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November 30, 2007
I was quite surprised this week when I attended a conference organised by the Greens in the European Parliament and saw them do the lobbying for a grand solar industrial project which I think still has a lot of uncertainties and even environmental dangers. The DESERTEC project [see Wikipedia FR] aims at building huge concentrating… » read more
Big news on the wires yesterday as Brazil’s Petrobras announced that it has discovered a new oil field, deep under the Atlantic Ocean, which could make it one of the world’s largest oil producers. Shares of Petrobras skyrocketed as some journalists and market watchers got carried away by the Brazialian government spin. Let’s do a little… » read more
November 8, 2007
I was in London yesterday attending the launch of the International Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook 2007 and I must admit that the report shocked me (because of its content) but also positively surprised me (because of the new ”soft” realism of the IEA) The new Outlook states in cautious and, of course, more diplomatic words that our world is increasingly on… » read more
November 6, 2007
Will America awake from its long climate sleep and become the new world leader for sustainable energy policies? It certainly looks like it judging from the fervour with which the Democrat presidential candidates are positioning themselves on this issue. The latest bold plans for a green US energy future come from Hillary Clinton and some… » read more
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Energy and Climate Change, energy security, Global Warming, US climate policy |
A bit of a different story today. Yesterday I had to defend the new internet-based journalism in the “Stand up for journalism” debate organised by three journalists’ unions in Brussels. The discussion focused on the commercialisation of media and its negative impact on journalists’ jobs. Speakers and union leaders Aidan White (International Federation of Journalists… » read more
November 4, 2007
In another post I have already pointed to the symbolic irony of calling the new recently approved EU Treaty the “Lisbon Treaty”. As Lisbon has become synonymous with the over-optimistic, neo-liberal “competitiveness first” drive (the “Lisbon agenda”) of the last two Commission Presidents, the LisbonTreaty will be no more and no less than the final… » read more
October 9, 2007
I have not made up my mind yet which US Presidential candiate I would vote for if I were an American citizen. Of course, in election campaigns big promises are cheap and therefore it needs quite a bit of analysis what business interest ties the candidates have to be able to predict their real behaviour once… » read more
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Energy and Climate Change, energy security, Global Warming, US climate policy |
