The five biggest publicly listed oil and gas companies and trade groups representing them spent more than 250 million euros lobbying the European Union to influence climate action since 2010, environmental groups reported.
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Economics
Grace Blakeley: Austerity is a political choice – and we reject it
The Tory embrace of austerity (again) is going to run in to multiple problems. Read the article HERE
EU politics
Politico: EU grants emergency asylum measures for Belarus border — but insists no crisis yet
Measures that are “temporary and exceptional” tend to become permanent. A wall is being built, military is being used against refugees, imprisonment is being legalised. Read here
Climate Crisis
Al Jazeera: ‘Historic moment’: Legal experts unveil new definition of ecocide
Authors of draft law want ICC members to adopt it in order to hold big polluters, including world leaders and corporate bosses, to account. Read here
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