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A strike by train drivers over pay severely disrupted services across Germany on Wednesday, adding to pressure on European supply chains and frustrating passengers at a time of high demand during the summer holiday season.

BERLIN — A strike by train drivers threatens to have a massive impact on industrial supply chains in Germany and across Europe, state rail operator Deutsche…

Governors Wind Energy Coalition Floods wreck towns, but Europe’s wind power goals tangled in red tape Source: By Angeliki Koutantou reported from Evia, Nina Chestney reported from London, Stephen Jewkes from Milan, Reuters • Posted: Thursday, July 22, 2021 EVIA, Greece, July 21 (Reuters) – Climber Tassos Baltas points up at a 22-metre high mast which is monitoring wind speeds on the summit of a rocky hillside on the Greek island of Evia and declares, “This mast whi...

4 Min Read BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The catastrophic floods that swept northwest Europe last week were a stark warning that stronger dams, dykes and drainage systems are as urgent as long-term climate change prevention, as once-rare weather events become more common. FILE PHOTO: People work in an area affected by floods caused by heavy rainfalls in Bad Muenstereifel, Germany, July 19, 2021. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay As the waters recede, officials are assessing the destruction left by the torrents th...

Article content Long before then, countries will have to adapt or build basic infrastructure that goes beyond water management into agriculture, transport, energy and housing. “Our cities developed over the centuries, starting from the Roman period in some cases, for climate conditions that are very different than the climate conditions we are heading into,” Thiery said. Even before last week’s floods, which turned high streets and houses into piles of muddy rubble, Germany’s vaunted tr...

EU-COURT/GERMANY-CLIMATE:Germany "persistently" broke air pollution rules, EU top court rules

The German government plans to speed up the expansion of wind and solar energy by 2030 as part of its climate protection programme, a draft law seen by Reuters showed on Wednesday.

In climate push, G7 agrees to stop international funding for coal 05/21/2021 | 01:01pm EDT Send by mail : Message : Required fields BERLIN/LONDON (Reuters) - The worlds seven largest advanced economies agreed on Friday to stop international financing of coal projects that emit carbon by the end of this year, and phase out such support for all fossil fuels, to meet globally agreed climate change targets. Stopping fossil fuel funding is seen as a major step the world can make to limit the ris...

Factbox: German government agrees on tougher climate targets Reuters 2 hrs ago © Reuters/Wolfgang Rattay The lignite power plants of "Neurath New", Niederaussem, and "Neurath Old" of German energy supplier and utility RWE are pictured in Neurath FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The German cabinet agreed on Wednesday on tighter sector targets for carbon emission curbs which implies bringing forward an exit date for ending coal generation, currently set at 2038. A new law, which could trigger 8 bill...

(Adds details, background) BERLIN, May 12 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkels cabinet approved on Wednesday draft legislation for more ambitious CO2 reduction targets after a landmark ruling last month from the countrys top court, a government source said. Under the new plans, which come as the environmentalist Greens top most polls before a federal election in September, Germany will cut its carbon emissions by 65% by 2030 from 1990 levels, up from a previous target of a 55% reduction...