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EUROPE: EIB’s funding for Repsol’s Cartagena biofuels plant criticised in climate NGO’s ‘dirty transport projects’ report
Bunkerspot
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July 11, 2025
Details Written by Ian Taylor Published: 11 July 2025 In a report published yesterday (10 July) the NGO Transport & Environment (T&E) has claimed that the European Investment Bank (EIB) lent more than €7 billion between 2021 and 2024 for a range...
Europe’s First AI Fighter Jet Took Off Over the Baltic Sea and This Could Soon Change the Face of Warfare
ZME Science
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July 10, 2025
A Swedish JAS 39 Gripen takes off from Bodö airport. Credit: Public Domain. This May, high above the Baltic Sea, a Swedish Gripen E fighter jet sliced through the air, with no pilot at the controls. During two exercises conducted in May and June,...
EU urged to build stockpiles to prepare for pandemic, natural disaster or invasion
The Guardian
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July 9, 2025
The EU should develop stockpiles of food, medicine, generators and raw materials to be better prepared for a military invasion, pandemic or natural disaster, the European Commission has said. Outlining its first-ever strategy on stockpiling, the...
Hydrogen Europe: EU’s low-carbon rules improve, but still fall short of market needs
Offshore Energy
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July 10, 2025
Hydrogen Europe, an association representing the European hydrogen industry, has acknowledged improvements in the final version of the European Commission’s Low Carbon Hydrogen Delegated Act, but noted that the rules still fall short of market...
EU lawmakers reject attempt to curb far right's sway on climate talks
The Malaysian Star
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July 9, 2025
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Parliament on Wednesday rejected a proposal to fast-track talks on the EU's new climate target, scuttling a move by liberal, socialist and green lawmakers to try to limit the influence of climate sceptic lawmakers...
Climate Change Turns Deadly: Europe’s Heatwave Exposes a Crisis
To Vima
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July 11, 2025
Climate change is no longer a distant threat — it is our present and our future. Ours, our children’s, and that of every generation to come. With each passing year, its impact grows more severe, more deadly, and more undeniable. A recent heatwave...
EU unveils Stockpiling & Medical Countermeasures Strategies for crisis preparedness
Open Access Government
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July 11, 2025
The European Commission has introduced a comprehensive approach to strengthen the EU’s crisis preparedness strategy. These newly unveiled strategies aim to improve coordination, build resilience across member states, and lay the groundwork for...
Spain, France and Italy alert following 2,300 deaths in June and July
NorthWalesLive
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July 9, 2025
Climate change has been linked to a tripling of heat-related fatalities in European cities during recent heatwaves, according to an analysis by scientists. The extreme temperatures that swept across Europe in late June and early July were...
European Investment Fund keeps triple A rating
Cyprus Mail
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July 11, 2025
The European Investment Fund (EIF) has retained its top-tier AAA credit rating, with stable outlook, as confirmed by Morningstar DBRS (DBRS Ratings GmbH). The agency stated that both the long-term and short-term credit rating trends for the fund...
Climate Change Made Texas Floods 20% to 30% More Severe
CleanTechnica
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July 11, 2025
The devastating floods that swept through Central Texas in early July 2025 are a human tragedy, first and foremost. Current reports have 120 dead and more than that still missing. Thousands more have lost homes, and the economic damage will likely...
Environmentalists Urge Relocation of Hyrasia One Green Hydrogen Project
Times of Central Asia
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July 11, 2025
Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources is facing growing pressure from environmental experts to alter the course of the country’s flagship green hydrogen initiative. The Public Council under the Ministry has recommended relocating...
Spain, France and Italy lead the way for certified organic vines
The Drinks Business
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July 9, 2025
Organic wines provide a much-needed bright spot in a difficult global wine market – but consumers in some markets remain confused or sceptical. Lucy Shaw reports. When db last explored the topic of organics in depth, it used Take That frontman...
EU expands support for Ukraine with new financing of almost €600 million for energy, transport and business resilience
European Investment Fund
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July 10, 2025
Unveiled by EIB Group and European Commission, package covers hydropower plants, district heating for communities, roads, bridges, border crossings and small companies. Ten Member States – Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Romania,...
Germany pledges N1.7bn for 2nd phase of North-East recovery project
Daily Trust
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July 11, 2025
The German government has renewed its commitment to rebuilding conflict-affected communities in the Northeastern part of the country with the launch of over N1.7bn (€20m) second phase of the UNICEF-WFP resilience and peacebuilding programme. In a...
EU, UNICEF, UNHCR launch project for forcibly displaced persons in Northern Ghana
GhanaWeb
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July 11, 2025
The European Union (EU), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the UN Refugee Agency, have launched a €2.7 million multi-donor initiative in Northern Ghana to significantly strengthen...
Poland records EU’s largest chocolate price rise
Notes from Poland
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July 11, 2025
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Spain authorizes 29.3 MW energy storage in Q2 2025, with 523.8 MW enter planning stages
ESS News
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July 11, 2025
Energy storage emerged as a notable component of Spain’s renewable energy expansion in the second quarter of 2025, with seven energy storage plants receiving construction authorization totaling 29.3 MW, according to data from the Renewable Energy...
Europe Multiple-Element Gas Container Market Analysis And Forecast, 2024-2034 Featuring Hexagon Composites, Gaznet OU, Faber Industrie SPA, Pico Flow Controls Group, NPROXX, Rheinmetall
MENAFN
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July 11, 2025
(MENAFN- GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) Europe's multiple-element gas container (MEGC) market, valued at $45.5 million in 2024, is expected to expand at an 8.83% CAGR, reaching $106.0 million by 2034. Driven by the increasing adoption of alternative...
France’s water crisis hits daily life.
Euro Weekly News
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July 11, 2025
France’s shrinking reservoirs lay bare the scale of the water crisis, as drought conditions stretch into summer 2025. Credit: NADAS Photography from Pexels via Canva.com In the summer of 2025, France is not only hot, it’s thirsty. From the Loire...
Italy receives 17.5GW solar PV bids in latest renewables auction
PV Tech
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July 11, 2025
The strike price for the auction has been set at €76.369/MWh (US$89.3/MWh), with a maximum and minimum strike price of €90.689/MWh and €62.05/MWh, respectively. Solar PV projects that have been selected to participate in the auction will have...