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Majority of Europeans ‘expect end of EU within 20 years’according a poll by
YouGov. With the latest Eurobarometer statistics showing that two-thirds of Europeans have positive feelings towards the EU.
the Guardian
What the European Parliament has been up to
MEPs have the power to approve, amend or reject nearly all EU legislation.
So what have they achieved in this five-year term?
BBC Worldservice
Merkel: Europe must unite to stand up to China, Russia and US
Europe must reposition itself to stand up to the challenges posed by its three big global rivals, China, Russia and the US, Angela Merkel has said before her final European election as German chancellor.”Our political power is not yet commensurate with our economic strength.”
She reiterated her aim for Germany to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, but said that for European countries to meet the net-zero carbon emissions target set by the French president, Emmanuel Macron, and eight other leaders last week, they would need to reopen a fraught debate about carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology.
The Guardian
EU clean water laws under attack from industry lobbyists
The lobby offensive is aimed at weakening the bloc’s floods and water framework directives, which require all states to ensure their waterways are in “good ecological condition” by 2027. Conservation groups say the proposed changes could sound a death knell for several endangered aquatic species.
The Guardian
SEC helps Exxon to stop shareholders actions on chlimate change
The Securities and Exchange Commission, which has widened its definition of shareholder “micromanaging,” has sided with company management and has issued guidance effectively keeping a wide array of shareholder resolutions off annual-meeting ballots.
Washington Post
Trouw Duurzame 100 nu voor doeners
Na tien edities van de lijst rond de meest invloedrijke duurzame doeners en denkers gooit Trouw dit jaar het roer om. Waar bij voorgaande edities de focus vooral lag op invloed, is er nu ruimte voor duurzame mensen en initiatieven vanuit de samenleving; gewone mensen die een project beginnen om de wereld op hun eigen manier te verbeteren.
Trouw
Energietransitie verdient betere management en samenwerking overheid en bedrijfsleven
Je kunt constateren, dat we als publieke en private organisaties begonnen zijn aan een transitie zonder oog te hebben voor de wederzijdse consequenties er van. Iedereen is vanuit betrokkenheid en ondernemerszin bezig, maar in de keten wordt weinig afgestemd.
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Big Oil’s Real Agenda on Climate Change
In its latest research InfluenceMap finds that the five largest publicly-traded oil and gas majors (ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch Shell, Chevron, BP and Total) have invested over $1Bn of shareholder funds in the three years following the Paris Agreement on misleading climate-related branding and lobbying.
InfluenceMap
