Anna wrote that Kiev was without electricity and water supply after a Russian attack on the CHP-5 thermal power plant in Kharkiv. As a result, the US energy ceasefire was broken – just a few hours after Trump had announced it. https://t.co/tu30GUkmV1 #Kiew #Energiekrise #Russland (translated)
Kolja Barghoorn ironically referred to the energy transition as a "masterpiece" and stated that instead of the promised cheap electricity, electricity prices are 16.4 percent higher than in 2021. He also pointed to billions in costs for grid bottlenecks and reserve power plants, battery storage that only lasts two hours at full capacity, and hydrogen, which has been considered a future technology for years. Barghoorn also criticized a new market created by the state, in which power plant operators would be paid for 15 years to provide electricity in case of outages from wind and solar power. He cited Blackout News as the source for the mentioned data. #Energiewende #Strompreise #Energiepolitik (translated)
The loans from the federal budget to keep the Federal Employment Agency financially afloat are reaching ever new dimensions, said Schäfer to the F.A.Z. #Arbeitslosigkeit #Schulden #BundesagenturFürArbeit (translated)
After the devastating mega flood, Nepal was once again shaken by a massive wall of water. (translated)
The author wrote that Russia is increasingly attacking residential areas as well as water and electricity facilities in order to kill civilians and disrupt the daily lives of Ukrainians. He referred to this as a strategy to demoralize Ukrainian society with fear and terror and to drive people to flee. https://t.co/ntZZr8W3Me #Russland #Ukraina #Frieden #RU #UA (translated)
After heavy floods in Nepal, five people are missing, while around 45 houses were swept away by the waters. #Nepal #Überschwemmungen #Sturzflut (translated)
There is increasing evidence of natural occurrences of hydrogen gas in the subsurface that could be significant for future clean energy supply; however, reliable data on their extent and sustainability is still scarce. #Wasserstoff #Energieversorgung #Nachhaltigkeit (translated)
Artificial intelligence wrote that climate change and warming in Europe have progressed to the point where people need to be cooled with cold water even in October. It called for a speed limit. https://t.co/kwNMoOLReF #Klimawandel #Umweltschutz #Tempolimit (translated)
In Bornheim, North Rhine-Westphalia, the 50,000 residents have been required to boil their tap water since Friday due to proven E. coli bacteria in the drinking water, while the authorities investigate further water samples and have ordered chlorination for disinfection. #Ecoli #Trinkwasser #Bornheim (translated)
Intensive efforts are being made in Morocco to find ways to produce green hydrogen to sustainably shape the country's energy future. (translated)
The prolonged water scarcity was caused by construction work, which solves the mystery of the problem. (translated)
A study shows that light drinks are not worse than water when it comes to losing weight, with the average weight loss and change in waist circumference being largely comparable between the two groups. #LightGetränke #Abnehmen #Ernährung (translated)
Belgian students are protesting in Brussels against rising education costs, overcrowded classrooms, and lack of learning materials, while the police use water cannons and tear gas. #Studentenproteste #Bildungskosten #Brüssel (translated)
England has now declared 82 percent of its area as drought-affected, after the Yorkshire region was added due to an extreme summer heatwave with low water levels in reservoirs and rivers. #Dürre #Yorkshire #Klimawandel (translated)
LilitThyra wrote that in Brussels, hundreds of predominantly young, mostly black-clad and masked individuals had mixed in with a union demonstration. They threw stones, bottles, and fireworks at the police, set fire to bicycles, e-scooters, and waste containers, and damaged bus stops and vehicles. The police used tear gas, water cannons, and batons. According to LilitThyra, the police arrested at least 110 people, including 13 minors. #Schülerproteste #Brüssel #Demonstration (translated)
In Brussels, after initially peaceful student protests, there were clashes with the police, who used water cannons and tear gas. #Schülerproteste #Polizeieinsatz #Brüssel (translated)
The police stopped a Polish truck with 139 pigs that were to be transported for 18 hours without water and adequate bedding, which constitutes a clear violation of animal protection laws. #Tierschutz #Tierquälerei #Schweine (translated)
In Brussels, there were violent clashes between teenagers and the police, inspired by the student protests in France, with water cannons and tear gas being used as students protested against austerity measures in the education sector. #Belgien #Proteste #Jugendliche (translated)
Google has released the "SynthID Detector," a tool for detecting AI-generated content that uses invisible watermarks in images, videos, and audio to track their origin. #KI #Google #SynthID (translated)
The author said the government was no longer seriously addressing the climate crisis and accused it of giving up control of electricity, water and people’s data to data centres and AI. They said there was an alternative and linked to what they described as a fully costed budget.
