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Raffaele Piria
@piria.bsky.social
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Working since 25 yrs for energy transition and climate mitigation. Living in Berlin, grown up in Italy. Love mountains, literature, people's stories.
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piria.bsky.social
🚨New Publication 🚨
Europe’s #EnergySecurity on the path to climate neutrality. Devising a resilience strategy for the mid-transition.

Policy brief by @agoraew.bsky.social and @ecologic.eu
I co-authored with 🙏 @marcogiuli.bsky.social Frauke Thies & Krisztina Zálnoky .
www.ecologic.eu/20204
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Europe's energy security on the path to climate neutrality
The EU must rethink its energy security in light of increasingly renewable, decentralized, and electrified energy systems. Energy security already benefiting from the early start of the energy transit...
www.ecologic.eu
October 2, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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meidastouch.com
This photo just about sums it up
September 30, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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meidastouch.com
Deeply disturbing rhetoric is spreading from influential MAGA figures (including the President of the United States and the owner of that other website). They have no idea who the shooter is, and many of these same people mocked Democrats when they were victims of political violence in the past. 1/
September 11, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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nicholasgrossman.bsky.social
How do any lawyers or legal commentators still say the Supreme Court majority believes “unity executive theory” and rules according to that interpretation?

You witnessed years of the same Justices restricting a president only to do the opposite when the White House changed hands.

Why help the lie?
September 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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sustainable2050.bsky.social
Please remind news media parroting US government inflation statements that those are just Trump regime fantasy numbers since May.
thetnholler.bsky.social The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Jul 30
‘1984’ is upon us
July 31, 2025 at 5:15 AM
piria.bsky.social
🇷🇴 is 3rd #crudeoil producer in the EU, and EU Member State with most abandoned oil wells. They may continue to emit #methane for decades after the end of extraction.
Personal note: 1st time a publication of mine is translated into Romanian
@tabeapottiez.bsky.social
@jschwartzkopff.bsky.social
ecologic.eu Ecologic Institut @ecologic.eu · Jun 27
Methane matters: A practical guide for effective #methane #mitigation in #Romania – tailored to national contexts and public authorities.
👉Jetzt auf #Rumänisch! Now in #Romanian! Acum în #română!
👉https://www.ecologic.eu/20099
piria.bsky.social, @cde-cz.bsky.social edfenergyex.bsky.social
Punerea în aplicare în România a Regulamentului UE privind metanul.
June 27, 2025 at 12:42 PM
piria.bsky.social
Today we published two guides to implement the #EUMethaneRegulation. Cutting #methane emissions crucial to slow down global warming in #Czechia and #Romania
CZ www.ecologic.eu/20098
RO www.ecologic.eu/20099
Relevant for other EU countries too.
Thanks to our partner @cde-cz.bsky.social
Implementing the EU Methane Regulation in Czechia
The quality of national implementation of the EU Methane Regulation (EU-MER) across Member States is essential for achieving the EU's climate targets and demonstrating global leadership. Methane (CH₄)...
www.ecologic.eu
May 28, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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reporter-ohne-grenzen.de
#Deutschland: Seit dem Aufstieg extrem rechter Kräfte, die offen medienfeindlich auftreten, sehen sich Lokaljournalist*innen zunehmend bedroht. Das zeigt eine neue Studie des @ecpmf.bsky.social und des Bundesverbands Digitalpublisher und Zeitungsverleger (BDZV). www.bdzv.de/service/pres...
Lokaljournalismus unter Druck: BDZV warnt vor wachsender Bedrohung der freien Berichterstattung
Der Bundesverband Digitalpublisher und Zeitungsverleger (BDZV) ist besorgt: Die freie und unabhängige Berichterstattung steht besonders im Lokaljournalismus unter wachsendem Druck. Eine aktuelle Studi...
www.bdzv.de
April 7, 2025 at 10:31 AM
piria.bsky.social
Refreshing to see many students in deep-red Idaho publicly defending their teacher's decision to hang in the dchool a sign ‘Everyone is welcome here’. But so disturbing that public officers did work to forbid it.

youtu.be/Jsn3INWTDGw?...
Students stand in solidarity with teacher told to remove "Everyone is Welcome Here" poster
YouTube video by KTVB
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March 15, 2025 at 1:42 PM
piria.bsky.social
"The district did not explain how a sign reading “Everyone is welcome here” would be in violation of that law." - The abyss the US is falling into is deeper than many here in Europe are prepared to acknowledge.

Read more at: www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/e...
March 15, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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kormych.bsky.social
The US stock market is behaving as if the country is governed by a six-times bankrupt
March 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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jonathanhaidt.bsky.social
A stunning essay in the @financialtimes.com on the international decline in the ability to read, reason, focus, and learn new things. It began or accelerated in the early 2010s. It's hitting teens AND adults. Self-report and objective scores.
March 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
piria.bsky.social
The Atlanta US Fed's GDPNow estimate for Q1 25 GDP is  MINUS 1.5% on Feb28, down from PLUS 2.3% on Feb19. 
I wonder what catastrophes ever made it collapse by 3 8% within weeks.
Investors fleeing wannabe-kingdom?
Thanks to @stargazer5000.bsky.social for this.
www.atlantafed.org/cqer/researc...
GDPNow
Provides a
www.atlantafed.org
March 1, 2025 at 12:19 PM
piria.bsky.social
New power generation installation forecasted by the US Energy Information Administration for 2025:
Solar: 52%
Battery storage: 29%
Wind: 12%
Gas: 7%
Nuclear: 0%
Coal: 0%
Investors don't align with the "king". Who knows how long EIA will be allowed to publish the truth?

www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...
Solar, battery storage to lead new U.S. generating capacity additions in 2025 - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
www.eia.gov
March 1, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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mkreutzfeldt.bsky.social
So eine Darstellung, die die großen, aber menschenleeren AfD-Wahlkreise im Osten optisch nicht immer so überrepräsentiert, habe ich schon lange gesucht.
driven-by-data.net Gregor Aisch @driven-by-data.net · Feb 27
For the German election we wanted to use a cartogram of German election districts but didn't find anything good, so we created our own. Here's a little nerd thread how the final algorithm worked 🤓 🧵 #gis #cartogram #election #datavis #cartography
Cartogram of 299 German election districts
February 27, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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martie38.bsky.social
If only !
February 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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mfratzscher.bsky.social
Welchen Einfluss haben #Hochvermögende und eine zunehmende #Ungleichheit auf unsere #Demokratie?

Ein Thread:
February 12, 2025 at 12:58 PM
piria.bsky.social
In this growing market, Tesla sold half as many cars in Europe through January 2025 compared to the previous year, with market See: www.autoblog.com/news/tesla-s...
February 12, 2025 at 12:19 PM
piria.bsky.social
Our new report discusses why #hydrogen #emissions matter, when they will become significant, and how the EU can tackle them. While #H2emissions make up a negligible fraction of today's #GHG emissions, they are set to become more significant in the 2030s and 2040s …🧵
Read more: www.ecologic.eu/19988
February 12, 2025 at 10:56 AM
piria.bsky.social
Some facts on the EU, which started its energy transition earlier and is thus ahead of other regions, reinforce Ketan's point: 2019-23 the EU's coal consumption dropped by 27%, gas by 18%, oil by 7%, while the population grew by 0.6% and the GDP by 4% ...🧵
ketanjoshi.co Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · Feb 12
Listen I just gotta rant about something, and it's an oft-repeated line that goes something like this: "renewable energy is just adding on top of existing sources"

I find it really astonishing that people fail to ask a bunch of really basic questions about this and just repeat it instead.....
Energy transitions or additions?: Why a transition from fossil fuels requires more than the growth of renewable energy Author links open overlay panel Richard York a , Shannon Elizabeth Bell b Show more Add to Mendeley Cite https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2019.01.008 Get rights and content Abstract Is an energy transition currently in progress, where renewable energy sources are replacing fossil fuels? Previous changes in the proportion of energy produced by various sources – such as in the nineteenth century when coal surpassed biomass in providing the largest share of the global energy supply and in the twentieth century when petroleum overtook coal – could more accurately be characterized as energy additions rather than transitions. In both cases, the use of the older energy source continued to grow, despite rapid growth in the new source. Evidence from contemporary trends in energy production likewise suggest that as renewable energy sources compose a larger share of overall energy production, they are not replacing fossil fuels but are rather expanding the overall amount of energy that is produced. We argue that although it is reasonable to expect that renewables will come to provide a growing share of the global energy supply, it is misleading to characterize this growth in renewable energy as a “transition” and that doing so could inhibit the implementation of meaningful policies aimed at reducing fossil fuel use.
February 12, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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energy-charts.bsky.social
2024 wurden 92 Mio. Tonnen Braunkohlen in Deutschland gefördert, so wenig wie zuletzt im Jahr 1916.
energy-charts.info/downloads/St...
February 12, 2025 at 6:41 AM
piria.bsky.social
"The irony is that as Trump casts a large, dark shade, more and more of the world is coming out of the US’s shadow." Good analysis by @nesrinemalik.bsky.social on The Guardian.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Donald Trump is remaking the world. But he really won’t like the result | Nesrine Malik
As an erratic president imposes his international doctrine, countries are forging more stable alliances. His US will be weaker, not stronger, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
piria.bsky.social
Einen Giga-Dank Prof. Burger und seinem Team für >10 Jahre minutiöser, hochwertiger Arbeit, die dies ermöglicht! Hut ab den hervorragenden Profis von ARD Plusminus, die zeigen, wie faktenbasierte Berichterstattung auch zu sehr komplexen Themen geht! Nur ein Argument fehlte... 🧵
energy-charts.bsky.social Bruno Burger @energy-charts.bsky.social · Jan 29
Das Video von ARD Plusminus zur Dunkelflaute hat schon über 400.000 Aufrufe.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e08f...
January 29, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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janrosenow.bsky.social
The EU set very ambitious targets for reducing fossil gas consumption.

So far, the EU is on track for meeting the REPowerEU targets.

Data from @bruegel.bsky.social
January 29, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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sustainable2050.bsky.social
ChatGPT 4o answer to my question on January 6, today.
Let's periodically check on the answer now OpenAI CEO is getting close with Trump.
Q: Was January 6 an attempt to overturn the 2020 election results, supported by Trump? A: Yes, the events of January 6, 2021, were a concerted effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election results, actively supported by then-President Donald Trump. Following his electoral defeat, Trump and his allies engaged in various strategies to challenge and invalidate the election outcome. These included filing numerous lawsuits, pressuring state and federal officials to alter results, and promoting unfounded claims of widespread voter fraud. ([pbs.org](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/jan-6-panel-releases-final-report-alleges-trump-engaged-in-conspiracy-to-overturn-election?utm_source=chatgpt.com)) On January 6, as Congress convened to certify the Electoral College votes, Trump held a rally near the White House where he urged his supporters to "fight like hell" and march to the Capitol. This rhetoric incited a mob to storm the Capitol building, leading to significant violence, multiple deaths, and a temporary halt in the certification process. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack?utm_source=chatgpt.com)) Subsequent investigations, including the House January 6 committee's final report, concluded that Trump was central to a "multi-part conspiracy" to overturn the lawful results of the 2020 presidential election and failed to act to stop his supporters from attacking the Capitol. ([pbs.org](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/jan-6-panel-releases-final-report-alleges-trump-engaged-in-conspiracy-to-overturn-election?utm_source=chatgpt.com)) In summary, the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was a deliberate attempt to subvert the democratic process, with direct involvement and encouragement from President Trump.
January 28, 2025 at 8:42 PM