Climate Crisis
David Keating: European Investment Bank Delays EU Fossil Fuel Phase-Out Proposal
An alcoholic, the Germans, and Orban join forces to protect fossil fuel corporations and destroy the planet. Read here
Energy
Climate Crisis
David Shirreff – Germany’s Brown Coal Drifts into the Red
Lignite mining in Germany is under attack from all sides. Can it survive until 2038? And if it doesn’t, who will pay? LEAG, the biggest operator of mines and power stations in the east has […]
Climate Crisis
Gabriel Zucman, Emmanuel Saez: Taxing wealth – how to triumph over injustice
In this month’s episode we speak to Gabriel Zucman about his new book with co-author Emmanuel Saez – The Triumph of Injustice: How the Rich Dodge Taxes and How to Make Them Pay. Plus, as […]
Corruption
DB Post: 5 Oil and gas giants spend over 250 million euros on EU lobbying, say green groups
The five biggest publicly listed oil and gas companies and trade groups representing them spent more than 250 million euros lobbying the European Union to influence climate action since 2010, environmental groups reported. Read here
Energy
Carbon Tracker: 79% of EU coal generators are currently running at a loss and could lose €6.57 bn in 2019
In this latest Analyst Note from the Power and Utilities team we explain the financial implications of recent changes to coal power economics in the EU. In doing so, we argue EU policymakers and investors […]
Climate Crisis
Katie Kedward – Five Fails in Climate Emergency Action
This is the sort of monitoring, evaluation, and analysis that should be occurring constantly in all EU nations, not just the UK. There is so much to be learnt here. Katie Kedward is a heterodox […]
Energy
Radio Free Europe – Greenpeace: Germany Shipping 12,000 Tons Of Radioactive Waste To Russia
The Russian office of environmental activist group Greenpeace has voiced concern that Russia has again begun accepting uranium tails, a by-product of enriching uranium, from abroad. Read here
Austerity
Mathew D. Rose – Angela Merkel: From “Mummy” to “The Mummy”
Germany is being run by zombie parties, led by a chancellor who is oblivious to the political reality of her nation, Europe, and the world. Mathew D. Rose is an Investigative Journalist specialised in Organised […]
Climate Crisis
Transport & Environment – ‘Clean’ Gas Trucks Myth Exploded by On-Road Tests
Another technical “wonder solution” has bitten the dust. Too bad for European lorry companies, who have used cartels to maintain their profits instead of investing in clean technology. Transport & Environment’s mission is to promote, […]
Climate Crisis
Reuters: European Investment Bank postpones decision on fossil fuel lending
Why does the EU have to support Germany’s natural gas industry? Once again the “Environment Chancellor”, Angela Merkel, has only one goal: increasing profits for corporations. Read here