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USA and China Join Battle for Net Zero Gold Rush

Government,China,USA,Net Zero

June 23, 2021

Listen out: ‘The American Jobs Plan will unify and mobilise the country to meet the two great challenges of our time: the climate crisis and the ambitions of an autocratic China.’ So said Joe Biden’s Press Secretary on 31st March, unveiling his new American Jobs Plan – in all its $2tn glory! That…

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Another Coal Mine for Donald Trump to Embrace!

China

June 21, 2017

Fellow Greenies: help me out here, please! Which particular fossil fuel do we hate the most? Yes, that’s right: COAL. And which particular political party hates coal the most? Yes, that’s right: THE GREEN PARTY. So what the hell is a Green Party candidate doing supporting the opening of the first…

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Hinkley Point, Greg Clark and the Fate of the Nation

Government,China,Energy

August 4, 2016

On Friday last week, within a few hours of Greg Clark (Secretary of State at the new Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) announcing that the UK Government would be reviewing the whole Hinkley Point situation, the Times came out with a thoroughly damning indictment of the…

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