
Unpopular Green Policies Come Back To Haunt Tories
Rishi Sunak has signalled that he wants to “soften” his green policies, but it is unclear whether any changes to rhetoric will do anything to substantively alter the drive towards net zero.
Rishi Sunak has signalled that he wants to “soften” his green policies, but it is unclear whether any changes to rhetoric will do anything to substantively alter the drive towards net zero.
Frans Timmermans appeared to suggest opponents of the European Green Deal have no facts on which to rely, and so must pull political tricks to avoid honest discussions.
Poland’s climate minister said “there is no analysis of the social and economic impact” of banning the combustion engine, “which is scandalous.”
In order to accelerate the ecological transition, Elisabeth Borne highlighted the necessary distribution of the effort between the state, individuals, and companies.
Academics at the conference affirmed the importance of meat and challenged the growing anti-meat consensus among EU policymakers amid a growing grassroots backlash.
Bug diets and climate lockdowns must step aside; climate rationing is what’s needed to save the planet.
Protestors oppose the climate-motivated traffic restrictions, calling them an infringement on freedom.
Despite clear evidence to the contrary, politicians continue to misrepresent the source of Spain’s fires as the consequence of climate change.
While EU parliamentarians left an average carbon footprint of 27.7 tons last year, the average EU citizen’s carbon footprint, in recent years, has been around seven tons annually.
On July 3rd, farmers convened en masse in their tractors and blocked the German-Dutch border. Others protested by dumping manure in front of several public buildings. Reuters reports that on July 4th, they also blocked roads and supermarket distribution centres.