• Home
  • About us
    • Our Goal
    • Authors
    • Editors
    • Structure
    • Donate
    • Funding
  • Donate
  • Comment policy
  • Contact
  • Privacy
Brave New Europe

Brave New Europe

Politics and Economics: Expertise with a radical face

  • EU politics
    • EU-Institutions
    • National Politics
    • Regulation
  • Finance
    • Economics
    • Monopolies
    • Tax
    • Universal Basic Income
    • The Commons
    • Gig Economy
    • Financial Institutions
  • Sustainability
    • Climate Crisis
    • Environment
    • Energy
    • Food Production
  • Corruption
    • Lobbying
    • Political Parties
    • Regulatory Capture
    • Revolving Door
  • Media
    • Media Concentration
    • Media Influence
    • Fake News
  • Solutions
  • Neo-Liberalism in the EU
    • Austerity
    • Deregulation
HomeSustainabilityEnvironment

Environment

Environment

George Monbiot: Dirty air is killing our children. Why does the government let this happen?

November 29, 2017 Mathew D. Rose 0

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

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 […]

Environment

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 […]

Economics

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” […]

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

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 […]

Sustainability Section Logo
Environment

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 […]

No Picture
Climate Crisis

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 […]

No Picture
Climate Crisis

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 […]

Sustainability Section Logo
Energy

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 […]

Sustainability Section Logo
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. […]

Posts navigation

« 1 … 20 21 22 »

Recent Posts

  • Emily Luise Hart – The University Strike in Britain and Student Solidarity
    December 10, 2019 0
  • Fair Tax Mark: The Silicon Six – and their $100 Billion Global Tax Gap
    December 10, 2019 0
  • Richard Murphy – A Green New Deal in a European Election is Happening
    December 9, 2019 0
  • OPEN LETTER ON THE ENERGY CHARTER TREATY (ECT)
    December 9, 2019 0
  • Dean Baker – Simple Economics that Most Economists Don’t Know
    December 8, 2019 0

Recent Comments

  • Jacob Jonker on David Barmes – Banks Really are Magic Money Trees
  • Øyvind E. Hansen on Asbjørn Wahl – Trade Unions and Climate Change: the Need for a Programmatic Shift
  • Jacob Jonker. on Lee Jones – The Seven Deadly Sins of Marketisation in British Higher Education
  • Jacob Jonker. on Shaun Hendy – How Much does Flying Contribute to Climate Change?
  • Jacob Jonker on The Debt Delusion by John Weeks

Archives

  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • October 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • September 2016
  • June 2016

Book Reviews

Uncategorized

The Debt Delusion by John Weeks

November 14, 2019 1

Book review by Mathew D. Rose When Ha-Joon Chang exhorted: “We need an economic literacy campaign so people understand the language used by the ruling class”, he was probably thinking of books like John Weeks’ […]

Economics

Capital in the 21st Century by Thomas Piketty

October 22, 2019 0

Book Review by Michael Roberts Back in 2014, French economist Thomas Piketty published a blockbuster book, Capital in the 21st century.  Repeating the name of Marx’s Capital, the implication of the title was that it […]

Tags

Aditya Chakrabortty Ann Pettifor Article Ashoka Mody Bill Mitchell Bloomberg Book review Branko Milanovic Chris Bambery Chris Dillow Common Space Corporate Europe Observatory David Shirreff David Whyte DESMOG UK Frances Coppola George Monbiot Heiner Flassbeck Jason Hickel John Weeks Larry Elliot Lars P. Syll Link Mark Blyth Mathew D. Rose Michael Roberts New Economics Foundation Nick Shaxson Open Democracy Owen Jones Podcast Politico Positive Money Prem Sikka Renegade Inc Reuters Richard Murphy Simon Wren-Lewis Steve Keen Tax Justice Network The Guardian Thomas Fazi Thomas Piketty Transport &Environment Yanis Varoufakis

Newsletter

Subscribe here!

Copyright © 2019 | MH Magazine WordPress Theme by MH Themes