Climate Crisis
EU Green Deal? – Ireland: A million trees, including 400,000 oaks, to be destroyed this week
Already five million trees have been shredded in the past three years by the State’s largest supplier of sapling trees. Read here
Environment
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Ala’a Shehabi – We urgently need New Tools to Measure Economic Recovery after Coronavirus
RungrokYongrit/EPA-EFE Ala’a Shehabi, UCL Economies across the world are on course to face the worst fall in GDP figures since 2008. In the UK, GDP fell by 10.4% in the first three months of 2020, […]
Environment
Quentin Ariès – The Green Surge in the French Local Elections Explained
Local elections in France this June augured change in the political landscape as Greens celebrated major gains in key cities. The Green surge unequivocally signals widespread discontent with French President Macron’s slide to the centre-right […]
Climate Crisis
Inside Climate News: The Wood Pellet Business is Booming. Scientists Say That’s Not Good for the Climate
The industry has exploded, driven largely by European climate policies and subsidies that reward burning wood, even as an increasing number of scientists call out what they see as a dangerous carbon accounting loophole that […]
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Bill McGuire – Is the Climate Worst Case getting Worse?
Everyone is so concerned about the impact of Covid19 on society and economy that they have taken their eye off the most important issue: climate change Bill McGuire is Professor Emeritus of Geophysical & Climate Hazards […]
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The Northern Echo: Councillors in Durham refuse to approve opencast coalmine extension
This is not happening in the EU, where Germany just brought a new coal power station online. Maybe Brexit is bringing a rethink. Read here
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Sam Bliss – Jevons Paradox
“Efficiency gains contribute to increasing production and consumption which increases the extraction of resources and the generation of wastes.” Sam Bliss is a wildly inefficient researcher, writer, gardener, and warehouse manager of Food Not Bombs […]
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DIW: Make the European Green Deal Real –Combining Climate Neutrality and Economic Recovery
We normally do not link to extensive reports, but this one is special, as it is a holistic approach to the energy transition away from fossil fuel. Definitely take the time to read the Executive […]
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Steve Keen – The Macroeconomics of Degrowth: Can Planned Economic Contraction be Stable?
Modelling the imperative of degrowth: to bring energy demand down to the point where we can eliminate carbon emissions by 2030, in a safe and just way. At first glance the article may appear technical […]
Climate Crisis
Corporate Europe Observatory: Research & Destroy
The factories of the industrial bioeconomy threaten the climate and biodiversity Read here