Climate Crisis
Politico: Trucking hell in Tyrol
Austria’s effort to cut down on truck traffic collides with the EU’s principle of freedom of movement. Read here
Environment
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Paul Brown – Only a Climate Revolution Can Cool the World
An academic book on fossil fuel consumption reaches a startling conclusion: only a climate revolution can force governments to act to stop the planet overheating. Paul Brown, a founding editor of Climate News Network and […]
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Bill Mitchell: Modest (insipid) Green New Deal proposals miss the point – Part 2
The response to climate change can only be a robust economic, political, and social revolution, but we have a lot of people tinkering on the edges. Read here Read Part 1 here
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DeSmog UK -Comment: Policymakers Shouldn’t Trust Drax’s Bizarre Tree-Burning Climate Solution
We have a climate crisis and this is the sort of inane capitalist technical solutions we are being offered – and subsidise! By Almuth Ernsting, bioenergy campaigner with Biofuelwatch Cross-posted from DeSmog UK Image: Drax Group/Flickr CC […]
Environment
Gizmodo: Judge Slashes Payout in Roundup Lawsuit, But Calls Monsanto’s Conduct ‘Reprehensible’
What keep coming up in the trials against Monsanto (Germany’s Bayer) is that those who should have testing Monsanto’s products, were controlled by Monsanto, even basing their evaluations on reports provided to them by Monsanto. […]
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Transport & Environment – EU-Commission Turns Blind Eye to ‘Inadequate’ Climate Plans
European governments’ climate plans will not meet the EU’s 2030 decarbonisation target for transport, a new analysis shows. Yet the European Commission is letting national governments off the hook in refusing to criticise them, said […]
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City Lab: ‘Uber Was Supposed To Be Our Public Transit’
Innisfil, Ontario, decided to partially subsidize ride-hailing trips rather than pay for a public bus system. It worked so well that now they have to raise fares and cap rides. Read here
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DeSmog UK – Creative Carbon Accounting: How Industry and Government Make Burning Wood Look Like a Climate Solution
We are confronted with a climate disaster and the only answers we are receiving from the political class are scams enriching international corporations and meaningless declarations “climate emergencies”. Here still another example. By Alex Varley-Winter […]
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GUE/NGL: EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement – An Explainer
This is the best critical evaluation of the EU-Mercosur deal we could find. It is a good introduction for battles to come. Cross-posted from the GUE/NGL website The European Union has negotiated a free trade […]
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Transport & Environment – Disastrous Mercosur Deal Opens Door to South American Biofuels While Palm Oil Biodiesel Use Reaches Record High
Anyone who takes the time to read about the Mercosur trade deal realises it is not in the interest of the environment, neither in Europe or South America. It is however excellent news for the […]