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Energy
Geoff Dembicki – Carbon Capture ‘Not Going to Happen,’ Top Fossil Fuel Advocate Predicts
Bjørn Lomborg, the Danish political scientist and climate crisis sceptic, has a dim view of carbon capture and storage: it’s too expensive to make a difference. Geoff Dembicki is Global Managing Editor of DeSmog and […]
Climate Crisis
Benjamin Franta – One lawsuit has shown that the fossil fuel industry can be held to account for climate disasters
A precedent has been set that fossil fuel companies can be considered to have legal liability for specific climate-related disasters. Dr Benjamin Franta is a Senior Research Fellow in Climate Litigation at the Oxford Sustainable […]
Climate Crisis
Corporate Europe Observatory – The EU’s Dirty Industrial Deal
Your main questions answered about what the European Commission’s so-called ‘Clean Industrial Deal’ is and how it fits into President Von Der Leyen’s ‘competitiveness’ agenda. Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) is a research and campaign group […]
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C. J. Polychroniou – Socialism, Left Internationalism, and the Climate Crisis
Has neoliberal globalization run its course? Should the Left be on the side of tariffs or protectionism? Can Left internationalism be revived? C. J. Polychroniou is a political scientist, political economist, author, and journalist. Alexandra […]
Economics
Natasha Foote: Pruning the EU’s Farming Policy: Have CAP’s Green Shoots Survived the Shears?
Cutting back the deadwood and overgrowth stimulates growth, giving space to new green shoots — but can the same be said for the latest pruning of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)? Read Article HERE
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Matthew Rozsa – Conservatives deny climate change because they recognize the anticapitalist implications
You can’t accept climate change as real without acknowledging the need for strong environmental regulations Matthew Rozsa is a professional journalist for more than 13 years Cross-posted from d@w’s substack For the last five years […]
Environment
Koosje van Leeuwen – The Biology of Interdependence
Is the natural world defined by rigid divisions and conflicts, or does diversity, fluidity and interconnectedness hold the key? Koosje van Leeuwen writes at the intersection of biology, philosophy, politics, and art, with a focus […]
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Paul Dodds – Overshooting 1.5°C: even temporary warming above globally agreed temperature limit could have permanent consequences
Do we really understand the consequences of “temporarily” overshooting 1.5°C? And would it even be possible to lower temperatures again? Paul Dodds is Professor of Energy Systems at UCL Cross-posted from The Conversation Image by […]
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Adam Tooze – How China’s powerslide is driving the global green electricity transition
Maybe the only good news story in the world today is China’s remarkable green transition, which has already led the industrial giant past its peak in CO2 emissions. Read the article HERE.