World leaders have failed to set a firm date for achieving carbon neutrality or for phasing out coal. Activists had hoped for a stronger signal from the G-20 ahead of the UN’s climate change conference, COP26.
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EU politics
CBC: EU court rules investor protections in Canada’s trade deal are legal
Another triumph for eno-liberlaims, transnational corporations, and the EU political elite. Antoher defeat for democracy and the citizens in the EU. Read here
Corruption
Reuters: Italian government faces criticism over consulting contract with McKinsey over EU funds
Why does the EU need a political class if it is no longer capable of governing? To decide which consultants will do their work and then collect the kickback? Read here
Economics
Yanis Varoufakis: Time to Blow Up Electricity Markets
The European Union’s power sector is a good example of what market fundamentalism has done to electricity networks the world over. With the end of cheap natural gas, retail consumers and businesses are paying the […]
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