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Current Affairs: We Need A Fair Way To End Infinite Growth
The left should embrace de-growth, but it’s the rich that need to sacrifice… Read here
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Transport & Environment – EU Provides €24bn in Fossil Fuel Subsidies as “Perverse Incentive” for Shipping Pollution
One of the most polluting forms of transport is benefiting from what is effectively a fossil fuel subsidy of €24 billion a year, according to a new report by T&E. Shipping, which still runs largely […]
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Ann Pettifor: High finance is wrecking the economy and the planet—but it won’t reform itself
The establishment is waking up to the dangers of “rentier capitalism” but more than cosmetic change is required Read here
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Paul Brown – Nuclear Cannot Help Against Climate Crisis
With new plants costing from five to ten times more than renewable options, and taking far longer to build, nuclear cannot help against global warming. Paul Brown, a founding editor of Climate News Network and […]
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DeZeen: “Our dependency on growth, like on concrete, must be abolished”
The pursuit of infinite economic growth is driving climate breakdown and producing ecologically toxic architecture, argues Phineas Harper, one of the chief curators of the Oslo Architecture Triennale. Read here
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Sam Lowe – Should the EU put a Tax on Imported CO2?
An EU carbon border tax would be tricky to design, costly to implement and sure to provoke legal challenges. But if done properly there are reasons to think it could succeed, says the Centre for […]
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Counterpunch: Rob Urie – Climate Change and Technology
Most of the proposed technical solutions exacerbate environmental ills in other dimensions, and threaten to unleash a host of unintended consequences. Rob Urie is is an artist and political economist. His book Zen Economics is published by […]
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Matt Finch – Decarbonising Aviation. Plane easy?
Unfortunately, no. Some sectors – such as aviation – seem to defy all logical ways to offset their carbon footprint. Can the UK possibly achieve zero-carbon planes by 2050? Matt Finch is ECIU business and […]
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New Economics Foundation: Netting Zero – What does a Just Transition look like for the UK Fishing Industry?
The IPPC special report on oceans and the cryosphere shows that the climate crisis is attacking our oceans. For the UK to achieve Net Zero carbon emissions by 2050, restoring the oceans should be a clear […]
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Richard Collett-White: US Lobby Groups Most Effective at Blocking Climate Action – Report
US lobby groups representing the fossil fuel and automotive industries are world leaders when it comes to stalling government action on climate change, new research shows. Read here