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Airline emissions in Europe top pre-Covid levels despite pledge to decarbonise https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/08/airline-emissions-in-europe-top-pre-covid-levels-despite-pledge-to-decarbonise #AirlineEmissions #AirlineIndustry #Environment #Business #GreenhouseGasEmissions #CarbonFootprints #UkNews #Europe #Thinktanks #Politics #WorldNews #FossilFuels #ClimateCrisis #Ryanair

Airline emissions in Europe top pre-Covid levels despite pledge to decarbonise

Promises to cut emissions and use more fuel-efficient planes fail to stop rise, with Ryanair’s carbon footprint 50% up on 2019

The Guardian

World news | The Guardian May 7

Cut UK speed limits to reduce Iran war impact on consumers, thinktank urges https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/07/lower-speed-limits-uk-oil-prices-ippr-thinktank #Inflation #TransportPolicy #FuelDuty #EconomicPolicy #Thinktanks #Motoring #PetrolPrices #EnergyBills #ConsumerAffairs #Politics #Business #Money #UkNews

Cut UK speed limits to reduce Iran war impact on consumers, thinktank urges

Cap of 20mph in towns and cities and 60mph on motorways would cut fuel demand and combat rising prices, IPPR says

The Guardian

World news | The Guardian Apr 28

UK faces £35bn hit and risk of recession this year over impact of Iran war, thinktank warns https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/29/uk-risk-of-recession-this-year-over-impact-of-iran-war-thinktank-warns #Economics #EconomicGrowthGdp #Business #RachelReeves #UsisraelWarOnIran #Inflation #InterestRates #UkNews #Thinktanks

UK faces £35bn hit and risk of recession this year over impact of Iran war, thinktank warns

Niesr says even under best-case scenario, economy would grow at slower pace in 2026 and 2027 because of conflict

The Guardian

A. Rivera Apr 27

> Think the Iran war is a disaster? Blame these DC think tanks first.
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/iran-war-think-tanks/

They asked some of the #AISlop machines to get their answer. TBH, I don't think I'd have needed a #sloperator to tell me #RWNJ #ThinkTanks are big #warfare boosters.

#cogsucker #Iran

Think the Iran war is a disaster? Blame these DC think tanks first.

We asked AI who the biggest boosters of the conflict are. Surprise: they are all connected to Israel and supported the Iraq war too.

Responsible Statecraft

Environment | The Guardian US Apr 20

Ed Miliband to double down on net zero with measures to combat Iran energy shock https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/20/ed-miliband-to-double-down-on-net-zero-with-measures-to-combat-iran-energy-shock #EnergyIndustry #EdMiliband #Business #FossilFuels #UsisraelWarOnIran #Energy #Politics #UkNews #Environment #Labour #Oil #Gas #Thinktanks

Ed Miliband to double down on net zero with measures to combat Iran energy shock

As fossil fuel prices soar ‘the era of clean energy security must come of age’, energy secretary will say

The Guardian

Miguel Afonso Caetano Apr 10

"The previously undisclosed board of an ascendant DC think tank pushing Democrats to the center includes a Democratic Party megadonor with a stake in artificial intelligence chip designer Nvidia, which could benefit from the organization’s efforts to defend data center build-outs and limit AI regulation.

The Lever exclusively reports that philanthropist Simone Coxe — whose multibillion-dollar fortune largely comes from her venture capitalist husband’s investments in Nvidia — sits on the board of the Searchlight Institute, a new center-left DC think tank. Nvidia is heavily invested in data center expansion.

Coxe, also the cofounder of and director at California news organization CalMatters and a prolific Democratic donor, is listed as a director of the Searchlight Institute in the organization’s DC incorporation documents. The think tank has not disclosed its association with Coxe or her husband, Tench Coxe.

Searchlight’s board of directors has not been previously reported. It includes other rich and powerful investors with a stake in the AI build-out, such as billionaire hedge fund manager Stephen Mandel. Mandel’s investment firm Lone Pine Capital is heavily invested in the Taiwanese Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the largest manufacturer of chips designed by Nvidia."

https://jacobin.com/2026/04/democrats-coxe-ai-searchlight-nvidia

#USA #AI #AIRegulation #ThinkTanks #SearchLightInstitute #Nvidia

The “Moderate” Think Tank Pushing Dems to Loosen AI Rules

Ascendant DC think tank Searchlight Institute, pushing Democrats to the center, has ties to megadonor Simone Coxe, whose Nvidia-linked money could boost AI-backed efforts to defend data center build-outs and limit AI regulation.

gusseting Apr 9

Why aren't Australia Institute live tracking:
1. how many deaths are caused by not leaving that gas in the ground?
2. export taxes owed from all fossil fuel exports, including coal, iron ore (diesel rebate, uses coal to be processed) and industrial agriculture such as meat?
3. damages from fossil fuel emissions?
3. untaxed wealth from Australia's 170 billionaires who are currently taxed at a rate of 0.8%?
#AusPol #Australia #fossilfuels #emissions #billionaires #AustraliaInstitute #thinktanks

Thor A. Hopland Apr 8

Man, these #ThinkTanks really be out here #grooming these kids.

Thor A. Hopland Apr 2

This well written essay on the #altright movement in #Alberta #Canada could have been written in any #European language, as it's very comparable to what's happening in #Europe right now.

Each one of these "movements" come from the bowels of #thinktanks and #mediacompanies who would see #western society burn to the ground so they can profit off the ashes.

The threat to sovereignty wears a political hat.

Among the Separatists | The Tyee
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/04/01/Among_Separatists/