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The new EU Commission guidelines for investments in the infrastructure sector pose uncertainties about what will be possible in the future. That applies not only to the necessary reconstruction of the infrastructure destroyed by the mid-July flash floods in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, but also to projects in general in Europe, On July 29, the EU Commission published its […]

World Food Program Executive Director David Beasley made a strong intervention in the July 26–28 Rome World Food Systems Pre-Summit, focusing on ending hunger for millions. Prince Charles, in contrast, complained that people are eating too much and pushed the greening of food production, and serving “nature” apart from human beings. In a call for action, Beasley said: “While the […]

While there seems to be a consensus among media and political figures alike to blame the near 200 victims of the recent flood disaster in Germany and Belgium on “climate change”, one of the major aspects of the disaster that should be looked into, is the role of “environmental” groups that prevented or delayed necessary flood protection measures. Exactly this […]

An online international conference will be sponsored on Saturday, July 24 by the Schiller Institute under the title: “There Is No ‘Climate Emergency’ –Apply the Science and Economics of Development to Stop Blackouts and Death.” The invitation follows: “The shift out of high-density electricity generation –coal and nuclear –into low-energy-dense, unreliable wind and solar, has reached the stage of pending […]

The 14th of July generally evokes the storming of the Bastille, but it may also be remembered in the future as the day the EU Commission launched the storming of European industry. Indeed, it was on July 14, 2021 that Brussels presented its insane plan to reduce CO2 emissions by 55% by 2030, called “Fit For 55”. Two measures stand […]

The catastrophic rainfalls that killed nearly 200 people in Western Germany and Belgium, and drowned entire villages in veritable flash floods, were immediately claimed to be due to “man-made climate change” by all sorts of voices that demand even more energetic measures to curb CO2 emissions. But the fact is that there have always been floods, droughts and other extreme […]

Touring the flooded areas on July 18, German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivered a torrent of climate hysteria, featuring the absurd statement: “The German language hardly knows any words for the devastation that has been caused here.” She might have tried the word Nachlässigkeit, German for “negligence.” Apparently, the government had meteorological warnings, beginning July 10, that heavy rains were likely […]

At recent meetings and conferences held in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, the stabilization of Afghanistan following the withdrawal of U.S. and NATO troops was high on the agenda. An important flank involves integrating the country into two major international connectivity projects: the China Pakistan Economic Corridor and the North South International Transportation Corridor from St.Petersburg, Russia, through Central Asia and Iran, […]

An urgent task in the future reconstruction of the Afghanistan economy is the elimination of opium plantations, which today provide 80% of the world’s heroin. Pino Arlacchi, the former UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) director from 1997 to 2002, told EIR by phone, that Afghanistan today, with the help of China, could eliminate its opium production by implementing […]

A number of Western companies, financial institutions, and political organizations have called for disinvestment from Africa’s fossil fuels as part of the drive to reach the goal of “net zero emissions” imposed by the climate change lobby. In response, the African Energy Chamber (AEC), which represents African firms engaged in developing the continent’s fossil fuels, issued a July 13 statement […]