The Guardian: Former oil mogul confirmed as EU climate and energy commissioner

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http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/09/former-oil-mogul-confirmed-as-eu-climate-and-energy-commissioner

[font face=Serif][font size=5]Former oil mogul confirmed as EU climate and energy commissioner[/font]
[font size=4]Environmentalists outraged as Spanish conservative Miguel Arias Cañete is given top clean energy job in parliamentary horse trade[/font]

Arthur Neslen, Brussels
theguardian.com, Thursday 9 October 2014 06.42 EDT

[font size=3]The Spanish conservative Miguel Arias Cañete was confirmed as the EU’s new climate and energy commissioner on Wednesday after a deal between centre-left and right parties in the European Parliament, despite protests from environmentalists.

The centrist pact saw Liberal former Slovenian prime minister, Alenka Bratušek, overwhelmingly rejected by MEPs as the commission’s new energy union commissioner, but the words ‘sustainability, climate action and energy’ added to the portfolio of Cañete’s boss, the Dutch socialist, Frans Timmermans.

MEPs had demanded this caveat as a condition for supporting Cañete, a former director of two oil companies. But after more than half a million people signed an Avaaz petition calling for Cañete’s rejection, environmentalists were left fuming at a perceived democratic deficit in the EU.

“MEPs betrayed our hopes and placed a petrol head in charge of Europe’s climate policy,” said Luis Morago, Avaaz’s campaigns director. “The leaders of the Socialists and Democrats have broken their promises. They have neither listened to Europe’s voters or given people back trust in the EU. The public campaign to reject Cañete was always going to be tough because of horse trading in Brussels, but people across Europe will not stop until their representatives lead the world in action against climate change.”

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[northoftheborder]

1. Words fail.

[Demeter]

2. The EU is a wholly owned subsidiary of Multinational Corp(se) Inc.

[RiverLover]

3. More proof Oil Companies are controlling ALL civilized countries

Otherwise, fracking would never be allowed. Its a short-term, finite energy gig, 30 years tops, and wrecks the earth in the process. There isn't enough immediate money/payoff for politicians and govt leaders in developing alternative, safe energy that doesn't choke the planet. Even though this is a HUGE job creation opportunity for citizens.

[Nihil]

4. Same story the world over ...

> “The leaders of the Socialists and Democrats have broken their promises.
> They have neither listened to Europe’s voters or given people back trust in the EU.

Just substitute "Liberal Democrats" for "Socialists and Democrats" and "UK" for "Europe".

Clegg took the one chance in this generation for Liberal Democrats to rise and blew it
for personal gain in order to keep it to the pseudo two-party system (the one with SFA
difference between the two sides thanks to Blair & co).

I don't think I need to belabour the point regarding the US Corporate Party with its
interchangeable puppets.

"It's the same the whole world over,
It's the poor what gets the blame,
It's the rich gets all the pleasure,
And it's all a f*cking shame."