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Scisco Media: The Shaky Political Viability of Forcing Fracking upon Communities

November 27, 2017 Mathew D. Rose 0

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 […]

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George Monbiot: Black Friday is right: our relentless consumption is trashing the planet

November 22, 2017 Mathew D. Rose 0

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 […]

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Dan O’Neill – A Sustainable Economy

November 16, 2017 Mathew D. Rose 0

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” […]

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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

November 12, 2017 Mathew D. Rose 0

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 […]

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ICCT – Real-world vehicle fuel consumption gap in Europe at all-time high

November 6, 2017 Mathew D. Rose 0

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 […]

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DeSmog UK – Shell, BP Climate Disclosures ‘Just a Marketing Tool’ — Report

October 31, 2017 Mathew D. Rose 0

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 […]

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Megan Darby – UN Shipping Climate Talks ‘Captured’ by Industry

October 24, 2017 Mathew D. Rose 0

The shipping industry is one of the main cotributors to CO² and nitrogen-oxide. It is hardly regulated with regard to emissions as this article documents. Megan Darby is Climate Home’s deputy editor. She previously wrote […]

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Hulya Dagdeviren – Control of the Energy Sector

October 19, 2017 Mathew D. Rose 0

The British government’s energy policy is marked by poor performance and high costs for consumers. While energy companies rake in massive profits and repeatedly introduce steep price increases, they treat their customers with contempt and neglect. There is great […]

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Climate Crisis

Mat Hope – How 25 Metres of Country Road Became England’s Fracking Frontline

October 17, 2017 Mathew D. Rose 0

Mat Hope of DeSmog UK travels to Lancashire and reports about the protests against fracking there. By Mat Hope, éditor of DeSmog UK Cross-posted from DeSmog UK     “There’s something happening,” Nick tells me. […]

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Jason Hickel – Why less is more

October 12, 2017 Mathew D. Rose 0

GDP has become a fetish. This obsession with major GDP growth makes reducing CO² impossible. The other downside is that GDP growth mainly ends up enriching the 1 %. The solution lies in re-distribution. There […]

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Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World: A New Economics for the Middle Class, the Global Poor, and Our Climate by Dani Rodrik

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Book Review by Walden Bello Dani Rodrik has impeccable credentials as an economist. He is an expert in many areas, including trade and development, and is one of Harvard University’s leading lights. In recent years, […]

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The Great Transformation: China’s Road from Revolution to Reform by Odd Arne Westad and Chen Jian

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Book Review by Branko Milanović Odd Arne Westad and Chen Jian’s The Great Transformation: China’s Road from Revolution to Reform is a book about how China transformed itself between the Great Leap Forward and the early […]

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