This article was not published. Davos, Switzerland is an odd turf. During the World Economic Forum it is hard to distinguish between those who are important and those who feel important. The promenade of the sleepy 10,000 souls town is filled with flashy marketing tents and houses of countries and companies; it is window-shopping where […]
The so-called flygskamers, or ‘flight-shamers’, are everywhere. The flight shaming movement initially started in Sweden, then proceeded to spread its wings (ironically, at first) across Europe.
La Comisión Europea ha revelado su «Acuerdo verde europeo», después de tomar notas sobre la denominación de su homólogo americano, el «New Deal Verde». Aunque la legislación introducida en el Congreso de Estados Unidos sigue siendo ficción bajo un ejecutivo y un senado republicanos, la iniciativa de Bruselas se convertirá en ley a menos que […]
À travers le “European Green Deal”, la Commission européenne veut adresser les défis écologiques des années à venir. Parmi ses ambitions: réduire considérablement les déchets technologiques (surtout dans l’électroménager) en responsabilisant les entreprises. Une cible de la Commission est “l’obsolescence planifiée”, existant comme idée reçue dans la tête de beaucoup de consommateurs”. Discutons cette notion.
Dëse Reportage gouf fir RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg produzéiert an ass den 10. Januar iwwerdroe ginn. D’Weltklimakonferenz COP25 zu Madrid hat wéineg opweises wat nei Mesuren ugeet, an och innerhalb vun der Europäescher Unioun, a souguer bei de Lëtzebuerger Europadeputéierten ginn et Differenzen. De Lëtzebuerger Europadeputéierten Christophe Hansen huet mat enger Delegatioun un der COP25 […]
The European Green Deal is set to become a nightmare for industry and consumers. The European Commission has unveiled its “European Green Deal,” after taking hints on denomination from its American counterpart, the “Green New Deal.” While the legislation introduced in the U.S. Congress remains fiction under a Republican executive and Senate, the Brussels initiative […]
Dëse Reportage gouf fir RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg produzéiert ginn, an ass de 4. Dezember iwwerdroe ginn. De Beitrag kann een och hei fannen. Interview mam Charles Goerens Zënter e Méinden a bis nächste Freiden ass zu Madrid d’Weltklimakonferenz COP25. Hei sollen nei Iddie fir de Kampf géint de Klimawandel fonnt ginn.
“We Greens in the Bundestag stand for a rural-ecological agriculture”, it says on the website of the Green parliamentary group. They advocate GM-free food, low-pesticide agriculture, more organic farming and regional marketing. The Greens take “stand for” seriously, as the party now demands nothing less than a complete ban on industrial agriculture. After years in […]
A closer look at solar panels opens a wide array of questions that need answers. A Popular Choice Solar panels have been heralded as the alternative to fossil fuels for decades. Most readers have likely seen exciting headlines claiming we could power the world’s energy demands multiple times were we simply to cover the Sahara […]
As the winter times come closer, people resume their arguments about the thermostat at home. While there is great convenience that comes with heating, it also comes at an environmental cost. Environmental protection and development is, undoubtedly, both a necessary and noble cause, and while we may sometimes disagree with the fearmongering or reactionism that […]
Bill Wirtz 