2) In addition to #GreenLaundering, we'll also discuss on the Taxcast with Zorka Milin of the FACT Coalition & Tove Ryding of Eurodad the European Court of Justice ruling that apple must repay €13bn in underpaid taxes, something Ireland fought against for years. What are the implications?
1) Out this month on the #Taxcast#GreenLaundering conceals the full scale of fossil fuel financing. We look at decarbonising claims & the use of complexity & secrecy jurisdictions: "they're still riding a wave where they're getting away with greening their commitments and their image"
There are calls in the US for Congress to close profit shifting loopholes (such as apple in Ireland) with a bill that'd ensure US multinational corporations "pay at least the US statutory rate, (currently 21%) on their income in every country where they operate" thefactcoalition.org/90-ngos-call...
90 NGOs call on Congress to end the corporate tax preference for shifting jobs & profits offshore
Shareholder-owned electric utilities act as gatekeepers, leveraging their power to prevent renewable energy competitors. @nikolusiani.bsky.socialrooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
In a new Roosevelt Institute analysis, author Niko Lusiani explores the role of consolidated investor-owned electric utilities as gatekeepers actively slowing—or in some cases outright blocking—the re...
Out this month on the #Taxcast#GreenLaundering conceals the full scale of fossil fuel financing. We look at decarbonising claims + what use of complexity &secrecy jurisdictions tell us "they're still riding a wave where they're getting away with greening their commitments &their image"
MPs earning money from 2nd jobs spoke & voted less than other MPs in parliament last year apparently. Here's a petition to ban MPs from taking paid media jobs 38d.gs/uzx9 (I also think it's part of the erosion of quality info democracies really need, opinions, hot air + personality over evidence)
Did you know that MPs earning money from second jobs spoke and voted less than other MPs in parliament last year? Agree this is wrong? Join me and sign the petition to ban MPs from taking paid media j...
Cheer leader for financial capitalism discovers financial capitalism is unfair, uncaring & irresponsible! This isn't funny at all but it made me laugh in a sad way. Speculators enjoy 'insolvency-remote-ness' as WE bear the risks annpettifor.substack.com/p/asset-valu...@annpettifor.bsky.social
How what was done to The Spectator could be done to your investment/pension
The horrific reality of the EU's pact with Tunisia. Deals like this not only result in abuse, torture, rape & murder just a couple of hundred miles from where I am in Sicily, it boosts the power of an increasingly autocratic president, undermining democracy www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Keir Starmer says he wants to learn from Italy’s ‘dramatic’ statistics. But a Guardian investigation reveals that EU money goes to officers who are involved in shocking abuse, leaving people to die in...
Er.... "our private giving will continue to be led by our values" Says "tax haven-based hedge fund with shares in oil and arms" www.opendemocracy.net/en/labour-gi...@opendemocracy.bsky.social
Quadrature’s donation is noteworthy not just for being Labour’s largest-ever, but for its timing ahead of election
Musk’s frenetic mix of political trolling, memes, cosying up to disgraced far-right “influencers”, adulation for Donald Trump, and near-continuous hype of his own companies provides a disturbing window into his soul.
A controversial tweet may make it to the news, but reading every post from the world’s richest man shows how frenzied and extreme he really is