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Greenpeace: Trade group including Facebook, Google to ‘oppose’ EU climate efforts
Leaked document details BusinessEurope’s campaign to undermine EU attempts to cut climate emissions Read here
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Mark Blyth and Carrie Nordlund – X Marks the Spot
Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown’s Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and associate director of Brown’s Master of Public Affairs program, share their take on the week’s news. Today’s topics include Hurricane Florence […]
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Jason Hickel – Why growth can’t be green
The promise of green growth turns out to have been based more on wishful thinking than on evidence. In the years since the Rio conference, three major empirical studies have arrived at the same rather […]
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Green New Deal Group – Britain: A Green New Deal Election Manifesto
As in past times of crises, disparate groups have come together to propose a new solution to an epochal challenge. The Green New Deal Group, drew inspiration from the tone of President Roosevelt’s comprehensive response […]
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Transport & Environment – Carmakers have cheated European drivers to the tune of 150bn euros since 2000
The real cost of carmakers gaming fuel efficiency tests is now revealed: the additional fuel burned because of widespread industry manipulation has cost drivers an extra €149.6 billion for the past 18 years (2000-2017) [1]. […]
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Reuters: French environment minister quits, citing lack of policy progress
Another green activist who allowed his vanity to override political judgement and support conservative, neo-liberal policy. It is a pity, because they discredit themselves. People increasingly want credibility and integrity from public figures. Political stars […]
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Leslie Rankin: Brits Need To Talk About Climate Change As Much As We Talk About The Weather
Not only the Brits. Read here
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Simon Wren-Lewis: How BBC balance and bad think tanks discourage evidence based policy
The United Kingdom is waking up to a serious problem: Not only are their media hopelessly biased in its support of reactionary politics, but they are using think tanks that are being paid by the […]
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Bill McGuire – Fire and flood: how we are overshooting the Earth
Our weather extremes are signs of a human population overshooting its planetary home, writes Prof Bill McGuire, what will it take to make us change course? Bill McGuire is Professor Emeritus of Geophysical & Climate […]
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New Economics Foundation – Climate breakdown: where is the left?
Climate change is fuelling record temperatures and sweeping fires, but the progressive response is lacking By David Powell, Head of Environment & Green Transition of the New Economics Foundation Cross-posted from the New Economics Foundation […]