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Germany’s PWO opens an automotive parts factory in Čačak
Serbian Monitor
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July 4, 2025
German company PWO has opened a factory in Preljina near Čačak for the development and production of parts, tools, assemblies, and components for the automotive industry, employing 137 workers. Construction of the factory, valued at EUR 89...
Germany proposes law to speed up geothermal and clean heat expansion
Zawya
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Germany's economy ministry presented a draft law on Friday that would accelerate the expansion of geothermal energy projects, as Berlin aims to phase out the use of fossil fuels in heating systems by 2045. Germany possesses some of Europe's...
Germany to spend €400M more to future-proof shipping, ports sectors
Offshore Energy
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July 4, 2025
Germany’s government has decided to support climate-neutral shipping and ports with an additional sum of €400 million. Illustration. Courtesy of Offshore Energy The decision was unveiled by Patrick Schnieder, Federal Transport Minister, on July 3,...
German ports and shipping get €400 mio for climate-friendly modernisation
Clean Energy Wire
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July 4, 2025
Germany plans to invest 400 million euros in climate-friendly shipping and ports over the next four years as part of its Climate and Transformation Fund (CTF). “The requirements for the shipping industry have massively changed in the past years,”...
German government proposes boost for renewable heating infrastructure
Clean Energy Wire
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July 4, 2025
The German economy and energy ministry has tabled a draft law for accelerating the expansion of geothermal energy installations, large heat pumps, heat storage units, and district heating grids in a bid to push decarbonisation in the heating...
Ancient 'fat factory' discovery shows how Neanderthals processed bones
Fox News
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Archaeologists in Brussels, Belgium, recently came across the remnants of an old cemetery located in a busy part of the city. The remains date back to the Middle Ages. (Source: @mijnmivb via Facebook) NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!...
Germany approves North Sea gas drilling
Hydrocarbons Technology
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July 3, 2025
Germany’s cabinet has sanctioned the extraction of up to 13 billion cubic metres of natural gas from a protected marine site in the North Sea, reported Bloomberg News. This move is aimed at enhancing the country’s energy security amid the ongoing...
More than 245,000 people in German city told not drink water after bacteria found
Metro
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July 4, 2025
Chemnitz has a population of about 245,000 people (Picture: Bloomberg via Getty Images) Around 245,000 people have been warned that their drinking water has been contaminated with bacteria which could cause infections. Coliform bacteria was...
Media’s perverse focus on heat deaths is leading to wrongheaded climate policies
New York Post
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July 4, 2025
Across the United States and Europe, the media are warning of dangerously high temperatures. “Extreme Heat Is Breaking America,” warns the New York Times. “Lethal heat is Europe’s new climate reality,” adds Politico. It’s an annual routine: Expect...
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From America’s revolutionary war to resource wars: Climate change and global security
Firstpost
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July 4, 2025
As the United States marks the 249th Independence Day, US President Donald Trump is undoing the US leadership of the world. For decades, from terrorism to climate change, the United States served as the world’s leader. But, under Trump, the United...
Despite Record Renewables, Carbon Emissions Still Rising
myMotherLode - California
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Photo by Matthias Heyde on Unsplash In late June the Energy Institute (EI) released the 2025 Statistical Review of World Energy, which was published previously for more than 70 years by BP. Here is the link to the full 2025 Statistical Review of...
Can renewables and electric vehicles help Australia unplug from imported oil?
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 4, 2025
Every time a global conflict kicks off, its impacts can immediately hit close to home, at the petrol pump. Last month was just the most recent example of this, with analysts warning the escalating conflict in the Middle East could see Australian...
Implenia acquires $251.9m construction orders in Switzerland and Germany
World Construction Network
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July 4, 2025
Construction and real-estate service provider Implenia has secured a range of new building construction contracts in Switzerland and Germany, together valued at around SFr200m ($251.9m). The contracts include building a new data centre, a hotel...
Lloyd’s Register has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with German developer DAI
Nautical Voice
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July 4, 2025
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with German developer DAI Infrastruktur GmbH (DAI) for Project Ra, a large-scale green ammonia production and bunkering development at East Port Said, Egypt. The...
Developed nations urged to deliver climate justice funding
The Standard
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Participants at a rally hold a banner with the slogan ‘Climate crisis does not wait for government crisis’ during COP29. [AFP] The annual and preparatory United Nations Bonn Climate Change Conference concluded last week in Germany, with African...
How many economic losses from climate-related events has Europe suffered since 1980?
Euronews
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Published on 04/07/2025 - 14:56 GMT+2 Europe has experienced over €790 billion in economic losses due to extreme weather and climate-related events from 1980 to 2023, according to a new European Environment Agency (EEA) report. Germany suffered...
Science CNN 125,000-year-old ‘fat factory’ run by Neanderthals discovered in Germany
Yahoo News
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Stone Age humans living by a lake in what’s now Germany systematically processed animal carcasses for fatty nutrients — essentially running what scientists describe as a “fat factory” to boil bones on a vast scale, according to new research....
UPSC Essentials | Daily subject-wise quiz : Environment and Geography MCQs on Indian Ocean Dipole, Green Credit Programme and more (Week 117)
The Indian Express
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July 4, 2025
UPSC Essentials brings to you its initiative of subject-wise quizzes. These quizzes are designed to help you revise some of the most important topics from the static part of the syllabus. Attempt today’s subject quiz on Environment and Geography...
‘A war of the truth’: Europe’s heatwaves are failing to spur support for climate action
The Guardian
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July 4, 2025
“It’s just too much, isn’t it?” says Julie, a retiree in Stanford-le-Hope, Essex, about the 42C (107.6F) heat that her brother had seen scorch Spain last week. The former local government worker has felt summers get hotter over her lifetime and...
Tax cuts and pensions: How Germany's budget changes could impact you
The Local - Germany
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July 4, 2025
From scrapped plans to cut taxes on electricity for households to bringing forward a change for mothers' pensions, here's a look at the budget changes recently agreed by the German government that could affect you. Following the approval of the...