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Corporate Europe Observatory – Still a Big Con
How Big Polluters are using “net zero” to block meaningful action at COP26 Read here
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Washington Post: Germany portrays itself as a climate leader. But it’s still razing villages for coal mines
Like the EU – and where did they learn it from? – Germany likes to portray itself as virtuous and good. But these are not dirty little secrets. They are one big lie. Read here
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EEB: Wasteful destruction of unsold goods must be banned, NGOs urge the EU
Belgian, French and German initiatives to end product destruction must be upscaled at the single-market level Read here
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ITV: ‘Why so generous?’: Inside Italy’s scheme offering huge subsidies towards low-carbon eco-homes
Italy’s government is encouraging households to convert their living spaces into eco-homes by covering 110% of the cost Read here A worker operates at a construction site in Milan, Italy. Credit: AP
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Robin McAlpine – Carbon Capture and Storage
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is another one of those simple technical fixes that is supposed to stop climate change, but does not work Robin McAlpine is the director of the Scottish think and do […]
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npr: Despite climate change promises, governments plan to ramp up fossil fuel production
Despite lofty commitments by governments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, they are still planning to extract huge amounts of energy from fossil fuels in the coming years, according to a new report from the United […]
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Whitney Webb: Wall Street’s Takeover of Nature Advances with Launch of New Asset Class
A project of the multilateral development banking system, the Rockefeller Foundation and the New York Stock Exchange recently created a new asset class that will put, not just the natural world, but the processes underpinning […]
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DW: How big farm lobbies undermine EU’s green agriculture plan
Farmers and lobby groups are split on an EU agricultural reform that may increase farmers’ incomes and consumers’ prices. A DW joint report reveals a rift between farmers and the groups purporting to represent them. […]
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Bill McGuire – Big polluters and their funders hijack COP26
Why are fossil fuel companies, their funders, and others with poor environmental credentials, on the list of conference sponsors? Bill McGuire is Professor Emeritus of Geophysical & Climate Hazards at UCL, and a co-director of the […]
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Unearthed – Leaked documents reveal the fossil fuel and meat producing countries lobbying UN against climate action
Files show how Brazil, Argentina, Australia, Japan, Saudi Arabia and OPEC have pressed to water down a key UN scientific report Cross-posted from Unearthed Some of the world’s biggest coal, oil, beef and animal […]