Climate Crisis
Bill Mitchell: The green growth paradigm has a long tradition – which has never been supportable
l usage. But that pathway is in my view incompatible with the capitalist logic. Read HERE
Environment
Climate Crisis
Corporate Europe Observatory – The Carbon Coup: how corporate capture is locking Europe into a fossil-fuelled future
The EU has an obsession with an inefficient technology as a means of reducing industrial carbon emissions. The money could be better spent elsewhere, this study suggests. Cross-posted from Corporate Europe Observatory Carbon Capture from […]
Climate Crisis
GPEnewsdocs: Gilles Billen – Nitrogen, Agrochemical Corporations and International Trade: A Perilous Mix
Gilles Billen shows that industrial agriculture, propelled by international trade and specialization, has disturbed the nitrogen cycle. This has provoked the crossing of planetary boundaries and endangered the possibility of feeding the world. Alternatives do […]
Environment
Harald Benink, Harry Huizinga, Louis Raes, Lishu Zhang – International trade in brown shares and economic development
Divestment of polluting companies has gained traction as a way for investors to incentivise the transition to a low-carbon economy. Harald Benink is Professor of Banking and Finance and Fellow of the Centre for Economic […]
Aviation
Transport & Environment: Low cost airlines pollute more than ever, latest emissions data shows
More than three quarters of European aviation emissions aren’t subject to a carbon price, new study shows. Read HERE Photo: Public Domain
Climate Crisis
Melissa Garriga – Don’t Let Warmongers Greenwash Their Ecocide This Earth Day
Destruction to the environment and acceleration of the climate crisis happen silently under the veil of “national security,” despite the fact that the environmental toll of war is the most significant threat. Melissa Garriga is […]
Climate Crisis
Bill McKibben – Capitalism Is Acting Truly Suicidally on Climate
If Amazon and Apple and Microsoft wanted to avoid a world where, by century’s end, people had 60% less money to spend on buying whatever they plan on selling, then they should be putting pressure […]
Climate Crisis
Giuliana Viglione – Climate change ‘bait and switch’ threatens sharks and rays
Cold-blooded sea creatures seeking refuge from warming ocean waters may find themselves at increasing risk of deadly cold shocks due to changes in ocean currents, new research warns. Giuliana Viglione has a PhD in environmental […]
Climate Crisis
ARC – Goodbye Green and Fair, Hello Fortress Europe – Eco Ambitions dropped from EU leaders’ draft 5-year plan
It’s back to the future as the EU’s green ambitions face the chopping block, with priorities shifting to security and competition. That’s according to the European Council’s vision for the next 5 years, as revealed […]
Climate Crisis
Zeke Hausfather – Factcheck: Why the recent ‘acceleration’ in global warming is what scientists expect
Over the past year, there has been a vigorous debate among scientists – and more broadly – about whether global warming is “accelerating”. Dr Zeke Hausfather is a climate science contributor for Carbon Brief Cross-posted […]