ferris: plummeting Russian oil receipts herald the fall of a petrostate
Seven consecutive months of falling fossil fuel revenues suggests what may happen to other petrostates as the energy transition accelerates. Read Here