Aviation
Stay Grounded: Eight ways airlines exploit their own customers
Airlines have a long record of screwing over the very people who use their services Read HERE Photo: Bahnfrend/Creative Commons
Environment
Climate Crisis
José Manuel Cabrero, César Martín-Gómez, Rayder W.L. Laura – The ravaging of Spain’s rural economy has created the conditions for wildfire destruction
Wildfires must be stopped before they happen, and the best way to do that is to end the abandonment of Spain’s rural areas to ensure forests are kept ‘clean’. José Manuel Cabrero is a professor […]
Economics
GPEnewsdocs: James K. Galbraith, Lynn Fries – From the Fossil-Fuel Civilization Into …? A Biophysical Reality Check
Economics cannot keep ignoring that energy and resources for production are no longer abundant and easy to access James K. Galbraith is Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. Chair in Government/Business Relations at the LBJ School of […]
Climate Crisis
Liam Kavanagh, Rupert Read – Climate Adaptation Processes can create further serious social and political change
Adapting for climate impacts a national priority: practical, properly funded, and locally led. Liam Kavanagh is a Cognitive & Social Scientist devoted to using his understanding of human motivation, ideology, and economics to aid more […]
Environment
Kate Bayliss, Gwyn Bevan – Only public ownership of Britain’s water system will solve its crisis
England and Wales’ polluted water is a monument to the disaster of privatising public resources. Kate Bayliss is a Research Associate at SOAS University of London. She has been working on the political economy of […]
Environment
Politico – EU budget plan would deal ‘devastating blow’ to nature
It’s clear that the European Commission has given up on the sustainability agenda, in favour of the warfare agenda. Read the article HERE.
Environment
Emma Belmonte – On Sale for One Euro: Will Albania’s Forests Go Private?
We are still living in a time where, whatever the question, the answer of politicians is: privatisation. Emma Belmonte is a freelance journalist with a double specialisation covering Europe and Asia. After gaining expertise in […]
Energy
Geoff Dembicki – Carbon Capture ‘Not Going to Happen,’ Top Fossil Fuel Advocate Predicts
Bjørn Lomborg, the Danish political scientist and climate crisis sceptic, has a dim view of carbon capture and storage: it’s too expensive to make a difference. Geoff Dembicki is Global Managing Editor of DeSmog and […]
Economics
Natasha Foote: Pruning the EU’s Farming Policy: Have CAP’s Green Shoots Survived the Shears?
Cutting back the deadwood and overgrowth stimulates growth, giving space to new green shoots — but can the same be said for the latest pruning of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)? Read Article HERE
Environment
Koosje van Leeuwen – The Biology of Interdependence
Is the natural world defined by rigid divisions and conflicts, or does diversity, fluidity and interconnectedness hold the key? Koosje van Leeuwen writes at the intersection of biology, philosophy, politics, and art, with a focus […]