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German energy minister takes aim at solar – will wind be next?
Recharge
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Germany’s economics and energy minister Katharina Reiche wants to end feed-in tariffs (FITs) for rooftop solar installations, which are the backbone of the recent solar boom in Europe’s largest economy. It is not the first time Reiche has attacked...
Ankura launches Turnaround & Restructuring practice in Germany
Consultancy.org
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August 18, 2025
Global advisory firm Ankura has established its Turnaround & Restructuring practice in Germany. Already active in the US, the UK, Australia and the Middle East, the launch of the practice expands Ankura’s restructuring capability into mainland...
German Foreign Minister Keen to Deepen Ties with Japan
Nippon
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August 17, 2025
Newsfrom Japan World Aug 18, 2025 01:49 (JST) Berlin, Aug. 17 (Jiji Press)--German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul on Sunday expressed his eagerness to reinforce his country's cooperation with Japan in order to stabilize the international order....
Germany divided over military service
Euro Weekly News
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August 17, 2025
As Germany seeks to bolster its armed forces to meet NATO requirements, a debate over the future of military service has highlighted divisions within Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s coalition government. Merz, representing the centre-right Christian...
Germany: Some 43% expect AfD state premier by 2026 — poll
Deutsche Welle
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August 17, 2025
Skip next section Wadephul slams China ahead of trip to Japan, Indonesia 08/17/2025August 17, 2025Wadephul slams China ahead of trip to Japan, Indonesia Johann Wadephul has criticized China over its increasingly assertive conduct in the Taiwan...
Sunflowers In Montana: A Blooming Environmental Solution
1370/94.7 AM KXTL - Montana
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August 17, 2025
Sunflowers are just awesome. Everybody likes them, they're found everywhere, and they're easy to grow at home. Montana has huge fields of them and sunflowers are one of the most popular flowers to grow in your own backyard. Sorry, Bitterroot....
Global Warming en Vogue, Deal With It!
Dissident Voice
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August 15, 2025
Global Warming (“GW”) is winning, and it is gaining. Obstacles to hotter temperatures are falling to the wayside, allowing GW to go for more intense heatwaves along with much, much higher sea levels. Alas, the greenest of green countries are...
Global Warming in Vogue, Deal With It!
Pressenza
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August 15, 2025
Global Warming (“GW”) is winning, and it is gaining. Obstacles to hotter temperatures are falling to the wayside, allowing GW to go for more intense heatwaves along with much, much higher sea levels. Alas, the greenest of green countries are...
Germany stops Gaza-linked military exports, says Merz
GCN
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August 16, 2025
On Friday, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz declared that Berlin will not authorise German arms sales to Israel for use in Gaza “until further notice.” This European nation, which has long maintained tight ties with a Middle Eastern government,...
Atlantic circulation may become unstable after 6,500 steady years
Earth.com
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Over the last 12,000 years, the Atlantic’s great heat mover – the AMOC – stayed mostly on an even keel. Scientists now have a quantitative picture of that long stretch, and the story mixes calm background with a few sharp bends. The AMOC is the...
Island states say fund for climate disaster victims must be created by Cop27
Pacific News Service
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Vulnerable island states say they cannot wait another three years for a funding mechanism to help victims of climate disasters. Developing countries demanded the creation of a fund to respond to the losses and damages caused by increasing climate...
Humans began causing global soil erosion much earlier than previously thought
Earth.com
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A new study pulls a 5,000-year thread from mud off East Java and shows that people began causing soil erosion by reshaping ancient tropical soils much earlier than believed. The evidence comes from a marine sediment core that captured what rivers...
From civic school to Germany: Pune teen earns spot at Robert Bosch College
Mid Day Mumbai
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August 17, 2025
Pune teen is the first in the state to win a full ride to prestigious UWC Robert Bosch College in Freiburg; Tonge is a Class 10 graduate from Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj English Medium School in Kasarwadi Shravani Tonge, 15, a student from a...
French and German officers bolster local Guardia Civil patrols
Euro Weekly News
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August 16, 2025
Native French and German officers on duty. Credit: Ministerio del Interior Three foreign police officers – two from the French Gendarmerie and one from the German Federal Police – are serving at the Guardia Civil stations in Altea and El Campello...
Massive Wildfire Displacement Across Southern Europe Amid Rising Climate Crisis 2025
teleSUR
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Thousands displaced in Greece, Spain, and Portugal due to extreme wildfires fueled by heatwaves. The wildfire displacement crisis highlights urgent climate threats in Southern Europe. Related: Wildfires Ravage Europe in Worldwide Heatwaves...
Investor State Dispute Settlement Rules Protect Private Investors From Climate Action
CleanTechnica
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August 16, 2025
Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Investor state dispute settlement (ISDS) treaties are an outgrowth of the nationalization movement that swept some parts of the world in the 20th century. It primarily...
Brenntag reports Q2 2025 results below expectations
Food Business Africa Magazine
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August 18, 2025
GERMANY – Brenntag, a chemicals and ingredients distribution company, reported a challenging second quarter of 2025 as macroeconomic uncertainty, weak customer sentiment, and unfavorable EUR/USD exchange rates weighed on results. Group operating...
German solar firms warn against subsidy cuts
GCN
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August 15, 2025
Germany’s solar industry faces a critical juncture as Economy Minister Katherina Reiche’s proposal to eliminate subsidies for new rooftop photovoltaic systems threatens to undermine the country’s renewable energy transition at a time when Europe’s...
Germany’s Industry Slumps 1.9% Amid US Tariffs and Energy Costs
WebProNews
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August 15, 2025
Germany’s once-unrivaled industrial machine, the backbone of Europe’s largest economy, is grinding to a halt amid a toxic mix of escalating trade tensions with the U.S. and the burdensome costs of its ambitious green energy transition. Recent...
Greenpeace Activists Unfurl Anish Kapoor Work, London’s Imperial War Museum Faces Critcism, and More: Morning Links for August 15, 2025
Art in America
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August 15, 2025
Good Morning! Greenpeace activists unfurl massive, bloody Anish Kapoor work on the side of an oil rig. London’s Imperial War Museum accused of “soft Holocaust distortion.” Family of late mixed-media artist John Outterbridge has been sifting...