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Robert Hodgson

@hodgson.bsky.social
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journalist energy, environment and transport editor at euractiv.com former senior environment and energy reporter at euronews.com former Brussels bureau chief for endseurope.com former dpa Budapest, Central Europe, newspapers, freelance etc. etc.

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Robert Hodgson @hodgson.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Mercury thermometers have been banned in the EU for nearly 20 years. Can we now have a ban on the use of stale phrases like "the mercury creeps up" as the next round of hot weather approaches?
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Robert Hodgson @hodgson.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
It's really not very good, is it? The roundabout, I mean, not @eddywax.bsky.social's story. www.euractiv.com/news/new-sch...
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New Schuman roundabout is 'worst' possible outcome, says architect | Euractiv
The symbolic EU plaza has become a barren concrete lagoon, after three years of building work
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Robert Hodgson @hodgson.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
This one from @steporciello.bsky.social is worth a look, for anyone following the backlash against pro-EV policies. www.euractiv.com/news/key-epp...
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Key EPP lawmakers seek to kill or weaken clean company car law | Euractiv
The Commission proposal would force corporate buyers to increase the share of electric vehicles in their fleets
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BEUC - The Consumer Voice @beuc.eu · 13/05/2026
EU's new plans to boost rail travel "could be just the ticket to help consumers fall in love with train travel again” 🚆- our @arcapde.bsky.social in @euractiv.com 👇
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Brussels looks to boost rail travel with one-click ticketing rules | Euractiv
Passenger rights also overhauled in broad legislative package
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Robert Hodgson @hodgson.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Sing this from the rooftop of the Berlaymont. The medium is the message.
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Georg Zachmann @gzachmann.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Do we have an oil supply crisis in the EU? 1/3 Official data sources cannot tell us, yet, as they lag the decisive months? On May 8th this is what we know: - Jodi: Feb26 - BAFA: Dec25 - Eurostat: Jan26 - IEA: Jan26
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Lena Schilling @lenaats.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Booking an international train shouldn’t be a full-time job. 🚅 Why should crossing EU borders by rail require five tabs, three apps and a prayer? 🧵
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One continent, one ticket 🚅 - Actions GreensEFA
Get on board our campaign and demand a Single European Train Ticket. 🎫
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 06/05/2026
Trump is using taxpayer dollars to bribe huge corporations to abandon wind farms that would lower consumer prices by displacing expensive polluting fossil units — a political pay-off to his big fossil fuel donors. youtu.be/O73_qd8YQus?...
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Why the Trump administration is paying billions to abandon wind farms
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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Robert Hodgson @hodgson.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Has anyone seen Peti?
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Robert Hodgson @hodgson.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
"You have sat too long for any good you have been doing lately ... In the name of God, go!"
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Robert Hodgson @hodgson.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Now...if only there was an institution that could be used channel finance towards essential investment in renewable energy infrastructure... Keeping capital costs down... Ideally one whose core mandate is to keep inflation in check.... www.ecb.europa.eu/press/blog/d...
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Europe’s fossil fuel dependence poses risks to price stability
The European Central Bank (ECB) is the central bank of the European Union countries which have adopted the euro. Our main task is to maintain price stability in the euro area and so preserve the purch...
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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 07/04/2026
If you have half an eye on railway news, Europe-wide, it becomes clear *very quickly* that level crossings are a danger - and in the vast majority of cases to the people in the road vehicles Because normally a train obliterates the road vehicle And you can't really fully design out the danger
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jmglachant.bsky.social @jmglachant.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Nikolaus’ drones strike <EU is always as dependent on imported energy than long ago Yes EU has cleaned its domestic generation of electricity BUT… Not electrified the rest of EU energy consumption: Still 60% of our energy is imported >🙈 | @nkurmayer.bsky.social www.euractiv.com/news/europes...
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Europe’s energy illusion: Why a €1 trillion green bet hasn’t broken the import habit | Euractiv
The war with Iran is exposing a hard truth – Europe’s green push has left it no less dependent on imported energy
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Reuters @reuters.com · 19/03/2026
Exclusive: Iran attack wipes out 17% of Qatar’s LNG capacity for up to five years, QatarEnergy CEO says reut.rs/4bB5MBW
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Exclusive: Iran attack wipes out 17% of Qatar’s LNG capacity for up to five years, QatarEnergy CEO says
Iranian attacks have knocked ‌out 17% of Qatar's liquefied natural gas (LNG) export capacity, causing an estimated $20 billion in lost annual revenue and threatening supplies to Europe and Asia, QatarEnergy's CEO told Reuters on Thursday.
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Robert Hodgson @hodgson.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Exemplary reporting from 1945, all the more chilling for its restraint. www.bbc.com/videos/c87z7...
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BBC Archive 1945: Richard Dimbleby describes Belsen
Richard Dimbleby describes the scenes of almost unimaginable horror that greeted him as he toured Belsen concentration camp shortly after its liberation by the British in April 1945.
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Robert Hodgson @hodgson.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Another aspect of the EU Green Deal reversal: trade policy no longer to be used 'pour encourager les autres'. Read this take on the EU-India free-trade deal by Euractiv's @nkurmayer.bsky.social www.euractiv.com/news/brussel...
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Brussels jettisons EU green ideals to secure India trade agreement | Euractiv
Rump deal with world’s most populous country is bereft of climate chapter
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Robert Hodgson @hodgson.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
My colleague @steporciello.bsky.social seems to have got a long-overdue conversation going with this Christmas holiday feature. It's an idea so simple even [ ... ] could understand it. (And let's not forget about solar thermal either - it's not only about PV.)
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Georg Zachmann @gzachmann.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
One question on #GridsPackage would be: Do all highways follow the North Star? [here, what it is about www.euractiv.com/news/brussels-pitches-north-star-for-eu-power-grid-planning-to-rein-in-electricity-prices/ by @nkurmayer.bsky.social ]
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Brussels pitches 'North Star' for EU power grid planning to rein in electricity prices | Euractiv
Nationally minded grid planning is being blamed for the EU’s widening cross-border cable gap
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Robert Hodgson @hodgson.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
We're hiring! Euractiv is looking for an experienced environment policy reporter jobs.euractiv.com/jobs/energy-... Deadline 19 October.
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Energy, Environment & Transport Reporter – Euractiv Jobs
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Robert Hodgson @hodgson.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
"This is what the Global Gateway is about". www.ftm.eu/articles/bit...
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EU funds bitcoin mine in Congo jungle with development aid
Over more than a decade, the EU spent millions on largely unsuccessful projects in a nature reserve in eastern Congo, led by a Belgian prince. These include a safari lodge in a war zone and a hydroele...
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Robert Hodgson @hodgson.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
If there were any doubts about the Patriots for Europe group's intentions for the EU's 2040 emissions target after they grabbed control of the file, they're buried now. @barbarabm.bsky.social and @anetazach.bsky.social‬ have the details. www.euractiv.com/section/eet/...
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Far-right Patriots for Europe move to kill EU's 2040 climate bill - Euractiv
“It’s obvious that after having two legally binding targets for 2030 and 2050 this new target is not needed,” Knotek told Euractiv
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Robert Hodgson @hodgson.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
#ICJ is delivering its 'Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change': parties to the #ParisAgreement must pledge "highest possible ambition" in emissions cut pledges (NDCs). webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1c...
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THE HAGUE – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivers its Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivers its advisory opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change.
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Robert Hodgson @hodgson.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
"Mounted on poles above homes, solar panels have become a common sight across the country of 240 million people, with the installation cost typically recovered within two to five years."
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Jack Schickler @jackschickler.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
The von der Leyen method: an update
guy tapping head, saying, 'can't leak the MFF, if there is no MFF to leak'
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Robert Hodgson @hodgson.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
#MFF EU budget anticipation at fever pitch in Brussels; presentation in parliament's BUDG committee already delayed 1.5 hrs (now 2pm, link below); hacks more choleric than usual over lack of communication from Berlaymont; @euractiv.com is your best bet. multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...
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Committee on Budgets Ordinary meeting - Multimedia Centre
The multimedia platform of the European Parliament is the official public available repository of the media production of the Secretariat of the European Parliament, managed by the Directorate-General...
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
"A glimmer of hope." Several research programs are trying to find out whether the #AMOC is heading for a tipping point. Chief scientist Kjetil Våge on the norwegian icebreaker Kronprins Haakon: "We need to do what we can to try to prevent that.” Good Nature feature! 🌊 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Is a monster web of ocean currents headed for collapse? The race is on to find out
Research ships rarely brave the Greenland Sea in winter. Early this year, scientists ventured into the ice-covered waters to capture crucial data about the planet’s future.
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PermRep of Lithuania to the EU @lithuaniaineu.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
🇱🇹, 🇱🇻, 🇪🇪 & 🇵🇱 are further strengthening their cooperation in the field of energy security. Today, during the #EU Energy Council #TTE meeting in #Luxembourg, the four countries signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the cooperation on the protection and resilience of critical energy infrastructure.
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Dr. Raphael Weyland @raphaelweyland.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
💦 The EU #Water Resilience Strategy has a good focus, including on implementation & enforcement of EU's #WFD. We like this dear @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu + @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu. And we're here to help, by providing data etc. CC @nabu.de @bund.net @bundwasser.bsky.social @eeb.org #EUGreenDeal
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Robert Hodgson @hodgson.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
2 July is a big day for energy, environment and transport policy fans: @ec.europa.eu plans to table the 2040 GHG reduction target proposal, an Action Plan for the EU chemicals industry, and a Master Plan (no less) for the high-speed rail network. ec.europa.eu/transparency...
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Robert Hodgson @hodgson.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Spain / blackout. Would any power grid/market specialists like to suggest what might be going on behind this chart..?
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Robert Hodgson @hodgson.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
This one's trending on the Euronews website, I'm told. www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
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Europe prepares for attacks on power grid while battling soaring costs
The EU has identified building up its power grid as an essential, and somewhat neglected, element in its efforts to move away from fossil fuels and cut energy bills – but it is also waking up to the n...
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Ariel Brunner @arielbrunner.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
I've been talking to ENDS Europe podcast about deregulation, the ongoing attack on NGOs and dangerous times for European democracy. embed.acast.com/$/6789360270...?
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Jorge Liboreiro @jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Ursula von der Leyen in Copenhagen: "To all the people of Greenland – and of Denmark as a whole – I want to be very clear that Europe will always stand for sovereignty and territorial integrity."
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Thea Riofrancos @triofrancos.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
The critical minerals consensus—i.e. that some raw materials are so essential that all tactics, including war, are justified to obtain them—is hegemonic. The results could be deadly. This consensus shuts down debate: Critical for whom, obtained at whose expense? My latest in @financialtimes.com
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Thea Riofrancos @triofrancos.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Read here www.ft.com/content/b370...
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The ‘critical minerals’ rush could result in a resource war
Labelling justifies a preference for strong-arm tactics over co-operation
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Robert Hodgson @hodgson.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Trump may have just put rare earth elements on the radar with his ultimatum to Ukraine, but the geopolitical chess game has been going on for years. www.euronews.com/green/2024/0...
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Critical raw materials: how the EU hopes to secure supplies
If Russia's war on Ukraine shocked Europe into realising the folly of its dependence on Moscow for gas suppplies, growing geopolitical uncertainty has forced the EU to consider where it sources the ra...
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Adam Vaughan @adamvaughan.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
The UK's full climate plan is now out (NDC), all 74 pages of it: www.gov.uk/government/p...
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UK's 2035 Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) emissions reduction target under the Paris Agreement
Submission to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to provide clarity, transparency and understanding on the UK's NDC target to reduce all greenhouse gas emissions by at ...
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Robert Hodgson @hodgson.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
The European Commission has scheduled the start of its 'strategic dialogue' on the future of Europe's embattled automotive industry for 30 January. President Ursula von der Leyen to chair. ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
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Strategic Dialogue on the Future of the European Automotive Industry will be launched on 30 January
This initiative underscores the Commission's commitment to safeguarding the future of a sector vital to European prosperity, while at the same time advancing its climate goals and broader societal obj...
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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · 29/11/2024
Wolf populations are still recovering in Europe 🐺 The EU's decision to lower its protection status lacks scientific basis & creates a dangerous precedent for nature conservation. We debunk the justifications provided by the European Commission 👉 eeb.org/library/call...
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Robert Hodgson @hodgson.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
My inaugural post on BlueSky comes as #COP29 in #Baku goes into extra time and #Brazil warns that #climatefinance deal is in jeopardy www.euronews.com/green/2024/1...
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COP 29: Brazil warns no-deal unless rich states up finance targets
Brazilian chief negotiator - representing next COP host country - told Euronews second Azeri finance bid came too late in summit, leaving doubt over whether deal can be clinched.
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