Environment
George Monbiot: Eating the Earth
There will be no more meat in 2100. George Monbiot explains why that has to happen and will happen. Read here
Environment
Deregulation
Yanis Varoufakis: Globalisation is stuck in a trap. What will it be when it breaks free?
Globalisation has been caught in a steel trap of its own making. Its crisis is due to too much money in the wrong hands. Yanis Varoufakis analyses the world crisis and offers concrete solutions. Read […]
Economics
Lindsay Mackie – Good and bad productivity
Just as wtih GDP, productivity as such is not good. It depends on the type of productivity as Lindsay Mackie explains. Lindsay Mackie was trained as a journalist in Scotland and joined The Guardian as a […]
Environment
George Monbiot: Dirty air is killing our children. Why does the government let this happen?
This article applies not only for cars at school gates. Due to the fraud of Volkswagen and other car companies the air in most of our cities is polluted above the permissible levels. Besides government […]
Climate Crisis
Scisco Media: The Shaky Political Viability of Forcing Fracking upon Communities
The protests against fracking in the UK are increasing despite the ramping up of repression. The courts and police appear to be in full confrontation mode. All paid for by the taxpayer, the majortiy of […]
Environment
George Monbiot: Black Friday is right: our relentless consumption is trashing the planet
When you hear that something makes economic sense, this means it makes the opposite of common sense. Those sensible men and women who run the world’s treasuries and central banks, who see an indefinite rise […]
Economics
Dan O’Neill – A Sustainable Economy
Economic growth remains the predominant policy goal in the UK. Section 108 of the Deregulation Act 2015 requires that any person exercising a regulatory function must have “regard to the desirability of promoting economic growth” […]
Climate Crisis
ICCT: Early Christmas present to the car industry, or lump of coal? The European Commission regulatory proposal for reducing new vehicle CO2 emissions post-2020
Although there are passages that require background knowledge, this article provides much valuable information concerning the EU once again pandering to the wishes of the car industry in Europe – to the detriment of countering […]
Environment
ICCT – Real-world vehicle fuel consumption gap in Europe at all-time high
Discrepancy between passenger vehicle type-approval test results and in-use fuel consumption and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions at 42 per cent, with first indications of a possible slowdown in the growth of the gap. The International […]
Climate Crisis
DeSmog UK – Shell, BP Climate Disclosures ‘Just a Marketing Tool’ — Report
A report exposes a glaring discrepancy between Shell and BP’s public support for a low-carbon economy and their actual business planning By Kyla Mandel, Deputy Editor of DeSmog UK Cross-posted from DeSmog UK Two years after BP and Shell shareholders resoundingly […]