Parts of Dublin are flooded – why wasn’t there a rain warning?
Storm Chandra flooded many parts of Dublin, but the rain fell just short of Met Éireann’s warning criteria. 2.18pm, 27
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Post WW2, it is too seldom recognised, the U.S. encouraged some of the leading scientists in Europe to move to there. Now the EU may encourage scientists to return to Europe. Source: EL PAIS
Scientific policy EU to double funding to attract US scientists fleeing Trump The European Commission acknowledges its interest in the
Tortoise Boardroom Sensemaker: Moving HeadQuarters in the U.S. “The Texodus”. Comment: Small Open Economy Ireland would be wise to read this. Re-location of companies within U.S. possible and so it would be for U.S. companies to be relocated from Ireland.
The Texodus More than 465 corporations have moved their headquarters within the US since 2018, with Texas welcoming the lion’s
Heat Pumps explained Today’s The Guardian. Quote: “Green heating has an image problem, especially where climate-sceptic parties hold sway. Now energy groups are promoting them on grounds of cost, status and energy security”
Support the Guardian Fund independent journalism with €12 per month Support us A modern heat pump in front of a
El Pais English: Cold without wind….Russia those pipes that would have brought energy to Germany, the plans to share!
ENERGY Cold without wind: German ‘dunkelflaute’ brings electricity prices to crisis levels and depletes gas reserves German consumers will pay
The Guardian:
Support the Guardian Pipe systems on a floating liquefied natural gas terminal during the inauguration of the Deutsche Ostsee terminal
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. Black Gold ie Oil; Data the new Gold: We may be facing protectionism once more in the West but we need to keep our eye on geopolitics too. We need oil and Ireland is so exposed because most of our supply comes through UK who in turn gets a lot of its energy resources from France who relies on Nuclear Energy. For Ireland, hence we pay the highest energy costs in Europe. Life long learning is what politics is about and that is for all people.
NEW: How Western oil companies bet on Kazakhstan — and ended up at the mercy of Vladimir Putin Inbox The
Ireland election 29th November 2024. Local authority flat complexes (eg Oliver Bond flats, Dublin 8) are never discussed in the media but in Ireland we have many properties, as below, in urgent need of transformation. Time is now to look at our old stock of Corporation flats and ensure they are upgraded. Ireland, to carry a similar project, needs to urgently train or employ from overseas technical employees to undertake this work.
The Guardian – Back to home The Guardian The Sutton Dwellings buildings were completed in 1913 on Cale Street in
Tortoise Sensemaker: Week of Cop 29. Shell appeal.
our planet climate and geopolitics Blowing the carbon budget Shell has successfully appealed a Dutch court’s judgement ordering a 45
ALJAZEERA: COP29 host Azerbaijan brands oil and gas ‘gift from God’
COP29 host Azerbaijan brands oil and gas ‘gift from God’ President Aliyev accuses West of hypocrisy for criticising country’s fossil-fuel
Who Watches the Watchers? 