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Spain’s Renewable-Energy Boom Loosens Gas’s Grip on Power Prices Soaring renewables output in Spain is weakening gas’s grip on electricity prices, setting the country apart from much of Europe where fossil fuels still dictate the cost of power.

"Spain’s rapid renewables build-out means its power prices were set by fossil generation just 19% of the time, down from 75% in 2019. As a result, wholesale electricity was almost a third cheaper than the EU average"

Imagine having cheaper power

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“Lorenzo D’Agostino, a journalist and another flotilla participant, said after returning to Istanbul that Thunberg was “wrapped in the Israeli flag and paraded like a trophy” – a scene described with disbelief and anger by those who witnessed it.””

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+

Isobel Hadley-Kamptz: 100 miljoner i biståndspengar – till kretsen runt en Hamaskramande antisemit Regeringen har skickat biståndspengar till kretsen kring den antisemitiske, Hamaskramande premiärministern i Somalia. Allt i utbyte mot tvångsutvisningar.

jag skrev lite om det bisarra avtalet med Somalia www.dn.se/ledare/isobe...

Remembering Jane Goodall (RIP): Watch Jane, the Acclaimed National Geographic Documentary Jane Goodall, the revered conservationist, passed away today at age 91. In her honor, we're featuring above a National Geographic documentary called Jane.

Remembering Jane Goodall (RIP): Watch "Jane," the Acclaimed National Geographic Documentary

Zelensky warns of 'critical' situation at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant after weeklong outage Zelensky accused Moscow of obstructing the repair of the power lines through continued shelling: "And this is a threat to absolutely everyone. No terrorist in the world has ever dared to do to a nucle...

⚡️Zelensky warns of 'critical' situation at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant after weeklong outage.

"And this is a threat to absolutely everyone. No terrorist in the world has ever dared to do to a nuclear plant what Russia is doing right now,” Volodymyr Zelensky said.

🚨 ☢️ Ukraine: Russian fascists struck the energy infrastructure that powers the New Safe Confinement (NSC) at the Chernobyl Nuclear Reactor.
The facility currently has no electricity, risking radiation to leak.

Here’s why one industry is worried about Trump’s latest climate rollback The Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday that it would rewrite a Biden-era rule aimed at limiting hydrofluorocarbons, a potent greenhouse gas.

Trump administration wants to roll back regulations on HFCs (very potent greenhouse gases) OVER THE OBJECTIONS OF THE APPLIANCE INDUSTRY.

RIP to Jane Goodall, who opened the world's eyes to our closest relatives. (Photo by NatGeo's Hugo Van Lawick)

A screenshot of a post by the Jane Goodall Institute on LinkedIn stating that they learned that Dr. Goodall passed away due to natural causes in California while on her speaking to her current speaking tour there.

The world has lost its most powerful advocate for nature and hope. Yet many remain who will continue her legacy and I know she will continue to inspire generations more.

It’s not just that this is puerile and lawless. It’s that it is completely out of touch with the issues relevant to contemporary warfare. Russia fights like this. It makes Russians criminals. But it doesn’t make them winners.

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What am I supposed to worship if not climate change? 🥲

🇨🇳 Every second, China bolts down ~100 solar panels. H1 2025: 67% of global solar already. And before decade’s end, China’s solar capacity ALONE will eclipse the whole US grid. The first true electrostate is here—rising at hyperscale, rewriting energy history in real time. ⚡☀️ #Solar #EV #Energy #BESS

Victoria's big batteries have broken a record, charging up with enough electricity to power over 2 million homes, after soaking up half of the state's rooftop solar capacity reneweconomy.com.au/victoria-bec...

Siffror visar: Svenska produkter i ryska krigsindustrin – för hundratals miljoner SKF:s kullager är en nationell stolthet som fick en framträdande roll när Sveriges kulturkanon presenterades. Samtidigt visar tulldata hur rysk import av SKF:s

Since Russias invasion in 2022, SKF has sold bearings to Russia to the tune of €50 million.

Swedish ball bearing giant SKF and the Swedish state is continuing a tradition started already during WWII, exporting to murderous regimes.

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Les vagues de chaleur de l’été 2025 ont coûté plus de 10 milliards d’euros à la France Les récentes canicules, sécheresses et inondations devraient ralentir l’activité économique en 2025, mais aussi à plus long terme. Les pertes dépassent de très loin les dégâts recensés par les assureu...

Les vagues de chaleur de l’été 2025 ont coûté plus de 10 milliards d’euros à la France www.lemonde.fr/planete/arti...

Determining the accumulation potential of nanoplastics in crops: An investigation of 14C-labelled polystyrene nanoplastic into radishes The capacity of crops to accumulate nanoplastics has remained relatively unexplored largely due to analytical constraints. To address this challenge, …

New study shows uptake of polystyrene #nanoplastic into the edible tissue of radishes, indicating NPs can cross the Casparian strip, facilitating accumulation into internal plant tissues, exposing humans via ingestion of edible plant parts
-> food safety issue.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Meat is a leading emissions source – but few outlets report on it, analysis finds Sentient Media reveals less than 4% of climate news stories mention animal agriculture as source of carbon emissions

“It is increasingly indefensible for news coverage of climate change not to make it clear that this crisis is driven by very specific human activities – primarily burning fossil fuels. And in second place is food, agriculture, forestry.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Why are Europe and the Arctic heating up faster than the rest of the world? As the planet continues to warm, not all regions are heating up at the same pace.  Over the last thirty years, the global average temperature has increased by around 0.26°C per decade. But in Europe a...

”According to the ERA5 dataset of the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S)*, Europe is the fastest-warming continent and has warmed by approximately 0.53°C per decade since the mid-1990s, and the Arctic is warming even faster—around 0.69°C per decade.”

climate.copernicus.eu/why-are-euro...

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‘It’s the best feeling’: how Copenhagen gave cyclists a green wave Traffic lights are synchronised so a rush-hour cyclist at 20km/h can catch green lights all the way

‘It’s the best feeling’: how Copenhagen gave cyclists a green wave

- Traffic lights are synchronised so a rush-hour cyclist at 20km/h can catch green lights all the way

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The Norwegian owners of OSLO CARRIER 3, the Russian crewed ship suspected of launching the drone attack on Copenhagen, are deeply tied to a Russian paramilitary organisation RSB and by extension, security service FSB.

danwatch.dk/droneangreb-...

🚨 BREAKING: Russian Kilo-class submarine Novorossiysk suffered an "accident" in the Mediterranean Sea.
Fuel is now leaking directly into the hold due to a damaged fuel system. Other problems arising.
This may be why it was spotted surfaced in the Strait of Gibraltar yesterday.

Safety fears as external power to Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant still out after three days Ukrainian officials among those concerned Russia is manufacturing crisis to keep hold of frontline plant External power to the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant has been cut for more than three days, a record outage that has prompted safety concerns over the six-reactor site on the frontline of the Ukraine war. Emergency generators are being used to power cooling and safety systems after the final power line into the plant was cut on the Russian side at 4.56pm on Tuesday and there is no immediate sign that the line will be reconnected. Continue reading...

Safety fears as external power to Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant still out after three days

Unexpected decline in the ocean carbon sink under record-high sea surface temperatures in 2023 - Nature Climate Change The ocean carbon sink strengthened in previous warm El Niño years due to reduced CO2 outgassing in the tropics. Here the authors show that the ocean carbon sink declined in 2023 despite record-high sea surface temperatures (SSTs), primarily due to SST-driven outgassing of CO2 in the subtropics.

A study in Nature Climate Change shows that the ocean carbon sink unexpectedly declined in 2023 despite record-high sea surface temperatures (SSTs), primarily due to SST-driven outgassing of CO2 in the subtropics. 🌊 🧪

This is likely the largest UN walkout of an Israeli leader in history.

It should serve as a wake-up call for Israelis that Netanyahu is burning Israel's global support to shield himself from his own failures. Israel's fate should not be tied to him nor his extremist allies.

Time to change course.

Nucléaire : à l’arrêt depuis trois mois, l’EPR de Flamanville doit (encore) repousser son redémarrage L’EPR de Flamanville va donc prolonger son arrêt. Stoppé depuis juin 2025, le réacteur de 3e génération ne redémarrera pas comme prévu le mercredi 1er octobre 2025.

Oplanerad förlängning av oplanerad förlängning av oplanerad förlängning av oplanerat stopp vid planerbar kärnkraft
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#swgreen #svpol #kärnkraft #leveranssäkerhet #nuclear #EDF #EPR #Flamanville

Ukraine war briefing: UN watchdog sounds warning after drone detonates near Ukraine nuclear plant IAEA chief says no damage to South Ukraine nuclear facility but ‘next time we may not be so lucky’; Russia accused of ‘arbitrary killings’ of PoWs. What we know on day 1,311

UN watchdog sounds warning after drone detonates near Ukraine #nuclear plant.
‘next time we may not be so lucky’.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has been in blackout for the second day.

The only line that supplied the plant with power from the Ukrainian energy system was damaged as a result of Russian shelling.

energoatom.com.ua/en/news/na-z...