Mercury thermometers have been banned in the EU for nearly 20 years. Can we now have a ban on the use of stale phrases like "the mercury creeps up" as the next round of hot weather approaches?

It's really not very good, is it? The roundabout, I mean, not @eddywax.bsky.social's story. www.euractiv.com/news/new-sch...

New Schuman roundabout is 'worst' possible outcome, says architect | Euractiv

The symbolic EU plaza has become a barren concrete lagoon, after three years of building work

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This one from @steporciello.bsky.social is worth a look, for anyone following the backlash against pro-EV policies. www.euractiv.com/news/key-epp...

Key EPP lawmakers seek to kill or weaken clean company car law | Euractiv

The Commission proposal would force corporate buyers to increase the share of electric vehicles in their fleets

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EU's new plans to boost rail travel "could be just the ticket to help consumers fall in love with train travel again” 🚆- our @arcapde.bsky.social in @euractiv.com 👇

Brussels looks to boost rail travel with one-click ticketing rules | Euractiv

Passenger rights also overhauled in broad legislative package

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Sing this from the rooftop of the Berlaymont. The medium is the message.

Jon Worth@jonworth.eu · 3mo ago

Es ist mir unbegreiflich, dass europäische Politiker aus Parteien, die es eigentlich besser wissen müssten, das Problem auch jetzt noch nicht erkennen – drei Jahre nach Musks Übernahme von X und nachdem Zuckerberg sich Trumps Forderungen angeschlossen hat.

Do we have an oil supply crisis in the EU? 1/3 Official data sources cannot tell us, yet, as they lag the decisive months? On May 8th this is what we know: - Jodi: Feb26 - BAFA: Dec25 - Eurostat: Jan26 - IEA: Jan26

Booking an international train shouldn’t be a full-time job. 🚅 Why should crossing EU borders by rail require five tabs, three apps and a prayer? 🧵

One continent, one ticket 🚅 - Actions GreensEFA

Get on board our campaign and demand a Single European Train Ticket. 🎫

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Trump is using taxpayer dollars to bribe huge corporations to abandon wind farms that would lower consumer prices by displacing expensive polluting fossil units — a political pay-off to his big fossil fuel donors. youtu.be/O73_qd8YQus?...

Why the Trump administration is paying billions to abandon wind farms

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

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Has anyone seen Peti?

Szabolcs Panyi@szabolcspanyi.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🤔 Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó last posted on social media at 4pm yesterday. Since then, despite being one of the main faces of Orbán’s campaign, he has disappeared. He was not with the Fidesz leadership beside Orbán Viktor when they conceded defeat.

"You have sat too long for any good you have been doing lately ... In the name of God, go!"

Now...if only there was an institution that could be used channel finance towards essential investment in renewable energy infrastructure... Keeping capital costs down... Ideally one whose core mandate is to keep inflation in check.... www.ecb.europa.eu/press/blog/d...

Europe’s fossil fuel dependence poses risks to price stability

The European Central Bank (ECB) is the central bank of the European Union countries which have adopted the euro. Our main task is to maintain price stability in the euro area and so preserve the purch...

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If you have half an eye on railway news, Europe-wide, it becomes clear *very quickly* that level crossings are a danger - and in the vast majority of cases to the people in the road vehicles Because normally a train obliterates the road vehicle And you can't really fully design out the danger

Nikolaus’ drones strike <EU is always as dependent on imported energy than long ago Yes EU has cleaned its domestic generation of electricity BUT… Not electrified the rest of EU energy consumption: Still 60% of our energy is imported >🙈 | @nkurmayer.bsky.social www.euractiv.com/news/europes...

Europe’s energy illusion: Why a €1 trillion green bet hasn’t broken the import habit | Euractiv

The war with Iran is exposing a hard truth – Europe’s green push has left it no less dependent on imported energy

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Exclusive: Iran attack wipes out 17% of Qatar’s LNG capacity for up to five years, QatarEnergy CEO says reut.rs/4bB5MBW

Exclusive: Iran attack wipes out 17% of Qatar’s LNG capacity for up to five years, QatarEnergy CEO says

Iranian attacks have knocked ‌out 17% of Qatar's liquefied natural gas (LNG) export capacity, causing an estimated $20 billion in lost annual revenue and threatening supplies to Europe and Asia, QatarEnergy's CEO told Reuters on Thursday.

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Exemplary reporting from 1945, all the more chilling for its restraint. www.bbc.com/videos/c87z7...

BBC Archive 1945: Richard Dimbleby describes Belsen

Richard Dimbleby describes the scenes of almost unimaginable horror that greeted him as he toured Belsen concentration camp shortly after its liberation by the British in April 1945.

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Another aspect of the EU Green Deal reversal: trade policy no longer to be used 'pour encourager les autres'. Read this take on the EU-India free-trade deal by Euractiv's @nkurmayer.bsky.social www.euractiv.com/news/brussel...

Brussels jettisons EU green ideals to secure India trade agreement | Euractiv

Rump deal with world’s most populous country is bereft of climate chapter

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My colleague @steporciello.bsky.social seems to have got a long-overdue conversation going with this Christmas holiday feature. It's an idea so simple even [ ... ] could understand it. (And let's not forget about solar thermal either - it's not only about PV.)

Jan Rosenow@janrosenow.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Sometimes the most transformative solutions come from looking at old ideas with fresh eyes. Bricks, sand & stone could play a key role as thermal energy storage — cheap, scalable, and perfect for storing excess wind & solar as heat for industry and district heating. www.euractiv.com/news/bricks-...

One question on #GridsPackage would be: Do all highways follow the North Star? [here, what it is about www.euractiv.com/news/brussels-pitches-north-star-for-eu-power-grid-planning-to-rein-in-electricity-prices/ by @nkurmayer.bsky.social ]

Brussels pitches 'North Star' for EU power grid planning to rein in electricity prices | Euractiv

Nationally minded grid planning is being blamed for the EU’s widening cross-border cable gap

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We're hiring! Euractiv is looking for an experienced environment policy reporter jobs.euractiv.com/jobs/energy-... Deadline 19 October.

"This is what the Global Gateway is about". www.ftm.eu/articles/bit...

EU funds bitcoin mine in Congo jungle with development aid

Over more than a decade, the EU spent millions on largely unsuccessful projects in a nature reserve in eastern Congo, led by a Belgian prince. These include a safari lodge in a war zone and a hydroele...

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If there were any doubts about the Patriots for Europe group's intentions for the EU's 2040 emissions target after they grabbed control of the file, they're buried now. @barbarabm.bsky.social and @anetazach.bsky.social‬ have the details. www.euractiv.com/section/eet/...

Far-right Patriots for Europe move to kill EU's 2040 climate bill - Euractiv

“It’s obvious that after having two legally binding targets for 2030 and 2050 this new target is not needed,” Knotek told Euractiv

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#ICJ is delivering its 'Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change': parties to the #ParisAgreement must pledge "highest possible ambition" in emissions cut pledges (NDCs). webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1c...

THE HAGUE – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivers its Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivers its advisory opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change.

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"Mounted on poles above homes, solar panels have become a common sight across the country of 240 million people, with the installation cost typically recovered within two to five years."

AFP News Agency@en.afp.com · last yr.

Pakistanis are increasingly ditching the national grid in favour of solar power. But the move is spooking a government weighed down by billions of dollars of power sector debt u.afp.com/SYQE

The von der Leyen method: an update

#MFF EU budget anticipation at fever pitch in Brussels; presentation in parliament's BUDG committee already delayed 1.5 hrs (now 2pm, link below); hacks more choleric than usual over lack of communication from Berlaymont; @euractiv.com is your best bet. multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...

Committee on Budgets Ordinary meeting - Multimedia Centre

The multimedia platform of the European Parliament is the official public available repository of the media production of the Secretariat of the European Parliament, managed by the Directorate-General...

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Euractiv@euractiv.com · last yr.

📣 Stay in the loop on the next EU budget 💶 🎢 Our reporters are covering every twist and turn, LIVE, of what is set to be the most important budget in EU history. 🔖 Bookmark and keep this link open, as we report on von der Leyen's proposal, and initial reactions. www.euractiv.com/section/econ...

"A glimmer of hope." Several research programs are trying to find out whether the #AMOC is heading for a tipping point. Chief scientist Kjetil Våge on the norwegian icebreaker Kronprins Haakon: "We need to do what we can to try to prevent that.” Good Nature feature! 🌊 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Is a monster web of ocean currents headed for collapse? The race is on to find out

Research ships rarely brave the Greenland Sea in winter. Early this year, scientists ventured into the ice-covered waters to capture crucial data about the planet’s future.

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🇱🇹, 🇱🇻, 🇪🇪 & 🇵🇱 are further strengthening their cooperation in the field of energy security. Today, during the #EU Energy Council #TTE meeting in #Luxembourg, the four countries signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the cooperation on the protection and resilience of critical energy infrastructure.

💦 The EU #Water Resilience Strategy has a good focus, including on implementation & enforcement of EU's #WFD. We like this dear @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu + @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu. And we're here to help, by providing data etc. CC @nabu.de @bund.net @bundwasser.bsky.social @eeb.org #EUGreenDeal

2 July is a big day for energy, environment and transport policy fans: @ec.europa.eu plans to table the 2040 GHG reduction target proposal, an Action Plan for the EU chemicals industry, and a Master Plan (no less) for the high-speed rail network. ec.europa.eu/transparency...

Spain / blackout. Would any power grid/market specialists like to suggest what might be going on behind this chart..?