The EU cannot afford to take sides in the contest between the US and China
Europe’s economy, dependent on global supply chains, is not built for Cold War-style relations.
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The dangerous conceits of the green revolution
The climate emergency requires serious politics – not bourgeois protests that block traffic and vandalise works of art.
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Mining giants’ profits are booming
How can we redirect wealth to the frontline of extraction?
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China’s global coal machine won’t be stopped so easily
China has pledged to stop funding coal plants around the world but loopholes mean new ones are still being built.
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Lithium will be as era-defining as oil, and China is dominating its supply
Lithium batteries are fundamental to 21st-century industrial economies. The geopolitical effects are already being felt, and the West is playing…
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