Britain Is Cutting Taxes Again. Why Now? www.nytimes.com/2024/03/07/b...
Private or public solutions to funding the Green Transition? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Neoliberal financialisation has reduced margins to the extent that household debt is increasing rapidly in Sweden. I and Markus Kallifatides have been writing about this process and its emergent consequences for some time. Take a look, if you are curious. www.dn.se/ekonomi/skul...
Interesting legal developments in relation to the emission considerations for granting permission to drill for oil and gas. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It also appears as if hydrogen is a way in which the Global North envisages getting OPEC countries onboard (see IRENA reports).
With regards blue and maybe green hydrogen, oil producing countries see it as a greenwashing opportunity, but also perhaps a way to expand their portfolio and maybe also transitioning away from fossil fuels, that is if they can't avoid it altogether.
Thanks for your reflections on this. We have been reading about the political economy of hydrogen (of all colours) and think that you are very right about this. It appears to be very much the agenda for the EU and its neighbourhood policy.