💥This evening we are showing the premiere of our docu "The Scramble for Hydrogen in South Africa”

🗨️ @pascoesabido.bsky.social "the hydrogen hype was created hand in hand by the fossil fuel industry, with the European Commission – even the guidelines have been written with the industry!"

#Solar energy in #Africa is going through the roof, hitting record after record - below some great analysis by @ember-energy.org

#renewables

French-owned EDF is considering selling its renewable assets (apart from hydro) as it looks to invest in new nuclear.

EDF faces significant financial difficulties, partially linked to its ageing nuclear fleet. Rather than turn to cheap renewables, they double down.
www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Shocking performance from @ec.europa.eu's press service which is withdrawing yet another element of the Green Deal but refusing to explain context and reasoning. "It's not acceptable to make an announcement of this importance without any explanation," says @davidcarretta.bsky.social. Check.

Over 3,000 people took to the streets in front of the Governate of Gabes, Tunisia, on 23 May against planned green hydrogen and green ammonia projects.

Read this 🧵

via @tninstitute.bsky.social + Saber Ammar
photos: nawaar
#GabesUprising
#AntiGreenHydrogenMovement

Investigation: Three major EU-backed CCS infrastructure projects face high costs, local opposition and technical issues, calling into question the feasibility of the bloc's strategy to decarbonise heavy industry

w/ support from @journalismfund.bsky.social

Wow! Two thirds of #EV in China are now cheaper than their #fossilfuel counterparts.

Yet, some automakers are still betting on the combustion engine. Like polishing their saddles in 1900 and Mercedes just unveiled “witchcraft on wheels“ with the invention of the car 🙈

Europe’s flagship development plan promises investment and partnership—but delivers debt, displacement, and old colonial patterns dressed up in green. africasacountry.com/2025/05/the-...

Europe can’t outspend China in the Global South, so it markets ‘values’ and ‘equal partnerships’ instead. But the €300b Global Gateway is rooted in colonialism and centuries of exploitation. A thread:

To put it bluntly, Global Gateway is about persuading countries in the Global South to take up loans for projects that they do not need, for supposed benefits that they will not have. All of this conveniently allows the European countries to perpetuate centuries-old strategies rooted in exploitation

EIB, at their own event, being told by Leonardo’s chief: "We don’t need your money. One billion is nice, but we don’t need it. We need contracts."

Exposes the EU’s push to ‘mobilise private finance’ for defence as a sideshow.

Europe’s public finance is off track: The @eib.org props up “competitiveness,” the wealthy military complex & polluters’ “clean energy” projects—missing a green, just economy.

But what if we flipped the script? We ask @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social on #EUWatchdogRadio 👉
bit.ly/41HAOod

#Lobito Corridor "A recent investigation of @fr.publiceye.ch revealed that #Trafigura has been investing in the area since early 2010s through a shady subsidiary, linked to a senior Angolan executive under sanctions by the US. It was managed by a businessman who is in Brazil’s prison for corruption"

The EU has published a new list of Global Gateway projects for 2025 — including finance to semiconductors and hydrogen infrastructure. What’s the EU’s wishlist 🎄 from the world under its ‘development cooperation’ strategy?

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