Energy companies are cheaper and cleaner when run by the council
London mayor Sadiq Khan has pledged to follow Nottingham and Bristol in setting up a council energy company – and it could shake up the whole market
Welcome to Sunny Barcelona, Where the Government Is Embracing Coops, Citizen Activism, and Solar Energy
Barcelona, Spain—“When we moved into city hall, there were only paintings by men,” Barcelona Mayor Ada Colau tweeted in March, attaching a picture of her current office wall, which now featured portraits of eight prominent Catalan women—including the legendary anarchist leader Federica Montseny. “Redecorating the walls, that was the easy change,” Colau’s second in command, Gerardo Pisarello,…
Rays of hope
clean and democratically controlled energy for everyone
Around the world, communities are fighting fossil fuel corporations, taking control of energy and finding new and more democratic ways of meeting their needs while respecting the limits of the environment. While none of these are perfect and there are still challenges to overcome, they demonstrate that there are real alternatives to corporate control of our energy systems.
Energy democracy
from ideas to practice
Report and reflections on Transforming the Energy Sector, a one-day workshop in London on September 15th 2016, organised by Global Justice Now, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung Brussels Office and Transnational Institute.
The Struggle for Energy Democracy in the Maghreb
The Maghreb and EU Energy Policy EU foreign policy aims to lock North African natural gas and renewable energy into the European grid and is heavily influenced by arms and corporate interests. The priority has always been EU “energy security” and interests with a view towards convergence and more harmonisation and standardisation dictated by this…