Energy
DeSmog UK: Statoil Drops ‘Oil’ From its Name, But Not its Business Model
Admittedly Norway uses its oil wisely and socially, but fossil fuel is fossil fuel and CO2 remains CO2. This cannot be the solution. Read here
Environment
Austerity
Lexit Network – Founding declaration: Austria Self-determined
“Selbstbestimmtes Österreich” (SBÖ, Austria Self-determined) is a new political alliance in Austia. They define four basic lines for their approach on Austrian politics: Democratic, Social, Sovereign, Neutral. The approach is in key points very colse […]
Austerity
Reclaiming the State: A Progressive Vision of Sovereignty for a Post-Neoliberal World by William Mitchell and Thomas Fazi
Book review by Mathew D. Rose According to Bill Mitchell the book’s original title was “Reclaiming the Nation State”. The progressive publisher wanted the word nation removed. The term “Nation State”, claimed the publisher, was […]
Environment
Corporate Europe Observatory – What the Monsanto Papers tell us about corporate science
The Monsanto Papers are a treasure trove of internal documents slowly released since March 2017 as part of a US lawsuit by cancer victims against Monsanto over its ubiquitous herbicide, glyphosate. They tell a lot […]
Corruption
Reuters: Diesel collapse gives automakers carbon headache
This is how absurd things can become – thanks to the EU: Diesel was supposed to reduce CO2., but the car manufacturers, to increase their profits, cheated, and produced radically more nitrogen oxide than permitted, […]
Climate Crisis
George Ferns – Seven climate change myths that big oil continues to perpetuate
kiss/Shutterstock George Ferns, Cardiff University In the last month alone, major players within the fossil fuel industry – “big oil” – have made some big announcements regarding climate change. BP revealed plans to reduce its […]
Energy
Climate News Network – Fairer world may mean more modest dreams
To achieve a fairer world, humans must think again about how they manage the only planet at their disposal. By Tim Radford, a founding editor of Climate News Network, worked for The Guardian for 32 […]
Climate Crisis
Will big business destroy our planet? By Peter Dauvergne
Book review by Kieran Cooke Big business says it’s leading the world to a sustainable future. But a new book says that’s a highly implausible claim. Transnational corporations, or TNCs, or just plain big business, […]
Climate Crisis
DeSmog UK: Insurance Companies Claim They’ve Gone Clean, But Still Invest Billions in Polish Coal
The suits are still making money at the expense of our climate. Whenever managers of international corporations can find a microphone or journalist, all they talk about is their green policy. In reality it is […]
Climate Crisis
Climate News Network – Modest warming will raise Europe’s flood risk
Central and western Europe can expect a substantially higher flood risk in the future, even with ambitious cuts in temperature. By Alex Kirby, former BBC journalist and environment correspondent Cross-posted from Climate News Network […]