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Europe’s car industry is collapsing due to the European Union’s “green” agenda

Europe’s car industry is collapsing, primarily because of the European Commission’s “green” agenda and arrogance in failing to admit it is making a “mistake” going down this path. As if she is some sort of saviour, Ursula von der Leyen launched a “Competitiveness Compass” and promised to trim

Silicon Valley seeks to run the world using technocracy

Technocracy, a system of scientific management of society, is rising to power, with Silicon Valley as its hub and Big Tech as its driving force. Key figures such as Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen are prominent technocrats who are shaping the world according to their vision. The goal

United Nations sponsored climate cartel has suspended its activities after being abandoned by Blackrock

The Net Zero Asset Managers (“NZAM”) initiative, a coalition of major investors promoting net-zero emissions by 2050, suspended its activities on Monday after losing key members, including BlackRock. NZAM, a formal partner of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s (“UNFCCC’s”) Race to Zero Campaign, says it

Beyond Growth: The promise of a wellbeing economy

In this guest blog, econometrician and sustainability researcher Gaya Herrington considers whether a transition to a Wellbeing Economy is possible and what that would mean for our society and how we interact with the natural world. Why, despite all our innovative capabilities, do problems like poverty, hunger, and environmental destruction

Scrutiny of World Bank intensifies over $24 billion in unaccounted climate funds

Scrutiny has intensified over the World Bank’s handling of climate funds, with a recent report by Oxfam revealing that between $24 billion and $41 billion in climate finance disbursed by the Bank over the past seven years remains unaccounted for. This staggering amount, equivalent to nearly 40% of all

Coal is still king despite the war on fossil fuels

Both India and China have stated quite plainly that they will not be following the example of the UK and shutting down any coal power plants in the observable future. Coal power provides the cheap energy that Chinese and other Asian manufacturers of wind and solar components and equipment – not

The EU's economic war on Le Pen

With France bracing itself for the first round of its snap parliamentary election this Sunday, the near-certain prospect of victory for Marine Le Pen’s National Rally (RN) has sent French and EU elites to their panic stations. Reeling from

The Carlyle Group: An example of how the Global Public Private Partnership works

In 2009, a documentary revealed how The Carlyle Group’s power and influence in America and around the world became significantly stronger after 9/11 and the Persian Gulf War. It is an example of how public-private partnerships operate to achieve their goals and a warning of what the Global

AUKUS and AUKMIN submarine deals are robbing Australian taxpayers

Last week, Australia-UK Ministerial (“AUKMIN”) talks between UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron and Defence Secretary Grant Shapps and their Australian counterparts took place to identify new ways to grow and strengthen collaboration in key strategic areas. One of those areas was submarines. A joint statement published on 22 March 2024,

Interview: The Car Industry’s Blind Spot in Xinjiang

Many major car companies know the risks, yet a Human Rights Watch report released last month showed that these companies – including General Motors, Volkswagen, Tesla, BYD and Toyota – failed to adequately tighten controls over their supply chains to eradicate forced labor-tainted aluminum. Why? China is more than an automotive manufacturing

Amid Genocide, EU Eyes More Trade With Israel.

Ursula von der Leyen sees genocide as a business opportunity.