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jon, 6 days ago to random

Right

The Birdy is ready for Le Grand Départ tomorrow

Everything cleaned and checked for 5 weeks of #CrossBorderRail adventures ahead!

fj, 7 days ago to random

A study by German economic think tank DIW has found that the does not require an Russian gas imports and a ban on them wouldn't endanger the bloc's energy security, dpa reports (in German): https://www.rnd.de/wirtschaft/kein-russisches-gas-mehr-importe-aus-russland-laut-studie-nicht-notwendig-2K5SKTH2RZL5TGV4CKWUG6H3BU.html

fj, 14 days ago to Weather

The situation in Germany's #Saarland region right now is giving me a strong deja vu from three years ago, when another hilly area experienced unusually heavy rainfall that lead to devastating floods. I really hope we don't see the same kind of disaster happen as we did in the Ahrtal 2021. At least residents and emergency services should be sensitized to what could happen.

#weather #floods #unwetter

fj, 17 days ago to random

A German court has convicted prominent far-right politician Björn Höcke for using a Nazi slogan. If the verdict and sentence (of 100 * €130) stand, he will be deemed to have a criminal conviction.
https://apnews.com/article/germany-far-right-afd-hoecke-trial-verdict-c8dd41357560b6e786c7f3fdaf2b0588

fj, 1 month ago to random

The far-right Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, officially kicked off its campaign for the elections at an event in the southwestern town of Donaueschingen. The party’s top candidate in the elections, Maximilian Krah, canceled plans to speak after an assistant was arrested on suspicion of spying for China earlier this week, AP reports:

https://apnews.com/article/germany-european-election-campaign-kickoff-800a0b1b7ff3f943e799388962a20ad8

fj, 1 month ago to berlin

Just spotted Germany's top climate envoy on a bike nearly getting crushed between a car and a tram.

#Berlin really needs safe and comfortable cycle paths if this country is going to avoid unnecessary road deaths and tackle global warming.

fj, 1 month ago to random

On Wednesday, Climeworks made a surprising move away from hard tech and into carbon trading with the launch of an offshoot called Climeworks Solutions. Under the new banner, it will purchase carbon removal credits from other providers, package them into portfolios that include its own direct air capture credits, and sell the bundles to buyers looking for “high quality” carbon removal.

https://heatmap.news/technology/climeworks-solutions-carbon-removal

fj, 1 month ago to climate

Bloomberg: German coal mines emit much more methane than reported, study says. The nation has committed to helping slash global methane emissions 30% by the end of this decade.

#climate #coal #methane #emissions

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-16/german-coal-mines-emit-much-more-methane-than-reported-to-un-ember-says

fj, 1 month ago to climate

A day before Switzerland lost a landmark #climate case before the European Court of Human Rights, the country's insurance giant Zurich announced it will no longer provide new insurance underwriting for oil and gas projects.

https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/uk/news/breaking-news/zurich-insurance-halts-coverage-of-new-fossil-fuel-projects-484142.aspx

fj, 2 months ago to random

Pennsylvania governor has unveiled a plan to fight climate change, saying he will back legislation to make power plant owners in the nation’s third-biggest energy-producing state pay for their greenhouse gas emissions and require utilities to buy more electricity from renewable sources.

Such legislation would make Pennsylvania the first major fossil fuel-producing state in the U.S. to adopt a carbon-pricing program. But it is drawing fierce opposition from business.

https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-pennsylvania-shapiro-renewable-energy-electricity-bdb66ee44ccf3fe0113064da698aa657

fj, 4 months ago to random

fj, 5 months ago to random

“Humanity has finally done what is long, long, long overdue,” Wopke Hoekstra, European Union commissioner for climate action, said. After nearly 30 years of talking about carbon pollution, climate negotiators in a key document explicitly took aim at what’s trapping the heat: the burning of coal, oil and natural gas.

But U.N. climate chief Simon Stiell cautioned people that what they adopted was a “climate action lifeline, not a finish line.”

https://apnews.com/article/cop28-climate-summit-negotiations-fossil-fuels-dubai-64c0e39e6ad54a98e05e5201a2215293

fj, 5 months ago to random

Ouch. Small Island states group AOSIS says #COP28 President al-Jaber gaveled the Dubai deal while they were out of the room. Samoa says "course correction that we needed has not been secured" and slams lack of commitment to peak national emissions by 2025.

fj, 5 months ago to random

“What we have seen today is unacceptable,” Marshall Islands chief delegate and natural resources minister Samuel Silk said. "We will not go silently to our watery graves. We will not accept an outcome that will lead to devastation for our country, and for millions if not billions of the most vulnerable people and communities.”

#COP28

https://apnews.com/article/cop28-climate-summit-negotiations-fossil-fuels-47dfd6dbf32d987e885acd6dbffc7954

fj, 5 months ago to Hydrogen

Why Europe needs a new body to design its #hydrogen infrastructure.

https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/opinion/why-europe-needs-a-new-body-to-design-its-hydrogen-infrastructure/

fj, 5 months ago to random

Fifty oil companies representing nearly half of global production have pledged to reach near-zero methane emissions and end routine flaring in their operations by 2030, the president of this year's #COP28 climate talks said Saturday, a move that environmental groups called a “smokescreen."
https://apnews.com/article/climate-changemethanecop28-58c756d843fbc696b28a330295505be7

fj, 6 months ago to climate

To meet the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, nine major Asian economies must massively ramp up the share of electricity they get from renewable energy by the end of the decade, from the current 6% to at least 50%, according to a report by @AgoraEW released Wednesday. #climate #energy #COP28:
https://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/renewable/asian-economies-must-ramp-up-wind-and-solar-power-to-keep-global-warming-under-1-5c-report-says/105227192 https://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/renewable/asian-economies-must-ramp-up-wind-and-solar-power-to-keep-global-warming-under-1-5c-report-says/105227192

jon, 7 months ago to random

Welcome to #CrossBorderRail Autumn 2023 Day 29, 29 Oct, Hendaye - Paris - Mannheim - Berlin

Today I’m crossing these borders
Euskotren - Irun Ficoba 🇪🇸 - Hendaye 🇫🇷
Saarbrücken 🇩🇪 - Forbach 🇫🇷

Map of today’s route
https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-political-tour-autumn-2023_933893#6/48.115/5.801

Today’s Live Blog
https://crossborderrail.trainsforeurope.eu/live-blog-autumn-2023-day-29/

w7voa, 7 months ago to random

"We are working on reactivating 639 kHz from Cyprus." - BBC World Service policy advisor Abdallah Alsalmi.

fj, 7 months ago to climate

Not an easy task, the Guardian's Fiona Harvey has done a good job presenting the complex and confounding figure that is Sultan al-Jaber, an oil executive who will preside over the #COP28 #climate talks in Dubai next month.

Props for putting up with all the PR pressure before and after the interviews too:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/07/meet-the-oil-man-tasked-with-saving-the-planet-cop28

fj, 7 months ago to random

The former Twitter is incentivizing violent content, which will only become worse to stand out to users, writes Bloomberg columnist Dave Lee.

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-10-05/the-moral-case-for-no-longer-engaging-with-elon-musk-s-x?utm_source=website&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=copy