Energy
Jan Rosenow – Spain just became one of Europe’s cheapest power markets. Here is how.
Interesting article on why Spain has electricity prices half the EU average. In Jan Rosenow’s Substack. Read the article HERE.
Sustainability
Climate Crisis
Aidan Regan – China Won the Green Race While the West Priced Carbon
China did not get here by making fossil fuels expensive. It got here by making clean technology cheap Aidan Regan is a professor of political economy at the school of politics and international relations at […]
Economics
Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World: A New Economics for the Middle Class, the Global Poor, and Our Climate by Dani Rodrik
Book Review by Walden Bello Dani Rodrik has impeccable credentials as an economist. He is an expert in many areas, including trade and development, and is one of Harvard University’s leading lights. In recent years, […]
Economics
Chris Martinsen, Daniel Davis: The Consequence of the Iran War of Choice: an Oil Shock
Daniel Davis / Deep Dive 427K subscribers 1 May 2026
Climate Crisis
Simon Feisthauer Fournet – The Older Activists Reshaping Europe’s Climate Movement
It’s not always about the youth. Older activists are sometimes the most daring and care-free. Simon Feisthauer Fournet is a freelance journalist based in France. A graduate of Columbia Journalism School, he has reported for […]
Climate Crisis
Aidan Regan – Ireland’s fuel protests show you cannot do climate policy without doing class politics
Capitalist democracies face an inescapable trade-off between three objectives: sustaining economic growth, maintaining democratic legitimacy, and delivering serious climate action. They can pursue two. They cannot pursue all three. Aidan Regan is a professor of […]
Energy
Euronews – Zelenskyy announces Druzhba oil pipeline repaired and ‘can resume operation’
How long before Nord Stream is back on line and Russian gas is reaching Germany again? Six months? A year? Read the article HERE.
Corruption
Nico Schmidt, Ella Joyner – How Big Tech wrote secrecy into EU law to hide data centres’ environmental toll
‘Microsoft and DigitalEurope, a lobby group whose members include Amazon, Google and Meta, secured a secrecy provision in EU law to block public access to critical information on data centres’ environmental impact, Investigate Europe can […]
Aviation
Larry C. Johnson: The Strait of Hormuz is Closed Again… Iran is Serious
The disruption of the global supply chain caused by Iran’s blockade is not fully grasped by most people. I liken it to radiation sickness… Read Article HERE The two images above show the Strait of […]
Economics