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Germany is moving toward phasing out oil and gas heating systems, as the controversial bill finally passed the lower house of parliament following months of tensions within the ruling coalition.
From the blog of Brandon Marlon at The Times of Israel
German electric utility executive Fritz Vahrenholt is co-author (along with geologist Sebastian Lüning) of a book expressing 'skepticism' regarding the human contribution to global warming, which predictably has been trumpeted by the usual climate denial enablers. Why should we particularly care what Vahrenholt thinks about climate science? That is something of a mystery - he has a PhD in chemistry and has worked in the energy sector for Shell Oil and wind turbine maker RePower. Vahrenholt and Lüning both currently work for RWE Innogy, Germany's second-largest energ...
Shell has scrapped its ambitious plans to invest in carbon offsets following a media investigation that questioned the effectiveness of the majority of carbon offsets in actually reducing carbon emissions.
It's a spy thriller that has the potential to change the course of international politics: A year ago, a secret commando blew up the Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea. Since then, investigators have been searching for the perpetrators. The leads they have found are extremely politically sensitive.