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I thought Angela Rayner was meant to be plain speaking! "Putin sees Europe is stepping up"!? What? He's laughing his socks off.

Germany's AfD trumps Trump with threat to tear down 'windmills of shame' Warning of destruction of private investment and harm to economy and jobs in Europe’s largest economy

Europe's green movement evolved in the political repression of East Germany, whose citizens chose to protest environmental destruction instead. With magnificent irony the far right AfD, popular in the old east, says it'll rip down those protesters' legacy. www.rechargenews.com/wind/germany...

I'm worried that Bodies on Netflix is as bad as The Man In The High Castle.
Black Mirror wannabes both of them. Someone reassure me.

Just checked with my teenager, we reckon this fossil fuels text from COP28 wouldn't get her any points in her geography GCSE.

Klimakonferenz COP28: Baerbock fordert "globales Bekenntnis" zur Abkehr von fossiler Energie Vor ihrem Abflug nach Dubai kündigt Außenministerin Baerbock eine "hartnäckige Klimadiplomatie" an. Eines ihrer Ziele: erneuerbare Energie bis 2030 verdreifachen.

Bundesaußenministerin Annalena Baerbock will sich auf der #COP28 für ein klares Bekenntnis zum Ausstieg aus den fossilen Energien, eine Verdreifachung Erneuerbarer Energien bis 2030 und die Kreislaufwirtschaft einsetzen. Wir wünschen ihr dabei viel Erfolg! www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...

UN climate talks have focused on renewable energy for too long says Exxon chief Darren Woods tells FT that oil and gas major has a role to play in reducing emissions

At COP28, Exxon says talk has too long been about RE, and it's time to talk about other solutions.
In my experience the talk has mostly been about the O&G industry and its recklessness.
If COP stopped talking about renewables, the only thing it would talk about is O&G and fossil fuels...

How do we achieve the IMO strategy for the green transition?
Panel in the Singapore pavilion at COP28 just might be about to tell us.

US court rejects EPA's decision to withhold small refinery biofuel waivers | Reuters A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday said it struck down the Biden administration's decision to deny small refiners "hardship waivers" that exempt them from nation's biofuel mandates, in a win for the re...

Blending biofuels into product is an unfair financial burden on small scale US refiners. But waiving the rule burdens society with their climate costs and subsidises the fossil fuel industry reuters.com/legal/us-court-rejects-epas-decision-withhold-small-refinery-biofuel-waivers-2023-11-23/

UK should commit to phasing out fossil fuels, says Danish climate minister The Government declined to join the group when it was formed after the Glasgow climate talks two years ago.

Some times it takes your mates to remind you what you do best - leading energy transitions has been a "thing" for the UK these past few centuries - we should keep at it... www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

Where are all the fans for this England Australia match in the WXV1? Are the good people of Wellington getting in an afternoon nap before the All Blacks' late night semifinal with Argentina?

England will lose to Italy tonight in their European Championship qualifier and even football fans will ask whether it was worth postponing Bake Off for such a torrid game.

Can't leave him out, but they're worse with him in. Maybe pulling him off early if things are not going well?

Farrell replaces Ford for England's quarter-final Owen Farrell replaces George Ford at fly-half for England's Rugby World Cup quarter-final against Fiji, with Marcus Smith starting at full-back.

Steve Borthwick appears to be trying to get England home from the rugby world cup as fast as he can by picking Farrell.

With COP28 happening in UAE at the start of December, I'm wondering which journalists are heading there, when the organiser doesn't fancy giving insight into attendees.

Maersk inks deal to buy stake in 545-MW wind farm in Egypt - report Maersk International, part of Danish shipping major AP Moller-Maersk A/S (CPH:MAERSK-B), has clinched a preliminary deal to buy a 51% stake in the 545-MW Z

One of the world's biggest shipping companies has a plan to be a huge renewable energy player. Maersk invests in an Egyptian wind farm to produce low carbon fuels from hydrogen.

You can't blame Wales for World Cup draw - Gatland Warren Gatland says the controversial World Cup draw is not Wales' fault and rivals should have done better four years ago.

Apparently Wales have a quarter final with Argentina this weekend at the
Rugby World Cup. Before they get to the semi final, it bears repeating that I don't think they'll get out their pool www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-...