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Leon Martini

@leonmartini.bsky.social
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Green and clean transition @ec.europa.eu views my own climate policy & politics, industrial policy, political economy

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Momentum Magazine @momentummag.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Paris cycling numbers double in one year thanks to massive investment and it’s not stopping. momentummag.com/paris-cyclin...
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Ben McWilliams @bmcwilliams.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Europe's share of global patenting for wind and heat pump technologies is growing, whilst the share for nuclear is constant. For all other clean technologies, Europe's share in the global mix is declining. Part of an update to the @bruegel.org Clean Tech Tracker which now includes patents 👇
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Matthias Deutsch @matthiasdeutsch.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
🔥Update: More than 37,000 heat-related deaths in Europe by early September (2026-09-03) New: ▪️DE: 16,300 ▪️ES: 5,258 ▪️AT: 646 Country ranking: datawrapper.dwcdn.net/APVIv/ Map/sources: datawrapper.dwcdn.net/yJcqo/ @terliwetter.bsky.social @sustainable2050.bsky.social @codendahl.bsky.social
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Joerg Lau @joerglau.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Die Radikalisierung schreitet voran. Die WAMS enthält eine Kolumne von Martenstein über die "Invasion", bzw. "Eroberungsmigration" von Ceuta, einen weiteren Kommentar zur "Invasion" von Dirk Schümer, eine Doppelseite gegen die Brandmauer und ein Interview mit AfD Spitzenmann Leif-Erik Holm.
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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Sure there's no transition? Check out global new car and light truck sales by powertrain. ICE vehicles have lost 1/3 of unit sales in the past decade. Dramatic decline, and quite obviously not about to reverse. Source: iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/a096b...
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Matthias Deutsch @matthiasdeutsch.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
🔥Update: More than 25,000 heat-related deaths in Europe by early August (2026-08-05) New: ▪️Belgium updated to 2000 deaths ▪️Italy with 300 deaths in Central-Southern Italy 👉 Online map with data sources: datawrapper.dwcdn.net/yJcqo/15/
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Leon Martini @leonmartini.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
“It is unusual for EU members to turn on each other in public in the way they have on Spain, one of the bloc’s few remaining leftwing governments.” www.ft.com/content/8faf... Europe’s weak reaction to Spain’s migrant crisis
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Europe’s weak reaction to Spain’s migrant crisis
Pedro Sánchez is being unfairly singled out for a liberal immigration policy
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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 02/08/2026
I'm not sure folks have realized just how crazy the second half of 2026 and 2027 will be for global temperatures – on the back of a record-smashing El Niño event. Here is my latest estimate of where both years will end up compared to global temperatures since 1850.
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David Fickling @davidfickling.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
You can point to forecasts that this will magically change — in 2026, when clean energy is a fraction of the cost, and after the biggest-ever disruption of LNG markets — but then consider some former forecasts:
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Malte Kreutzfeldt @mkreutzfeldt.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Die Behauptung, dass die Systemkosten der Stromversorgung durch die Energiewende steigen, wird im neuen Energiemonitor von EY und BDEW eindrucksvoll widerlegt: Zwar steigen die Gesamtkosten der Erzeugung bis 2036 an, doch weil gleichzeitig die Strommenge steigt, sinken die Kosten pro kWh deutlich:
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Malte Kreutzfeldt @mkreutzfeldt.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Das Ziel, dass Deutschland im Jahr 2045 klimneutral sein soll, hat Katherina Reiche inzwischen offenbar ganz offiziell aufgegeben.
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Tom Brown @nworbmot.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
A world without gas infrastructure? If we aggressively electrify the economy, green methanol could cover most of the remaining non-electric demand - without needing large-scale hydrogen or methane networks. New paper in Joule: "A Minimal Methanol Backstop for High Electrification Scenarios"
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Malte Kreutzfeldt @mkreutzfeldt.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Auch das ist inzwischen offiziell bestätigt: Die Ausgaben im KTF steigen in den nächsten vier Jahren insgesamt um 20,5 Milliarden Euro. Zusätzliche Mittel dafür gibt es nicht, so dass die Mehrausgaben zulasten anderer geplanter Ausgaben des KTF gehen müssen. (Tabelle leider zweigeteilt.)
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 17/04/2026
A HUGE, narrative-breaking moment for the UK car market New EVs are now cheaper than petrol cars on average, says Autotrader Last yr CCC said price parity was due by 2028 – and it's already here And EVs are already MUCH cheaper to run than petrol
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Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air @creacleanair.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
🌐 NEW | Analysis: Global fossil power generation fell in March after Hormuz closure due to solar & wind growth ⚠️ Fall in gas-fired generation offset by large increases in solar & wind power, not coal w/CREA's @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social energyandcleanair.org/fossil-power...
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Wolf-Peter Schill @wpschill.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Wann der Bundesregierung Technologieoffenheit wichtig ist und wann nicht #Tankrabatt
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Max Bergmann @maxbergmann.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
The war in Iran is giving me pre-Covid shut down vibes. It's like February 2020. Life is proceeding fairly normally, we're joking about using hand sanitizer. Everyone assumes this will just be a blip. It's really just a few pandemic-nerds that are freaking out because they know what's coming.
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Daniel Huppmann @danielhuppmann.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Random thought - maybe re-prioritising the allocation of public space isn’t increasing “division” of society, but it’s just making pre-existing division between privileged vs. non-privileged groups more obvious - and the previously privileged don’t like it?
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Georg Zachmann @gzachmann.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
In some of Europe's sunniest countries 1 MWh of average solar generation is still worth more than 60 € (HR, BG, RO, HU, GR) and in IT it is worth more than 90€/MWh. (In 2026 it will likely be more.) This compares to maybe 40-50 €/MWh of average cost of utility solar www.bruegel.org/dataset/eu-r...
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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
ItaliaMeteo is the only extreme weather monitoring agency in Italy, HQ’ed in Bologna. It was created a few years ago—after about 20 years of debate—to coordinate all Italian meteorological infrastructures and local agencies ahead of weather warnings in Italy. Today the 🇮🇹 govt broke some news. 1/2
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Adrian Hiel @adrianhiel.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
In 2023 BNEF estimated that 2 and 3 wheel electrics were denting demand by 1 million barrels per day so we can conservatively say electrification of transport is reducing oil by 2.5m b/d currently. For context, the EU consumes about 14m b/d.
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Jeremy Cliffe @jeremycliffe.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Meanwhile, Spain's massive investment in renewables is paying dividends now: with prices for Spanish industry and consumers low and stable compared with other European economies. www.ft.com/content/ac77...
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Emil Dimanchev @emildimanchev.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
As EU lawmakers are looking to soften the continent's CO2 price, it's worth remembering that policy makers can overcome political constraints by complementing CO2 pricing with subsidies without sacrificing much economic efficiency, as I and @knittelmit.bsky.social show here: doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
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Zia Weise @ziaweise.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
An influential industry petition criticizing the European Union’s core climate policy implied its demands were supported by some 1,350 companies and associations. Now some firms deny they signed up. www.politico.eu/article/big-...
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Big EU lobby groups exaggerated industry support for attack on carbon price
A letter to EU leaders was issued ‘on behalf of’ 1,300 signatories. Some firms deny they supported the demands.
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Malte Kreutzfeldt @mkreutzfeldt.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Heizung und Motor sind jetzt wieder Privatsache - aber für billigen Kraftstoff soll natürlich der Staat sorgen…
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Just last week the German government gutted the heating law which was supposed to drive a transition away from gas. The timing could not have been worse: Gas prices are up 50% today and this crisis could worsen significantly. This will happen again and again and the consumer pays the price.
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Gas prices up by around 50% today. A painful reminder that relying on imported fossil fuels is a risky strategy.
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Nikolaus J. Kurmayer @nkurmayer.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
I'm so glad Italy is not working on any policies to structurally increase gas demand
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Leon Martini @leonmartini.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
“The European gas benchmark, TTF, surged nearly 50 per cent to €47.80 per MWh, the biggest daily move in more than four years.” Time to structurally decouple our economic and social fortunes from fossil fuels! Any delay to the transition keeps us vulnerable to this. www.ft.com/content/dac7...
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Gas prices soar as Iranian attacks force shutdown of Qatari production
Saudi Arabia also closes an oil refinery after strike
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Lauri Myllyvirta @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Power generation from carbon-free sources grew 14%, covering all of the 4.8% growth in total power generation and pushing thermal power (coal, gas and biomass) down 0.7%.
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Malte Kreutzfeldt @mkreutzfeldt.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Besonders überraschend ist, dass die Regierung auch Ölheizungen weiter zulassen will - und damit sogar hinter das alte GEG der Groko zurückfällt. Warum die Grün-Öl-Quote, die das ermöglichen soll, kaum funktionieren dürfte, hatte ich schon im Wahlkampf mal für den Climate.Table aufgeschrieben:
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Faktencheck zur Wahl: Heizen mit „grünem Öl“ statt Wärmepumpe
Zur Bundestagswahl stellen alle Parteien Vorschläge für eine veränderte Klima- und Energiepolitik vor – manche wollen das Tempo beim Klimaschutz erhöhen, andere die Anstrengungen abschwächen. Table.Br...
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Frau Büüsker @uedio.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Wenn man die Statements von Spahn & Hoffmann hört, wird deutlich, dass es der Union vor allem um Kulturkampf geht. #Heizungsgesetz
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Leon Martini @leonmartini.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
So geht teure Klimapolitik.
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Malte Kreutzfeldt @mkreutzfeldt.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Krass: Die Union hat sich praktisch komplett durchgesetzt. Der Kern der GEG-Novelle der Ampel wird komplett gestrichen, neue Gas- und sogar Ölheizungen können wieder ohne jede Beschränkung verbaut werden. Mehr Details gleich im Berlin.Table.
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Hinkley Point C now expected to cost £49 billion.
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Felix Schenuit @felixschenuit.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Following pushback & reactions on the stock market, Friedrich Merz specified his stance on the ETS. "I said that this event in Antwerp it is not the right instrument for generating revenue. Instead, it is the right instrument for enabling climate protection.. The ETS 1 .. has been very successful"
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Nils Redeker @nilsredeker.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Tomorrow’s summit is a chance for EU leaders to stop chasing the wrong fixes — and finally sketch a response that matches the scale of Europe’s economic challenge. Here, lucasguttenberg.bsky.social, @sandertordoir.bsky.social and I lay out what that could look like. www.politico.eu/article/euro...
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Europe is chasing the wrong fix for its growth crisis
The continent’s old growth model no longer works in today’s world. And EU leaders need a plan that matches the scale of this shift.
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Leon Martini @leonmartini.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Bang on op-ed.
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Leon Martini @leonmartini.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Brought to you by the company that is the epitome of Germany‘s Russian gas dependence and opposes derisking from China. Someone here is out of touch with the times. www.ft.com/content/226c... EU must reform ‘obsolete’ emissions trading system, warns BASF boss
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EU must reform ‘obsolete’ emissions trading system, warns BASF boss
Executives in heavy industry voice fear planned phaseout of free allowances will lead to prohibitively high costs
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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 08/02/2026
This @nytopinion.nytimes.com op-ed on rare earths repeats a misleading story: that China dominates these industries mainly because of lax labor and environmental standards. It sounds intuitive, but it’s analytically wrong in ways that matter for policy. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/o...
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Opinion | America’s Rare-Earths Solution Is Hiding in Plain Sight
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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 08/02/2026
These industries are not labor-intensive. They are capital-intensive, scale-dependent, and reliant on learning by doing. The key advantage wasn’t cheap labor, it was patient capital and system-level coordination. 5/
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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
I'm told the catastrophic Washington Post layoffs today include at least 14 climate journalists. Totally gutting. Details: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...
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Breaking: Washington Post gutting its climate team
Clean energy dies in darkness. Courtesy of Jeff Bezos.
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Agora Industrie @agoraind.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
⚙️ NEW ANALYSIS: #China produces over half of the world’s #steel, and the sector accounts for 17% of national CO₂ emissions. The steel industry remains a cornerstone of China’s industrial development, technological leadership and manufacturing competitiveness. 1/x
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Robbie Andrew @robbieandrew.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
📢Big surge in new-energy heavy truck sales in China in December to meet policy targets and rushing to get ahead of policy changes. In December, only 31.2% of heavy trucks were diesel, and for the full year 46.4%.
Graph showing: China domestic sales of heavy trucks (Source: https://robbieandrew.github.io/china/)
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Leon Martini @leonmartini.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
“Its 2.8 per cent year-on-year growth in the three months to September compared with an expansion of 0.3 per cent in Germany, 0.6 per cent growth in Italy and 0.9 per cent in France” Germany, take note. Perhaps the problem is not Brussels? Spain’s unemployment rate falls to lowest level since 2008
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Spain’s unemployment rate falls to lowest level since 2008
Country leads the formerly weak southern EU economies that are now outpacing France and Germany
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Teresa Ribera @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu · 20/01/2026
Great speech. @mark-carney.bsky.social “Risk management comes at a price, but that cost of strategic autonomy can also be shared. Collective investments in resilience are cheaper than everyone building their own fortresses. Shared standards reduce fragmentations”. globalnews.ca/news/1162087...
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Read the full transcript of Carney’s speech to World Economic Forum - National | Globalnews.ca
Prime Minister Mark Carney gave a forceful speech in Davos, Switzerland, on the 'new world order' and how middle powers like Canada can benefit by working together.
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Rhodium Group @rhg.com · 13/01/2026
New: We estimate that in 2025, US greenhouse gas emissions increased by 2.4%, marking a change from the prior two years of decreases in emissions. Emissions also grew faster than the economy in 2025, reversing the decoupling of emissions and economic activity of the prior two years.
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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
The permitting reforms of the old 🚦 coalition paying off? I thought that coalition was a ToTal FaiLuRe!1!
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Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.eurosky.social · 27/12/2025
@ramez.bsky.social: "Finally, almost all of this is more about vibes than reality. Oil production in the US has very little to do with Federal policy. It has to do with economics. US drilling is at a 3 year low. It was higher under Biden. "Drill baby drill" is a meme, not a policy."
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Barbara Moens @bmoens.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
The EU needs to stand behind its digital rule book and green standards while deepening the single market to ensure the EU remained competitive in a global economic race, said the bloc’s competition chief @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu With @henryjfoy.ft.com as.ft.com/r/c975fe85-2...
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EU will lose ‘race to the bottom’ on regulation, says competition chief
[FREE TO READ] Teresa Ribera says Europe’s competitiveness depends on resisting calls to roll back rules
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