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Renewables were the main source of European energy production in 2021,according to the statistical office of the EU. A Eurostat report suggestsrenewable energy has overtaken nuclear power as the largest source ofprimary energy production in the European Union. Data shows that in 2021,renewables made up nearly 41% of the EU’s total energy production, withsolid fuels,…

 The IPCC’s failure to mention military or conflict emissions in itsrecent synthesis report points to a deeper problem. Ellie Kinney explainswhy solving it will require a concerted effort from states, researchers andcivil society. As the IPCC has made clear, the stakes couldn’t be higher.  Conflict & Environment Observatory 3rd April 2023 https://ceobs.org/the-ipccs-missing-military-emissions/

Some 37 percent of the survivors of Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclearpower plant disaster of 2011 still suffer from mental illness due tofinancial crisis, isolation, and drastic changes in living conditions, saysa survey. The survey results indicated that the victims suffer frompost-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD due to “anxieties aboutcompensation and indemnification,” “unemployment” and “nuisancesjust by…

Https://www.youtube.com/embed/7_bJGLRYDJ8?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent NATOAllied Air CommandApril 4, 2023 Finnish flag raised at NATO Air Command See: NATO’s Nuclear Sharing Arrangements Headquarters Allied Air Command (AIRCOM) marked the accession of Finland to the Alliance as its 31st member in a flag-raising ceremony on 4 April, 2023. AIRCOM leadership and staff assembled at the Headquarters...

 The research arm of American banking giant Goldman Sachs has concludedthat China is currently on track to generate almost three times more powerfrom wind turbines and solar panels than the government has targeted. According to a report published by Goldman Sachs in late March, combinedcapacity from China’s solar and wind energy sector will reach 3.3terawatts…

“Not everything between the U.S. and China has to be a zero-sum game,” said Sen. Chris Murphy, who leads the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s Middle East panel.

Polish RadioApril 1, 2023 Poland to produce 100 Rosomak military vehicles for Ukraine: PM Poland will build 100 Rosomak armoured military vehicles for Ukraine under a deal agreed with the European Union and the United States, the Polish prime minister said on Saturday. Speaking at an armaments plant in Siemianowice Śląskie in the south of […]…

Electricite de France SA is reviving studies to boost the longer-termoutput of some nuclear reactors as part of a plan to extend the life of itsatomic fleet to at least 60 years. Europe's energy crisis and rising powerprices have put such considerations back “on the company's agenda for2023,” according to Sylvie Richard, who's in charge…

Polish RadioApril 1, 2023 US Congress OKs sale of Hellfire missiles to Poland: defence minister The US Congress has cleared the sale of 800 Hellfire missiles to Poland, the Polish defence minister has announced, amid Russia’s more than 13-month-long war in neighbouring Ukraine. “The US Congress has approved the purchase by Poland of 800 Hellfire […]…

German officials have criticized plans by French firm Framatome to producenuclear fuel in a joint venture with Russia's Rosatom at a facility inwestern Germany, and said Thursday that they will consider whether anapplication to do so can be rejected. Officials in the state of LowerSaxony have received a request for the Framatome-owned ANF facility inLingen,…