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Transport & Environment: Food vs fuel: Europe burns 19 million bottles of sunflower and rapeseed oil every day in cars
Corporate profits are the goal of the EU, not the common good or environment Read Here
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Alarabiya News: Germany Pushes for G-7 Reversal on Fossil Fuels in Climate Blow
This is what always happens when you have a Green Party in government Read Here
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Norbert Häring – World Economic Forum touts Bitcoin as a tool against global warming
Once again the World Economic Forum shows that corporate profit is its lodestar. Norbert Haering is a business journalist in Frankfurt am Main Cross-posted from Norbert’s blog Money and more With its “Great Rese2t, the […]
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Cooling Post: Austria to ban gas boilers from 2023
Let the bans begin! Austrian government bans the installation of natural gas boilers for air and water heating in new buildings starting in 2023 In addition, “any broken oil or coal heating systems may only […]
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Nate Hagens – The Great Simplification
This 32 minute animation – in 4 Acts – describes the backdrop for The Great Simplification – an economic/cultural transition beginning in the not-too-distant future.
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Macro N Cheese – Economic Superorganism with Carey King
Listen Here This episode of Macro N Cheese introduces us to Dr. Carey King of the University of Texas at Austin where he performs research and modeling of energy systems interaction with the economy past, […]
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BBC: Eight million Australians urged to turn off lights
Australia’s energy minister has urged households in New South Wales – a state that includes the country’s biggest city Sydney – to switch off their lights in the face of an energy crisis. Read Here […]
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Céline Keller – Comic: Dawn of the Energy Charter TREATY
“The ECT is the most powerful weapon in the hands of fossil fuels companies. Put it simple, this treaty is a major threat to the EU energy sovereignty, green deal, and climate justice goals. This […]
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Theo Konc, Linus Mattauch, Nicholas Stern – For climate economics, preferences can and should be treated as endogenous
In economic analysis, preferences are usually assumed to be fixed. This article analyses the impacts of climate mitigation policies when preferences can change. It argues that carbon taxes can change climate preferences by affecting social […]
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Inside Climate News: US Firms Secure 19 Deals to Export Liquified Natural Gas, Driven in Part by the War in Ukraine
A new report details a flurry of business activity and the potential impact on the climate. President Biden supports increased LNG exports, eager to support European allies desperate to replace Russian gas. Read Here Two […]