city of exiles
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Writer, journalist (climate), off-grid, author of "City of Exiles: Berlin from the outside in"
My look at the devastating Victorian wildfires, a comparison with Black Saturday and a look out how global heating is making it impossible to defend properties. www.dw.com/en/as-austra...
As Australia burns, locals learn to adapt
Another Australian summer, another spate of catastrophic wildfires. As DW's Stuart Braun watched the flames rip through Victoria in recent days, he says the response has been very different to those i...
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January 13, 2026 at 9:50 PM
My look at the devastating Victorian wildfires, a comparison with Black Saturday and a look out how global heating is making it impossible to defend properties. www.dw.com/en/as-austra...
Trump goes back to the 19th century as he slashes auto pollution standards for the benefit of big oil
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Gas-loving Trump cedes electric car market to China – DW – 12/16/2025
Donald Trump is pushing gas guzzlers over EVs — in spite of climate and cost concerns. China is now set to race further ahead into an electrified automotive future.
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December 17, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Trump goes back to the 19th century as he slashes auto pollution standards for the benefit of big oil
www.dw.com/en/us-ev-rol...
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When Donald Trump announced his historic, potentially Nobel-winning Gaza 'peace' deal, he perhaps let slip its transactional foundation, noting that "some very rich countries" and even "some that are not so rich" across the region were involved. As ever with DT, one has to follow the money
October 9, 2025 at 11:40 PM
When Donald Trump announced his historic, potentially Nobel-winning Gaza 'peace' deal, he perhaps let slip its transactional foundation, noting that "some very rich countries" and even "some that are not so rich" across the region were involved. As ever with DT, one has to follow the money
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“This is not the first time the Israeli government has committed a live-streamed war crime and then told all of you that it was just a mistake.”
@premthakker.bsky.social lists 10 times that Israel has attacked civilians, journalists and health workers and brushed it aside with an apology.
@premthakker.bsky.social lists 10 times that Israel has attacked civilians, journalists and health workers and brushed it aside with an apology.
August 27, 2025 at 11:08 PM
“This is not the first time the Israeli government has committed a live-streamed war crime and then told all of you that it was just a mistake.”
@premthakker.bsky.social lists 10 times that Israel has attacked civilians, journalists and health workers and brushed it aside with an apology.
@premthakker.bsky.social lists 10 times that Israel has attacked civilians, journalists and health workers and brushed it aside with an apology.
Is this terrorism? First responders to a hospital bombing in Gaza, where several journalists, one working for Reuters, were killed, are targetted in a follow-up strike.
August 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Is this terrorism? First responders to a hospital bombing in Gaza, where several journalists, one working for Reuters, were killed, are targetted in a follow-up strike.
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Breaking/action: #LNG = sacrifice zones & #climate chaos!
Urge world/EU leaders to not bow down to Trump! @ec.europa.eu @press.consilium.europa.eu Defend #methane rules!
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Urge world/EU leaders to not bow down to Trump! @ec.europa.eu @press.consilium.europa.eu Defend #methane rules!
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June 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Breaking/action: #LNG = sacrifice zones & #climate chaos!
Urge world/EU leaders to not bow down to Trump! @ec.europa.eu @press.consilium.europa.eu Defend #methane rules!
1/3 @parentsforfuture.de @tadziomueller.bsky.social @caneurope.org @foodwatereurope.bsky.social @oilchange.bsky.social
Urge world/EU leaders to not bow down to Trump! @ec.europa.eu @press.consilium.europa.eu Defend #methane rules!
1/3 @parentsforfuture.de @tadziomueller.bsky.social @caneurope.org @foodwatereurope.bsky.social @oilchange.bsky.social
Super rich guy says our problems will be solved if super rich get richer and there is little government, per Murdoch's The Australia: "Australia needs a ‘few rich men’ to turbocharge economy: EV baron Richlister David Dicker says ... we need to rely on a ‘handful of guys becoming very wealthy’."
April 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Super rich guy says our problems will be solved if super rich get richer and there is little government, per Murdoch's The Australia: "Australia needs a ‘few rich men’ to turbocharge economy: EV baron Richlister David Dicker says ... we need to rely on a ‘handful of guys becoming very wealthy’."
Shell avoids 45% scope 3 emissions cut by 2030 due to technicality but Dutch appeals court affirms that protection from dangerous climate change is a human right. Did it let Shell off the hook? My piece for DW: www.dw.com/en/shell-win...
Shell wins appeal against order to cut emissions – DW – 11/12/2024
A Dutch court has upheld Shell's appeal against a 2021 verdict forcing it to almost halve oil and gas emissions by 2030.
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November 13, 2024 at 2:54 AM
Shell avoids 45% scope 3 emissions cut by 2030 due to technicality but Dutch appeals court affirms that protection from dangerous climate change is a human right. Did it let Shell off the hook? My piece for DW: www.dw.com/en/shell-win...
Trump's imminent dismantling of climate protection is a massive concern, and extends to a promise to end wind energy projects on "day one," as I recount here: www.dw.com/en/offshore-...
Offshore wind energy: What's the big deal? – DW – 11/04/2024
Offshore wind turbines are helping to drive the clean energy transition, yet from Donald Trump to local activists, accusations against "whale-killing" windmills are flying.
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November 7, 2024 at 2:57 AM
Trump's imminent dismantling of climate protection is a massive concern, and extends to a promise to end wind energy projects on "day one," as I recount here: www.dw.com/en/offshore-...
I was told that the Dems were going to rig the election? After so much fraud in 2020, what happened?
November 7, 2024 at 2:15 AM
I was told that the Dems were going to rig the election? After so much fraud in 2020, what happened?