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Global Witness, Corporate Europe Observatory – Piping gas into the Parliament
Rapporteur’s pro-gas views and refusal to reveal lobbying raise alarms over TEN-E revision Read here
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Kacper Szulecki – Norway’s “Climate Election” Is a Warning for the Rest of Europe
Following last week’s general election in Norway, the centre-right government will step down, replaced by a left-wing coalition. Climate policy was an important feature of the campaign, but if this was indeed the first “climate […]
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Reuters: Xi says China will not build new coal-fired power projects abroad
If true, this would be a massive step toward closing down coal. Purportedly South Korea and Japan have committed to the same this year. Now Germany (who else?) and the Czech Republic are apparently the […]
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Michael Roberts – Canada: no change
The same story from all the G7 nations: weak governments, more fossil fuels. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger Cross-posted from Michael’s Blog Prime Minister Justin Trudeau […]
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eu observer: Auditors slam EU Commission on green investments
Is anyone really surprised by this article? The EU Commission is so debased by corruption (also known as lobbying) that little of use for its citizens is realised Read here
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Our Fish Campaign: Report: EU Fuel Tax Subsidies Worth €1.5 billion are Driving Climate Impacts & Overfishing
The EU fishing fleet receives a tax break of between €759 million and €1.5 billion from fuel tax subsidies each year, as well as producing nearly 7.3 million tons of CO2 just from burning fuel, […]
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Richard Murphy – The gas price crisis is the surest indication that Thatcherism has failed
Like the UK, European governments have been protecting the profits of fossil fuel companies instead of investing in renewables. Now the chickens are coming home to roost and we shall have to bail them out […]
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Roberta Arbinolo – EU coal: a race to the bottom where polluters win
While Europe’s athletes pushed the limits of sport this summer, coal corporations and governments have been playing way less healthy games, writes Roberta Arbinolo. Roberta Arbinolo is a contributor to META. She works as a […]
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Client Earth – Companies cannot use ECT to sue governments for climate progress, top EU court says
Environmental organisations have hailed a court decision that could mean the end of a little-known legal mechanism that poses a massive threat to climate action. We are a team of over 200 people across eight […]
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George Monbiot: Ground Rules
We cannot build our way out of the environmental crisis. Read here