Regarding SWIFT, I see that Austria and Cyprus, in addition to Germany, Italy and Hungary, are against including it in sanctions at the moment. Austria's Chancellor Karl Nehammer said that suspending… (View Post)

People like Putin hate the Greens. They can't stand the idea of people weaning themselves off the fossil fuel addiction that keeps them dependent on big oil and gas exporters like Russia. (View Post)

Right, so they weren't actually urging the Ukraine government to surrender that territory to Putin. They were suggesting that Zelansky might consider granting the regions a degree of autonomy, which,… (View Post)

Surely it makes sense to pause, rather than cancel, the project? That way the Germans still have the carrot of reopening to wave at Putin. Cancelling would simply remove that option from their arsena… (View Post)

Surely it would be more appropriate to blame the footdraggers and nimbys who have done everything possible to stand in the way of the development of renewables which, despite their opposition, are al… (View Post)