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George Monbiot: Cars are killing us. Within 10 years, we must phase them out
Driving is ruining our lives, and triggering environmental disasters. Only drastic action will kick our dependency Read here
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New Economics Foundation – What’s the deal with the Green New Deal?
The Green New Deal has rocketed to the top of the agenda in the US. It’s an ambitious plan, spearheaded by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, to decarbonise the US economy and eliminate economic insecurity at the same […]
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Heiner Flassbeck – A big step for Germany, a small step for mankind
Germany feels good about itself again. After its decision on the future of coal, it sees itself as a pioneer in transforming its energy production. In reality it still doesn’t want to think seriously about […]
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Richard Murphy – The Washington Post is leading the right wing backlash to the Green New Deal, and have got almost everything wrong
Here they come again, neo-liberal corporate and state media in their newest offensive against anything progressive. The new target is the Green New Deal. Of course – as usual – the market will take care […]
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Corporate Europe Observatory – TTIP reloaded: big business calls the shots on new EU-US trade talks
Two years after the suspension of the highly controversial Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), EU member states and the European Commission are preparing mandates for new trade negotiations with the US. But not much […]
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J. W. Mason – Yes, we can afford a Green New Deal
Slowly but surely the Green New Deal is becoming better known. Here J. W. Mason explains in a few minutes why it affordable Watch here
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Clean Arctic Alliance: Ridding the Arctic of the World’s Dirtiest Fuel
The global shipping industry is largely unseen by us, but its pollution is a threat to our health and our climate, especially for the communities and wildlife of the Arctic. Read here
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Simon Wren-Lewis: How to pay for the Green New Deal
In our continuing coverage of the Green New Deal we are presenting an article by Simon Wren-Lewis, an economics professor and advisor of Jeremy Corbyn. There is one especially good passage: “No one in a […]
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Richard Murphy – Does the Green New Deal need modern monetary theory?
You know we are making progress towards a Green New Deal when alternative finance concepts can be discussed. The “if” is receding, being replaced by the “how”, hopefully soon to be replaced with the “when”. […]
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Martin Lukacs – We’ve been conned into fighting climate change as individuals when it’s corporate power destroying the planet
Meticulously sorting your rubbish for recycling may salve your conscience, but it will never stop climate change. Dump your corrupt government, being financed by transnational corporations, and elect a government that wil put effective policy […]