Natalie Etxart

The Renewable Illusion: Why Fossil Fuels Keep Winning Global renewables hit records in 2024, but fossil fuel use still rises. Here’s why solar’s surge isn’t enough—and what the latest energy data really shows.

1. This is something I've been saying for 25 years, but it's hard to get many people to listen. What counts is not the new energy sources you add, but the old ones you retire. Unfortunately it's politically easier to build renewables than to shutter fossil fuels.🧵
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ACT FOR GAZA: Silence and inactions amount to complicity The ongoing atrocities in Gaza are a blatant violation of international law. The world cannot remain silent as innocent civilians, including children, are starv

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And it all amounted to… nothing. The cowardice of the EU on Gaza stings even more than the US’ cynical support of Netanyahu’s government.

Meanwhile, on planet Earth

EU pulls US trade war countermeasures in hope of a tariff deal — for now Even as it holds its fire, Brussels will pitch retaliatory tariffs targeting another €72B in U.S. goods to EU capitals on Monday.

Si vis pacem, para bellum.

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Full text of EU report on Israeli crimes in Gaza Full text: The EU has corroborated UN allegations that Israel was guilty of "indiscriminate attacks ... starvation ... torture ... [and] apartheid" against Palestinians in a leaked "review".

A damning opinion paper from the EU’s diplomatic services on human rights violations in #Gaza by the Israeli Armed Forces. Breaking the EU-Israel agreement will not magically stop the war, but is there another choice?

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Oui 😊

The article actually says pneumonic plague, not bubonic. Which is more deadly, and more difficult to diagnose…

My 17-year old just experienced one. The child psychiatrist, thankfully, ordered a blood test which revealed that she had coeliac disease - the incidence of which is aparently very elevated in autistic children. Do not neglect the physical causes, autism does not explain everything.

Nico et Léa, un dernier moment de grâce, par Daniel Schneidermann Pendant que le départ de Léa Salamé crée un feu d’artifice de commentaires et de rétrospectives lacrymales, France Inter sacrifie parité et écologie.

Rabotage des sujets d’écologie, moins d’investigation - la mise au pas politique de France Inter pas Adèle Van Reth continue.

Nico et Léa, un dernier moment de grâce, par Daniel Schneidermann
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La médiatisation d’un suicide peut avoir un effet déclencheur chez d’autres personnes. Il ne faut donc pas parler de la cause du décès, ce que malheureusement vous faites en toutes lettre sur votre site web ce soir (mais pas ici, heureusement). Merci.

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YouTube video by World Health Organization (WHO) Age doesn’t define you - Global Campaign to Combat Ageism - #AWorld4AllAges

I am a 50 year old woman. People around me (including many middle-aged women) don’t understand why I get pissed when I’m told that I don’t „look my age“. #ageism is a fight that‘s not getting old (unfortunately).

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#WHO has great online resources. This quick guide on how to avoid ageism in communication is not new but definitely aged well 😜…

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Siege of Caffa-style? If only your opinions were as contagious as the plague…

«C’était terrifiant, le sol a vibré sous nos pieds» : en Iran, les prisonniers entre le feu israélien et la main de fer du régime Selon les autorités iraniennes, la frappe israélienne sur la prison d’Evin le 23 juin a fait 71 morts. En exclusivité pour «Libération», un détenu rescapé a accepté de livrer son témoignage.

So much for „liberating the Iranian people“: Israel‘s strike on the Evin prison hits the infirmary and the visiting area, and some more, killing 71 people.

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Is it too late to give Sacha Baron Cohen an Oscar for this? Not a damn lie told. 🇺🇸

So, it‘s already too late to act to keep global warming to less than +1.5 C. Well done, us.

„Almost daily occurence“ - says Reuters

Comment Israël a transformé l’aide alimentaire en enfer pour les Gazaouis Les distributions, confiées depuis la fin mai à la très controversée Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, ont basculé dans le chaos. Enquête sur une catastrophe logistique et humanitaire.

While the focus in on Iran, it’s worth remebering that in Gaza, even food aid is being weaponized.

Comment Israël a transformé l’aide alimentaire en enfer pour les Gazaouis
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Same reason why the mass media has no images - journalists and photographs being shot or arrested (bit like in CA right now, hey)? Try the posts in French & from the French liberal media, seems the mods are less active en français…

At least nine killed in Austria school shooting, authorities say | CNN A shooter opened fire at a high school in the Austrian city of Graz, authorities said Tuesday, killing nine people including teenagers in one of the worst rampages in the country’s history.

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No words. My 17-year old is going to a different school and is safe, but the schockwaves are hitting us all.

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Nursing, by the look of it. Go Mama…