Australia is the first major economy to reverse its classification for woody biomass burned to make energy. Under a new policy, wood harvested from native forests and burned for energy can’t be classified as a renewable energy source.
Corruption
Politico: The mysterious case of the German MEP lovers and the disappearing EU pharma report
Last Friday the Parliament’s Science and Tech panel published a report on the pharma market. On Monday it was gone. Pushing for the removal was the German chair of the panel, MEP Christian Ehler, and […]
EU politics
ICCT – Hybrids in Germany: Within the EU’s CO2 standards, the subsidy does more harm than good for the climate
Effective climate policy requires a realistic assessment of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Otherwise, policy measures may result in little climate benefit despite high costs. In the worst case, as with the purchase premiums for plug-in […]
Finance
Norbert Häring: The Pope justifies the means – The first two years of the Council for Inclusive Capitalism with the Vatican
The Pope Francis of the 2020s does not seem to have much in common with the one of 2013. In December 2020 he blessed a “Council for Inclusive Capitalism with the Vatican” into existence. Its founders, the […]
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