“The Shadow State,” a feature documentary by The Epoch Times, takes a deep dive inside the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) industry, an emerging multitrillion-dollar power structure that unites governments with corporations in the march toward a brave new world of climate and social justice. See how it works, what its goals are, and who…
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November 29, 2022
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Volkswagen Says EV Battery Plants ‘Practically Unviable’ in EU Due to Soaring Energy Costs
November 29, 2022
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Volkswagen’s CEO wrote that electric vehicle battery plants in the European Union are “practically unviable” at this moment due to soaring energy costs. Further investment in key industrial projects such as battery cell plants in Germany and the EU are becoming more unfeasible due to policymakers inability to control skyrocketing long-term energy prices, according to…
Australian Supermarkets Form Taskforce to Combat Collapse of Recycling Program
November 27, 2022
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Supermarket giants Coles, Woolworths, and ALDI will form a task force to address the suspension of a soft plastic recycling program following the collapse of REDcycle. REDcycle halted its soft plastic program on Nov. 9 citing “unforeseen challenges exacerbated by the pandemic” with its downstream recycling partners. The interim application of the “Soft Plastics Taskforce”…
Why the Colour of Your Roof Matters
Getting light-coloured roofs would cut your electricity costs in warmer weather or cities because the colour of your roof can reduce indoor temperatures, according to an urban studies Prof. Sebastian Pfautschat, from Western Sydney University. After five years of documenting heat in western Sydney, he warns that dark-coloured roofs can reach higher temperatures than lighter…
A Grass Pollen Tablet a Day May Keep Hay Fever and Thunderstorm Asthma Away
November 24, 2022
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Researchers from Monash University have discovered that taking one small tablet containing grass pollen daily may prevent seasonal allergies like hay fever and thunderstorm asthma. In a Monash study involving 27 participants who suffered from an allergy to grass pollen, researchers found that sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) offered protection against thunderstorm asthma and hay fever. In addition, they…
There Are Better Answers to Methane Than Fart and Burp Taxes
November 24, 2022
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Commentary Methane is the third most significant greenhouse gas in the atmosphere, behind water vapour and carbon dioxide. It has a stronger effect than the notorious carbon dioxide but is present in much smaller quantities in the atmosphere (less than two parts per million, compared to four hundred parts per million for CO2). Methane emissions…
Rep. Andy Biggs Would Reject Biden ‘Climate Reparations’ Deal as Speaker. Would McCarthy?
November 22, 2022
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Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) opposes the Biden administration’s ‘climate reparations’ commitment to climate losses and damages, made on Nov. 19 during last-minute negotiations at the United Nations climate summit in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. Yet, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) did not respond to repeated requests for comment. Both Biggs and McCarthy want to be…
Government Announces Aid Package After Relentless Flooding
November 22, 2022
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Small business owners and not-for-profit organisations subject to “repeated relentless flooding” in the past year can receive up to $50,000 (US$33,000) in disaster recovery payments under a new package from the Australian federal and New South Wales (NSW) governments. The prime minister and NSW premier said they had identified a significant number of businesses affected…
Calls for States to Boycott the Federal Government’s Water Rights Intervention
November 21, 2022
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Australia’s food production and security will be “at risk” if the New South Wales (NSW) and Victorian state governments do not withdraw from the contentious Murray Darling Basin Plan, one community representative has warned. Jan Beer, a representative from the Upper Murray River Catchment Association in Victoria, told The Epoch Times that the implications of…
UK’s Sunak Says ‘More Must Be Done’ After Climate Deal at COP27 Summit
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said that “more must be done” on climate change, after a last-minute deal was reached at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt. Officials and negotiators agreed a deal in the early hours of Nov. 20 to create a fund to “compensate” poor nations that claim to be victims of…
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