Climate Crisis
Middle East Eye – Meet Sultan al-Jaber: The UAE oil chief set to lead Cop28
Emirati minister and head of ADNOC will oversee climate crisis negotiations in November despite wanting to ramp up oil production Read Here
Environment
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Michael Roberts – Polycrisis and depression in the 21st century
The horrific UN report on the state of humanity Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ blog ‘Polycrisis’ is the buzz word among leftists right now. […]
Climate Crisis
Mongabay: The Netherlands to stop paying subsidies to ‘untruthful’ biomass firms
Why is it newsworthy that a nation bans subsidies to criminal corporations? Becuase it hardly ever happens. Our whole economic system is based on criminality and rapaciousness. Read Here
Energy
Simon Hogg – Wind Turbines are already Skyscraper-sized – is there any Limit to how Big they will Get?
Why are turbines increasing in size at such a rapid rate, and is there a limit to how big they can go? Simon Hogg is the Ørsted Professor in Renewable Energy at Durham University DJ […]
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Colin McCarthy: Winter heatwave smashes records
1 January 2023 saw records for the hottest January day ever recorded smashed in places across Europe. Read the Tweet thread HERE.
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Erica Gentili: Nature beyond biodiversity: why restoration matters
The call to restore nature is urgent and non-negotiable: the key time frame of 2020-30 is slowly lapsing and to effectively tackle both the biodiversity and the climate crises, it is fundamental not only to […]
Climate Crisis
Clare Carlile – Sowing Doubt: How Big Agriculture is Delaying Sustainable Farming in Europe
New analysis sheds light on key industry lobbying tactics at a decisive moment for the future of agriculture Clare is a Researcher at Desmog, focusing on the agribusiness sector Cross-posted from DeSmog UK In the […]
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Jonathan Cook – Avatar makes us long to be Na’vi, while dooming us to remain murderous humans
Had we looked inwards rather than so aggressively outwards, we might live in a Pandora, not the last stages of the Anthropocene. Jonathan Cook is the the author of three books on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, […]
Energy
Kollibri terre Sonnenblume: The Radioactive Legacy of the Cold War
The Hanford Nuclear Site in the US remains a radioactive threat despite the final reactor being shutdown in 1987. Cross-posted from Counterpunch That the world hasn’t been the same since the ignition of the Atomic […]
Climate Crisis
Mongabay: Australia rejects forest biomass in first blow to wood pellet industry
Australia is the first major economy to reverse its classification for woody biomass burned to make energy. Under a new policy, wood harvested from native forests and burned for energy can’t be classified as a […]