40 years of improvement – the UK Car’s industry

  I’ve just got back from a day trip to England. People seemed to be prospering, although a lot of people seemed to have drunk the cool aid that things were so much better before the UK joined the EU in 1972 than they were today. I was curious. The UK car industry is touted … Read more

Biofuels 1st Generation Death Knell in Europe

  The lifeline to Europe’s biofuel industry of state subsidies is about to end. Last Wednesday commissioners backed new environmental state aid guidelines that will ban state subsidies for Europe’s first generation biofuel production. Instead taxpayers money will only be allowed for  second-generation biofuels. The detailed guidelines can be found here. This can come up no surprise since … Read more

Where Do They Stand on Energy and Climate Change

A useful summary from my colleagues at FH. European People’s Party (EPP)  Overall, Climate and Energy do not feature strongly in the EPP’s manifesto. A number of fleeting references are made however such as the EPP “will champion an EU energy market and invest in low carbon technologies”. Elsewhere, the group says “they [The EPP] … Read more

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Where Do Europe’s Parties Stand on the Environment

Europe’s Political Parties – Manifestos On The Environment  Liberals  Europe’s liberals call for “transitioning into sustainable development through a resource efficient and low carbon economy with a stronger emphasis on renewable energy will create new jobs and make us less was a reliant on energy imports.” They go on to note that “in the process … Read more