Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s “Green New Deal” suggests replacing air travel with high-speed rail connections. But the comparisons drawn with Europe ignore that despite massive investments on the Old Continent, prices remain non-competitive with air travel and that state-run rail crumbles under its own inefficiency.
Radikale Tierschschützer wie die der Organisation Peta verdammen Leder und Pelze. Doch Alternativen aus Kunstfasern haben gravierende Nachteile: Sie sind biologisch nicht abbaubar. Wie entscheidet sich der Verbraucher?
I moderated a Consumer Choice Center live chat titled “For Mother Nature: Should We Stop Flying?”, hosting Gary Leff, who created the frequent flyer blog “View from the Wing”, as well as CCC’s very own Managing Director Fred Roeder. Click down below to rewatch the entire exchange.
La fourrure est devenue plus qu’une mode : elle est de plus en plus polémique, avec des célébrités, des grandes marques et des défilés de mode qui choisissent de ne plus en porter. Mais c’est surtout dans l’industrie du spectacle que l’on reprend volontiers les messages des militants des droits des animaux. Bien souvent, des […]
In figures released by Eurostat this month, it was reported that only 6.4% of energy consumed in the Grand Duchy in 2017 came from renewable sources, making Luxembourg stand more than ten percentage points below the EU average of 17.5%as well as the member state producing the least amount from renewable energy. Granted, this number […]
Whether it is silk, cashmere, leather or fur, animal-derived fashion products are increasingly coming under fire from activist groups.
Wearing fur is becoming more and more taboo. The issue is increasingly fraught and some large brands and fashion shows have decided to opt out of fur altogether.
France and Belgium are seeing thousands in the streets for both the Yellow Vest and environmentalist causes. The reality is that these two groups don’t go together, because while the Yellow Vests express the concerns of real-life working people, the climate protesters are fuelled by the questionable orchestration of youth activists.
Dëse Reportage gouf fir RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg produzéiert, an ass de 5. Dezember ausgestraalt ginn. De Beitrag kann och am Replay op www.rtl.lu nogelauschtert ginn. (www.wirtzbill.com) Bis 2050 wëll d’Europäesch Kommissioun dass den europäesche Kontinent klimaneutral soll sinn. Bis dohinner hunn allegueren d’Membersstaten vun der EU allerdéngs nach ee wäite Wee viru sech.
Dëse Reportage gouf fir RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg produzéiert, an ass den 28. November ausgestraalt ginn. D’Europäesch Parlament fuedert d’Europäesch Kommissioun an enger Resolutioun dozou op, Aktiounspläng fir d’Bekämpfung vun der Borreliose virzegoen. Ëmmer méi Leit si vun der Krankheet betraff, déi duerch Bëschzecken iwwerdroe gëtt.
Bill Wirtz 