In Norway opposition Labor Party withdraws support for oil exploration off Lofoten islands in Norway’s Arctic, creating solid majority in parliament to keep area off limits for oil. How long that will hold is anyone´s guess, but it is a step in the right direction.
Austerity
Welfare Weekly : More than a third of low-income working parents forced to skip meals
“Let them eat twitter”. This is the Europe and Brtain created by the EU elite and Tories. This has nothing to do with Brexit or Remain, this is neo-liberalism. Read here
EU politics
Prem Sikka: When will the bankers who’ve rigged our economy be held to account?
Regulators are incapable of protecting the public from economic crime, writes accounting expert Prem Sikka. Read here
Sustainability
DW: Netherlands pushes air travel tax for Europe
The Netherlands wants the EU to place a tax on kerosene-based jet fuel to end what it calls the undertaxation of the aviation industry and to fight climate change. The lofty goal could prove a […]
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