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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...
Germany's Merz Pulls the Old Magoo Again, and It's a Whopper
Hot Air
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July 3, 2025
Holy smokes - Germany's new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, is a conniving slimeball of epic proportions. I hope every last German who was so angry at what Olaf Scholz and the Greens had done to them, but voted for Merz because they were too...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
‘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...
125,000-year-old ‘fat factory’ run by Neanderthals discovered in Germany
KTVZ - Oregon
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July 4, 2025
(CNN) — 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...
Dispatch from Germany | July '25
Clean Energy Wire
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July 4, 2025
Finally a budget! – The government finally adopted a new draft budget for 2025, which had been delayed due to the previous government’s collapse, and a spending plan for the years leading up to 2029. A doubling of defence spending by 2029 is at...
German government scraps electricity tax cuts for households
The Local - Germany
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July 3, 2025
The German government has announced it was postponing electricity tax cuts for households and small businesses citing budget constraints, meaning electricity bills will remain high for the foreseeable future. Reducing electricity costs, for both...
dormakaba Innovation Lab opens at German headquarters
Source Security
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July 4, 2025
dormakaba has opened its first Innovation Lab at its German headquarters in Ennepetal. The new innovation centre provides a creative environment for employees, where new ideas are brought to life through real-world application scenarios, practical...
German push against Russian shadow fleet begins with tanker insurance checks
Offshore Energy
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July 3, 2025
In a new enforcement effort that started on July 1, German authorities have begun stopping tankers passing through the country’s waters to check whether they carry valid insurance for oil spill damage. Illustration only (via Pixabay) According to...
German clubs see Club World Cup as crucial test ahead of 2026 FIFA World Cup
Xinhua News Agency
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By Oliver Trust BERLIN, July 3 (Xinhua) -- The outcome of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup carries significant implications for German football, with Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund both involved in high-stakes quarterfinals. Bayern faces Paris...
Germany concludes solar-plus-storage tender with average price of €0.0615/kWh
pv-magazine
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July 3, 2025
Germany has concluded a new renewables tender for innovative projects, securing 486 MW of capacity at final prices ranging from €0.0500 ($0.590)/kWh to €0.0639/kWh July 3, 2025 Sandra Enkhardt From pv magazine Germany Germany has concluded a...
Trump admin's latest theatrics have troubling echoes — of a 1930's German concentration camp
AlterNet
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July 4, 2025
When Louise and I lived in Germany in 1986-87, we visited Dachau with our family. The crematoriums shocked our children, but even more so because this was simply a “detention facility” and not one of Hitler’s death camps. The ovens were for those...
In Havana continues on sessions of Environmental Convention
Prensa Latina - Cuba
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July 4, 2025
Seven congresses feature the program for this biennial event, which will bring together more than 500 Cuban and foreign delegates from nearly twenty countries until July 5. As part of the first meeting of the scientific sector, Cuban residents...
Germany could hit third of climate goals by cutting fossil fuel subsidies, study finds
WHTC - Michigan
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BERLIN (Reuters) -Reducing fossil fuel subsidies in Germany could help it achieve around a third of its climate targets without relying on additional tools such as carbon pricing, a German research institute said on Thursday. The Mannheim-based...
German government sticks to excluding households and small businesses from electricity tax cut
Clean Energy Wire
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July 3, 2025
After a week-long debate following public outcry over the German government’s plans to exclude households and small businesses from tax reductions for electricity, the governing coalition ultimately decided to stick to its budget proposal and...
Germany Ramps Up Checks on Shadow Fleet in Baltic Sea
Ship & Bunker
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July 3, 2025
Since July 1, Germany and Sweden have been checking tanker insurance in the Baltic Sea to target Russia’s shadow fleet and boost maritime safety. File Image / Pixabay Germany has begun asking tankers passing east through the Fehmarn Belt to prove...