Colin Rebel
@colinrebel.bsky.social
Climate optimist | Sustainability & Energy management consultant | Occasional angel investor in climate tech | Based in London
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January 24, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Welcome to Sifted on Bluesky!
We look forward to sharing our in-depth journalism and analysis here to empower startup Europe.
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It’s over 1,000km from Berlin to Paris
There’s now a direct daytime train between them, that takes 8 hours and costs just €59. Leave at 10am, arrive 6pm.
And… it’s just 1% the carbon emissions of the equivalent flight
www.euronews.com/travel/2024/...
There’s now a direct daytime train between them, that takes 8 hours and costs just €59. Leave at 10am, arrive 6pm.
And… it’s just 1% the carbon emissions of the equivalent flight
www.euronews.com/travel/2024/...
High-speed Paris-Berlin daily train service debuts
The route is the first directly linking the two capitals' city centres.
www.euronews.com
January 2, 2025 at 8:07 AM
It’s over 1,000km from Berlin to Paris
There’s now a direct daytime train between them, that takes 8 hours and costs just €59. Leave at 10am, arrive 6pm.
And… it’s just 1% the carbon emissions of the equivalent flight
www.euronews.com/travel/2024/...
There’s now a direct daytime train between them, that takes 8 hours and costs just €59. Leave at 10am, arrive 6pm.
And… it’s just 1% the carbon emissions of the equivalent flight
www.euronews.com/travel/2024/...
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+++NEW ANALYSIS+++
UK electricity was the cleanest ever in 2024, with emissions per unit falling by more than two-thirds in a decade
Highlights:
🏭end of coal power after 142yrs
🔥fossil fuels at record-low 29% share
🌄renewables at record-high 45%
www.carbonbrief.org/...
1/9
UK electricity was the cleanest ever in 2024, with emissions per unit falling by more than two-thirds in a decade
Highlights:
🏭end of coal power after 142yrs
🔥fossil fuels at record-low 29% share
🌄renewables at record-high 45%
www.carbonbrief.org/...
1/9
January 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM
+++NEW ANALYSIS+++
UK electricity was the cleanest ever in 2024, with emissions per unit falling by more than two-thirds in a decade
Highlights:
🏭end of coal power after 142yrs
🔥fossil fuels at record-low 29% share
🌄renewables at record-high 45%
www.carbonbrief.org/...
1/9
UK electricity was the cleanest ever in 2024, with emissions per unit falling by more than two-thirds in a decade
Highlights:
🏭end of coal power after 142yrs
🔥fossil fuels at record-low 29% share
🌄renewables at record-high 45%
www.carbonbrief.org/...
1/9
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These commitments were never genuine and never acted upon.
The real shift here is from lying to honesty
The real shift here is from lying to honesty
Major European energy companies doubled down on oil and gas in 2024 to focus on near-term profits, slowing down — and at times reversing — climate commitments in a shift that they are likely to stick with in 2025 reut.rs/4iRkzLL
Big Oil backtracks on renewables push as climate agenda falters
Major European energy companies doubled down on oil and gas in 2024 to focus on near-term profits, slowing down - and at times reversing - climate commitments in a shift that they are likely to stick with in 2025.
reut.rs
January 1, 2025 at 9:39 AM
These commitments were never genuine and never acted upon.
The real shift here is from lying to honesty
The real shift here is from lying to honesty
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Climate impacts on food security continue to be the most abundantly clear and present danger to, well, organised civilisation.
“The 2023-24 growing season was one of the most challenging... in memory with thousands of acres of farmland under water earlier in the year & many arable farmers unable to get on to fields to plant crops, while those that were already in the ground were lost” -
Jamie Burrows, NFU
Jamie Burrows, NFU
December 31, 2024 at 11:37 AM
Climate impacts on food security continue to be the most abundantly clear and present danger to, well, organised civilisation.
Hot topic for the new French government! 🇫🇷
After an inspiring drop since 2021, France's CO2 emissions rise again!
www.lesechos.fr/politique-so...
After an inspiring drop since 2021, France's CO2 emissions rise again!
www.lesechos.fr/politique-so...
www.lesechos.fr
December 28, 2024 at 6:16 PM
Hot topic for the new French government! 🇫🇷
After an inspiring drop since 2021, France's CO2 emissions rise again!
www.lesechos.fr/politique-so...
After an inspiring drop since 2021, France's CO2 emissions rise again!
www.lesechos.fr/politique-so...