Clear message from the #EuropeCalling webinar on the #Methane emergency: #StopUsingGas
Gas production emits a big deal of methane, which has a much higher impact on #ClimateChange than CO2, but can easily be reduced by replacing gas by #RenewableEnergies.
Many political parties promise a lot of things and get voted for their promises. Often people consider those promises as nice to have, as nice statements of intention, but don’t expect any strong action for fulfilling them.
So many might have been surprised that the Green party in Germany took effective actions for #ClimateProtection from 2021 on. Their politics led to a significant increase of #RenewableEnergies, which reduced prices of electricity and avoided a major energy crisis!
Want to work against the climate crisis and for renewable heating?!
Solar Heat Europe, which represents the solar heating industry at EU-level has two interesting vacancies.
Senior Policy Officer (full time)
Operations and Finance Manager (part time)
I worked for this association from 2002-2009 and can only recommend it. It's a small team, so you are immediately involved in various topics.
Hi! 
I'm not quite #newhere, but recently moved back from a Sharkey-Instance due to technical difficulties and didn't ever get around to write a newhere-post anyway.
Originally from #Karlsruhe, Germany, I found my home with my favorite human in #Norderstedt, but I'm a #Hamburg|ian at heart.
To keep my mixed-breed #dog 
fed, I'm bugging my colleagues and our customers with #infosec / #infrasec stuff.
I like to spend my nights on goth dancefloors or at equally scary festivals 
, preferring dark, electric and fast music. There's lots of other black stuff that I like (fritz-kola, clothing, humor, ...), although no coffee.
The almost non-existant rest of my time, I spend with #TV-series, #books 
(preferably #Sci-Fi and #Cyberpunk), #boardgames, #pc-games or #PenAndPaper. I'm also quite passionate about #electromobility, #renewableenergies and lots of technical gadgetry in general.
"#RenewableEnergies are expanding rapidly in high-emissions countries, but too many states are prolonging the use of fossil fuels, particularly gas, according to the latest Climate Change Performance Index, which ranks states' climate protection measures."
https://www.dw.com/en/cop29-renewables-boom-could-cut-co2-emissions-but-countries-cling-to-oil-and-gas/a-70824721
#CCPI
Southeast Asia is in the midst of a drive to derive 35% of its energy from renewable sources by 2025.
However, a new report warns that wind and solar firms operating in the region lack policies to protect environmental defenders and internationally recognized human rights standards.
By Carolyn Cowan
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/se-asia-renewables-firms-fall-short-on-policies-to-protect-environmental-defenders/
EU needs to double investment to meet climate goals: report https://www.euractiv.com/section/climate-environment/news/eu-needs-to-double-investment-to-meet-climate-goals-report/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #ClimateChange #climateinvestments #Renewableenergies
Great new article on the coming of the #electric #AirTaxi ! #Joby_Aviation still the leader in the field.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/electric-aircraft-are-quietly-sneaking-up-on-us/
Industry and government leaders eye renewables as basis for Ukrainian reconstruction https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/industry-and-government-leaders-eye-renewables-as-basis-for-ukrainian-reconstruction/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Renewableenergies #Russia #Ukraine #URC24
Industry and government leaders eye renewables as basis for Ukrainian reconstruction https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/industry-and-government-leaders-eye-renewables-as-basis-for-ukrainian-reconstruction/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Renewableenergies #Russia #Ukraine #URC24
"Solar plus batteries ‘cheaper than new coal’ for meeting China’s rising demand …
China’s climate and energy policies present something of a paradox: while expanding clean energy at breakneck speed, China has also been building new coal power plants. …
Our new study indicates that the traditional economic calculus used to justify new coal capacity may be outdated."
"Nearly 50 countries now generate more than 50 per cent of their electricity from renewable energy sources"
https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/renewable-energy-solar-climate-targets-b2529461.html
Quite interesting peek behind the curtain with this letter by two members of the US congress, attacking the #EnergyTransition and #RenewableEnergies.
They parrot all the disproved #disinformation by the #FossilFuelIndustry regarding alledged risks for energy security and for economic growth.
The #EnergyTransition is inevitable. Get on the clean energy bandwagon, or lose out.
“Two big economic entities are on the path towards #RenewableEnergies,” Levermann says. “And if Trump for ideological reasons gets away from this path again, he'll just push the U.S. into economic disadvantage.”
2023 wird das Jahr, in dem sich die Welt auf den Klimawandel konzentrieren muss, auch das von Krieg und Hungersnot. Wir brauchen mehr Demokratie, mehr Solidarität und mehr Gerechtigkeit. 
#Ukraine #EndFossilFuelsNow! #RenewableEnergies
Currently, I see three main issues where Germany can really screw up.
1. If #Ukraine falls, we will have a new #worldorder.
2. If the #NoAfD #Nazis come to power with the help of the #CDU #CSU #CDUCSU and #FDP, #democracy has lost.
3. If #CDU #CSU #CDUCSU and #FDP push back #renewableenergies with the help of the #Springermedia and the #NoAfD #Nazis, we as #humanity have lost.
We mustn't give up, it's about all of us!
I must admit I had never heard of the phenomenon of natural hydrogen, nor its potential to be a usable resource:
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/hydrogen-renewable-energy-wildcatter-mali-nebraska-b2451551.html
