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Jordyn Dahl – No, the EV isn’t dead — just briefly comatose
While the Chinese market for electric vehicles is expanding at a rate of knots, the EU market has stalled. In ‘Politico’. Read the full article HERE.
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Michel Forst – Statement regarding the four-year prison sentence imposed on Mr. Daniel Shaw for his involvement in peaceful environmental protest in the United Kingdom
Today marks a dark day for peaceful environmental protest, the protection of environmental defenders and indeed anyone concerned with the exercise of their fundamental freedoms in the United Kingdom Michel Forst is UN Special Rapporteur […]
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Byline Times: Just Stop Oil Protestors Receive Harshest Jail Terms Yet in Case that ‘May Violate Human Rights Law’
The trial and sentencing of the protesters has been described as a “low point in British justice” and an “assault on free speech” Read HERE
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GPEnewsdocs – Exporting Extinction: The Global Political Economy of Biodiversity Loss
Why governments further policy agendas that entrench and expand extractive industries that drive biodiversity loss is revealed in Exporting Extinction, a report exposing structural drivers incentivizing this extractive agenda and constraining what states can do […]
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Richard Murphy – Labour is not going to deliver
6 July 2024 Richard explains the two most imporrtant policies of why authoritarian liberals are doomed to failure: ignoring climate change and their propagation of Trickle Down
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David Goessmann – Germany in Decline: How Political Illusions Have Fostered the Extreme Right in Europe’s Powerhouse
A broad look at the current state of German politics David Goeßmann is a journalist based in Berlin/Germany Cross-posted from Counterpunch Youtube screengrab The elections for the European Parliament saw a shift to the far […]
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Michael Roberts: Fixing the climate – it just ain’t profitable
The problem is not that renewables are expensive, they’re cheaper than fossil fuels. The problem is that capitalists can’t make huge profits out of them. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and […]
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Pranjal Pandey – Heat wave crisis: Developing nations bear the brunt
Those with least capacity to cope and adapt to extreme heat suffer the most. Pranjal Pandey, a journalist and editor located in Delhi, has edited seven books covering a range of issues available at LeftWord. […]
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Sangeeth Raja Selvaraju, Nick Robins – Port Talbot shows the need for a just transition to net zero
To the extent that there is a renewables transition underway, it is extremely unjust. Nick Robins is Professor of Practice in Sustainable Finance at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, at […]
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Stefano Liberti, Francesco Bellina – Tropical Italy: Sicily’s Mango and Avocado Boom
Some southern Italian farmers are adapting to warmer temperatures by planting tropical fruit, but it won’t offset the agriculture that is being lost due to extreme weather. Francesco Bellina is a photographer based in Palermo, […]