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Critics say BlackRock’s Minnesota utility bid will increase rates – and clean energy goals will suffer

Sale opponents say private equity’s profit-seeking is at odds with reasonable rates and state’s goal to decarbonize

The Guardian - US

Why wind farm developers are pulling out at the last minute

The UK government’s strategy for tackling climate change received a major blow in May when Danish developer Ørsted announced that adverse economic developments had halted its 2.4 gigawatt (GW) Hornsea 4 wind farm in the North Sea.

The Conversation

BP dropping its green ambitions is a travesty. But that’s exactly how capitalism works

The failure to deal with the climate emergency is not a problem of greedy individual companies, but a system rigged against positive change, says Brett Christophers, a professor of economic geography

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We are taking a devastating risk with the green energy sector – one that might cost us our future

Relying on private companies to solve the climate crisis means that the planet’s fate rests in the hands of asset managers, says Brett Christophers, a professor at Sweden’s Uppsala University

The Guardian - UK

The Price Is Wrong by Brett Christophers review – why capitalism can’t save the planet

A clear-eyed look at the economics of energy, and why state power, not free enterprise, is the solution to the climate crisis

The Guardian - UK

The Glazers’ non-exiting exit of Manchester United is the way of the future

The Glazers blazed a trail for US money in European soccer. Now they’re innovating again with a non-sale ‘sale’ that gives them all the spoils of ownership with none of the accountability

The Guardian - US

The Guardian view on private water companies: a disaster made in the City

Editorial: England has become an asset management society with predictably calamitous results

The Guardian - UK

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Look at what hedge funds really do – and tell me capitalism is about ‘rewarding risk’

‘Alternative asset managers’ are mainly focused on protecting themselves from losses – and they get tax breaks for it, too, says author Brett Christophers

The Guardian - UK

They wield huge power over your day-to-day life, without consent or oversight. Who are they? Asset managers

We need to shine a spotlight on the acquisition of such basics as housing, schools and water networks, says Brett Christophers, a professor of economic geography

The Guardian - UK

From poster child to worst performing EU economy: how bad housing policy broke Sweden

High mortgage debt and a broken rental system is taking its toll on a country once seen as the example for others to follow, says Brett Christophers, an economic geography professor

The Guardian - UK

If UK wages are going down, why aren’t rent, food and energy prices coming down too?

Many British companies make their profits outside the UK or provide services so essential they know the government will step in to cover consumer bills, says economic geography professor Brett Christophers

The Guardian - UK

Michael Hiltzik: Big oil companies are already reneging on their global warming promises

If there's an enduring truism about corporate promises to do well by doing good, it's that believing them is a mug's game.

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