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Friendly neighborhood Eurocrat. Working in aviation safety and social matters related to aircrews. Discussing transport, mobility, urbanism, environment, energy, sustainability, EU and international relations.
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Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts. Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵

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An important reality check for Donald Trump. Graph from the @financialtimes.com

submitted 3 days ago • 13 comments

We need all the good news we can get - and this, right here, is a big slice of good news.

submitted 10 days ago • 4 comments

German wind and solar overtook fossil fuels for the first time in 2024 🇩🇪 As solar rose to 15% of the electricity mix last year, coal fell to a historic low of 22%. ember-energy.org/lat...

submitted 11 days ago • 4 comments

Their response to "he's violating the Constitution" is really "but bro is so sick at coding." US rule of law in shambles. Tech ideology is really that kind of caricature of itself.

submitted 23 days ago • 335 comments

🔥 NEW report: Europe’s #heating transition is at a critical crossroads. Without stronger policies, over 50 million fossil gas boilers could be installed in Europe by 2040 - threatening climate goals, #energysecurity & #cleantech leadership. 🏠⚡ Key findings ⬇️ 1/7

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A Finnish 🇫🇮 study highlights that commuting by bicycle significantly reduces sickness absence among municipal employees. Active cyclists, covering over 30 km weekly, had an 8–18% lower risk of sickness absences and averaged 4.5 fewer sick days annually than passive commuters.

submitted 27 days ago • 3 comments

Early result of Congestion Pricing show a 51%(!!) drop in traffic injuries compared to the same period in 2024. Obviously there will be some bounce back, but it means there are already ~40 in walking around NYC who *would* have been a crash victim otherwise. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/01/23/c...

submitted 36 days ago • 3 comments

The speed limit reduction on Paris’ ring highway from 70 to 50 km/h (44 to 31 mph), introduced in October, resulted in: —20% less traffic congestion —19% fewer accidents —24% less particulate air pollution leparisien.fr/paris-75/moi...

submitted 70 days ago • 2 comments

Thanks to Elon Musk and Donald Trump, Republicans cut $190 million for pediatric cancer research from the funding bill. Congrats to DOGE on their first victory.

submitted 71 days ago • 297 comments

Newsletter: Our digital lives are unregulated growth-hacked ecological disasters. The modern tech ecosystem's growth-at-all-costs mindset is actively harming billions of people, pushing them toward authoritarianism for profit. We must fight back. www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgive-them/

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There is nothing like revisiting the success story that keeps on giving, ie Greece. And few are as committed to portraying Greece’s Wirtschaftswunder as the Financial Times, with the latest report coming from the economic trenches only a few hours ago. Brace yourselves for 🎉🥂 ....

submitted 79 days ago • 7 comments

"I can't see a model for the future of humanity that I like coming out of China, India or The States. But I can see it in Europe."

submitted 80 days ago • 34 comments

Okay, I have to do a thread on this pretty amazing article because it is just seriously chockers with eye-opening stats about 'direct air capture' - ie, sucking up air and trying to remove carbon dioxide from it news.mit.edu/2024/reality...

submitted 95 days ago • 55 comments

"Tire particles are a significant but often-overlooked contributor to microplastic pollution. They account for 28% of microplastics entering the environment globally."

submitted 90 days ago • 11 comments

HOT OFF THE PRESS: EU is a long way from reaching its lofty 20m green hydrogen consumption goal by 2030. Sober report from ACER shows: Right now hydrogen is a decarbonisation problem. 99.7% of hydrogen consumed in EU comes from fossil fuels. www.acer.europa.eu/sites/defaul...

submitted 102 days ago • 8 comments

If you bring central London to a halt in order to campaign against catastrophic climate change then you're a "barmy" eco "fanatic" who deserves to be locked up. If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds

submitted 102 days ago • 471 comments

Annual global fossil fuel subsidies jump to $1.7 trillion - just in the G20 reneweconomy.com.au/annual-globa...

submitted 109 days ago • 3 comments

Klimakrisen-Leugnung nimmt neue Dimension an: Die AfD nennt die #Klimakrise einen "Schwindel", der uns angeblich deindustrialisieren soll. Teile von FDP und Union verhindern wirksame Klimaschutzmaßnahmen; Klimaschutzverhinderung wirkt bis in Bundesministerien. Eine Einordnung 🧵

submitted 158 days ago • 6 comments

Der 🇪🇺 State of the Energy Union Bericht zeigt: Die Energiewende ist ein Erfolg und vor allem ist das Ende der Fossilen klar. Erstmals kommt die Hälfte der europäischen Stromversorgung aus den Erneuerbaren. Aber? Es gibt noch einiges zu tun. Ein Thread 🧵

submitted 171 days ago • 1 comment

Dietary change in an uneven world: "More than half of the global population, which is presently overconsuming, would save 32.4% of global emissions through diet shifts, offsetting the 15.4% increase in global emissions from presently underconsuming populations moving towards healthier diets."

submitted 174 days ago • 4 comments

$7 trillion per year - that’s the amount of fossil fuel subsidies the world provides according to the the International Monetary Fund. This includes both direct and indirect subsidies. HT Assaad Razzouk

submitted 175 days ago • 4 comments

Öffentliche Nettostromerzeugung in Deutschland in Woche 32 vom 05.08. bis 11.08.2024: 4,81 TWh Erneuerbare Energien (EE) 2,34 TWh nicht EE 67,3 % Anteil der EE an der öffentlichen Nettostromerzeugung 57,5% Anteil der EE an der Last 1,09 TWh Import im Saldo www.energy-charts.info/charts/energ...

submitted 200 days ago • 0 comments

Analysis: China’s CO2 falls 1% in Q2 2024 in first quarterly drop since Covid-19 | @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/3LV54Db

submitted 200 days ago • 1 comment

Norway's GHG emissions have declined 9% since 1990: * Most declines in manufacturing, due to a phase out of PFCs & SF6 * Decent drop in CH4 (industry, agriculture) * Recent decline in road transport due to electric vehicles * Recent decline in oil & gas, not offsetting earlier years * Air / sea up

submitted 206 days ago • 0 comments

Probably not because it's a dumb idea.

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G20 agree to work on Brazil’s ‘billionaire tax’ idea, implementation seen difficult

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JUST DROPPED: How electrification revolutionises heat and why hydrogen has lost the race. Part 2 of my conversation with Michael Barnard at 🎙Redefining Energy. "Beyond Gas: The Rise of Heat Pumps and Energy Efficiency" www.spreaker.com/episode/32-b...

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Data centers now consume 21% of all the electricity in Ireland, more than all the homes in its cities and towns combined. Cloud providers still want more. This drive for ever-increasing computation serves no one but the bottom lines of major tech companies. It must be stopped.

submitted 219 days ago • 9 comments

"Während die Elektromobilität weltweit Auftrieb hat, führen wir in Europa Scheindebatten über Reichweitenangst & Technologieoffenheit", PwC Deutschland. Die Folge? Autohersteller kassieren E-Autoziele, China übernimmt. 👏🏼 an CDU, CSU, FDP, Freie Wähler

submitted 219 days ago • 9 comments