While the first arrests are being reported as part of the investigation of Russian interference in last year’s US presidential election, today the American social media moguls (Facebook, Google and Twitter) will be questioned about the role their platforms played in swinging the election result. Facebook recently admitted that around $100,000 has been spent on … Continue reading
Australian energy landscape is getting ever more interesting. This week Malcolm Turnbull’s government announced the national energy guarantee (Neg) scheme. The plan has been questioned since the day of its release by the opposition as well as the media. Today both the Labor and Greens said that the Neg is more likely to intensify the … Continue reading
As the Guardian has reported yesterday, the Dieselgate, part II, also dubbed Petrolgate, is being shot across the chambers of the European Parliament. The automotive industry is now lobbying to rise the allowed pollution rates of newly manufactured petrol cars by 50%. This is especially frustrating if only a single £22 filter could fix the problem, as also stated in … Continue reading
I’m currently reading Naomi Klein’s latest book on the structural causes of climate change and the environmental issues we are facing globally. She argues that capitalism and consumerism need to be left behind if we want to act against climate change as she sees it as the core product of the capitalistic systems. Klein argues there … Continue reading
Some time ago I bought a special edition of the National Geographic, Cool It, published on the Paris Climate Talks 2015 occasion. As some of you might already know, National Geographic has been collaborating with Shell for a few years now, in the form of a campaign The Great Energy Challenge. I, however, was under the impression that National Geographic is an independent, … Continue reading
