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Loïc Delorme

@loicdelorme.bsky.social
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Online: nerd for politics and science Work hours: EU energy policy expert⚡️☀️ ; freelancer ; I work for the Cool Heating Coalition IRL: board games fan, with some hiking and MtG ♟️🎲 He/him

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Loïc Delorme @loicdelorme.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Hey @volts.wtf, on the subject of building data centres the not-stupid way, have you seen yesterday's announcement from @ec.europa.eu? We're putting labels on the data centres! 😃 Really impressed the final version seems to keep all the ambition of the drafts: ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
A screenshot of the template for the data sustainability labels. The top strip has an EU flag and basic information (name, operator, size category, location, etc.). The middle section is the largest, with three visual elements: a pie chart for sourcing of energy, a colour-coded A to G scale for Power Usage Efficiency, and the same for Water Usage Efficiency. The bottom strip has extra "Sustainability Features": contribution to new cpacity, flexibility to the grid, and waste heat reuse readiness. Each element has a line to a Roman numeral; the detailed explanations of each element are out of frame.
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Loïc Delorme @loicdelorme.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I'm in Paris next week to present at the workshop below!
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 23/08/2026
I hope everyone caught this Lancet study confirming that Elon Musk & DOGE are responsible for genocidal levels of suffering & death.
thelancet.com
Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis
USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a...
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Cool Heating Coalition @coolheatingcoalition.eu · 29/07/2026
And finally: ⚠️ How delays to National Social Climate Plans (NSCPs) are leaving money on the table instead of supporting the most vulnerable households. The EAP is a great first step; the next one is to build a credible roadmap from commitments to implementation. Listen to the full interview here 👇
foresightmedia.com
Understanding the urgency of cooling and heating
The need to cool our homes in summer and heat them in winter with green energy has never been greater or more urgent. Bia Bittencourt and Loïc Delorme join the show to explain why the EU needs to get ...
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Cool Heating Coalition @coolheatingcoalition.eu · 17/07/2026
⚡️🔌 Our ‘war room’ as we wait for the Electrification Action Plan. Expectant and hopeful for an ambitious electrification target, an announced Heating and Cooling strategy, a Clean Heat Market Mechanism and more, all while supporting vulnerable households! #EAP #ElectrifyNow #EnergySky
@Bia
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Loïc Delorme @loicdelorme.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Eh. This comic is from 2014. Obviously, not describing the committed researcher but still. xkcd.com/1334/
xkcd comic 1334

[Cueball in a desert standing before a rock.]
Rock: Greetings, stranger.
Rock: Whatever quest drives you, abandon it.
Rock: You shall find no answers in these desolate wastes.
Cueball: I knew I wouldn't.
Cueball: I guess I... just had to see.
I hate feeling desperate enough to visit the second page of Google results.
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Loïc Delorme @loicdelorme.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
New concept: it's a silent disco but instead of music, it's nuclear techies yapping. Not sure it will catch on but seems popular here at #EHPCongress #EnergySky
A sign says "The stage is equipped with a silent disco system" and "Please leave the headsets on this table for cleaning". 
In the background, a crowd of people in suits and large matching black headphones listen to the speaker silently point to the graphs on her slides.
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Loïc Delorme @loicdelorme.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
In 2024, I said that gas execs were nuts for trying to triple US export capacity into a scheduled global glut in LNG. I asked last year who would go bust in 2030 for that lunacy. Well. I was wrong. Bombs or blockades on 20% of the competition leave US fossil fuel investment looking prophetic ☹️ 🔌💡
A Sankey diagram of global LNG flows with Qatar & UAE highlighted orange and labelled "Through the Strait of Hormuz"

Text above: 

One strait. 20% of global LNG.
Every major LNG importer is exposed.
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Loïc Delorme @loicdelorme.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
I'm not cherry-picking: there are only ten episodes. 4 tech CEOs (most at Trump's inauguration), 2 UK politicians, 1 PM, 1 artist, 1 founder of a far-right media, and the exiled Iranian prince. Each individually worth an interview but the collective skews *very* conservative
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Loïc Delorme @loicdelorme.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Journalists talk to a spectrum of the odd but why does a media CEO have their own show? And why is it only interviews with conservatives or nationalists? If it's reflective of the worldview of @politico.eu's CEO, it's a deeply grim one: Farage, Orban, a FOX founder, Altman,... 😬 www.mdmeets.com
mdmeets.com
Podcast | MD MEETS
MD MEETS - Essential Talks with Mathias Döpfner brings unedited conversations with the world's most influential voices.
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Cool Heating Coalition @coolheatingcoalition.eu · 24/04/2026
To combat disinformation we need to expose both the false narratives and the deceptive tactics, techniques and procedures used to disseminate the lies. Excellent work by the @desmog.com team and @politico.com!
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Loïc Delorme @loicdelorme.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Enlightening but grim reading from the big "European Pulse" survey done by Politico. It's distrust and pessimism the whole way down. bebartlet.com/european-pul...
bebartlet.com
The European Pulse — The Live Beat of European Sentiment
What do Europeans really think about the future of their continent? The European Pulse captures the live beat of public sentiment across six EU countries. By POLITICO and beBartlet.
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Loïc Delorme @loicdelorme.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Me, drafting a position paper: I need to communicate that it's not about accelerating, it's about sustaining acceleration over time. Wikipedia🧩: The word you want is "jerk (physics)" Me: I'm sure "Jerk EU" is going to land well Wikipedia🧩: "hyperjerk systems use snap, crackle, & pop" 🤪 #EUSky
A Wikipedia infobox titled "Jerk", sub-titled "Time-derivitatives of position, including jerk". Where "r" is position, the deriviative of r is velocity (speed), the derivative of that is acceleration, the derivative of that is jerk, the derivative of that is snap (jounce), the derivative of that is crackle, and the derivative of that is pop. Below are common symbols, SI base units, and dimension.
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Loïc Delorme @loicdelorme.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
www.thejournal.ie/readme/carbo... Ireland's carbon tax is what pays for retrofits for poor households and for the Fuel Allowance. Farmers already benefit from exemptions to it. Scrapping it makes us more dependent on fossil fuels in the long-run
thejournal.ie
Opinion: Carbon tax may be the tax we love to hate, but it's the one we can't afford to scrap
Carbon tax may be unpopular, but we need it to avoid a far more expensive future, and the government was wrong to cave in after protests, writes John Gibbons.
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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
the strait of hormuz is in a quantum superposition of open and closed that only collapses when you try to take a tanker through yourself and see if you get shot at
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 07/04/2026
The EU has shrugged off Donald Trump’s threats to wipe out the “whole civilization” of Iran, with diplomats and officials signaling they weren’t taking the U.S. president’s remarks literally.
politico.eu
Trump threatens to wipe out Iran’s ‘whole civilization.’ EU has no comment.
“Honestly if we reacted every time somebody posted something outrageous online, that is all we would do,” an EU official says.
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Cool Heating Coalition @coolheatingcoalition.eu · 07/04/2026
A new op-ed by our director @tomvasseur.bsky.social, and Barbara Metz, director of @umwelthilfe.bsky.social explores why Germany’s proposed heating reform risks undermining the transition at a critical moment. 🇩🇪 #EnergySky #EUSky 🧵👇
coolheatingcoalition.eu
Opinion: Germany’s Building Modernisation Act leaves households exposed as government sidelines the heating transition
In February, the German government presented a new national heating plan, the Building Modernisation Act, meant to replace the heating provisions under the Building Energy Act. The new plan would […]
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Cool Heating Coalition @coolheatingcoalition.eu · 01/04/2026
⚡🔌♨️ 77.6% of the EU's homes' energy use goes to heating. Deploying clean heat is not optional: it’s strategic. Energy independence starts at home. Our article at #EUSEW lays out how to make sustainable, affordable, and renewable heating a reality. Read at: #EUSky #EnergySky
sustainable-energy-week.ec.europa.eu
Sustainable, affordable, and renewable: energy independence starts at home
By Bianca Bittencourt and Tom Vasseur – About accelerating clean heating and scaling up investment to cut fossil fuel dependence and secure affordable energy for European households.
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Loïc Delorme @loicdelorme.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Banality 6: Paying poor people for nothing is cheaper than paying everyone to burn more. Guess which one we did last time.
Not quite 'to each according to their needs'
Government subsidies for energy costs, 2022-23, per cent of annual GDP

Targeted v untargeted support measures. Untargeted measures dwarf targeted measures, costing multiples more
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Loïc Delorme @loicdelorme.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Banality 5: It's the demand, stupid. The only way to lower prices in a fossil supply shock is to substitute fossil demand with cleantech. This includes solar pushing gas out of grids; EVs and bikes pushing oil out of transport; heat pumps, district heating, and the like pushing gas out of homes. 🏠
Figure 8: Solar PV and heat pumps deployment in Europe
Yearly additions in EU solar capacity, 2001-2024, GW
Heat pump sales, units
Both rise precipitously around 2022
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Loïc Delorme @loicdelorme.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Banality 4: The EU has a *lot* of untapped coal generation. Terrible for our lungs but if gas prices go up high enough, coal will be the soft cap. 😬🔥
Figure 7: EU electricity generated from coal versus unused generation potential, 2015-2024
It's going down but in 2024, 568TWh sat idle
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Loïc Delorme @loicdelorme.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Banality 3: Tax cuts and consumption subsidies in a supply shock are expensive ways of making the problem worse. (Or: what govs are currently trying is exactly what not to do)
Screenshot of text from the Bruegel article:

"What not to do 

The temptation in a price shock is to suppress prices – as seen during the 2022-23 energy crisis. This would be a mistake. Capping wholesale gas prices (Corbeau et al, 2023), subsidising gas inputs to the electricity market, splitting the wholesale market into fossil and renewable segments or trying to collect windfall profits from renewables would all weaken price signals that drive efficiency, demand reduction and clean-energy investment.

Similarly, weakening the EU’s emissions trading system would lead to more fossil-fuel use and would also reduce the revenues from auctioning of emissions allowances that countries use to fund industrial transition. This would send the wrong signal to clean energy investors14. Untargeted energy subsidies would compound the problem: they are fiscally expensive, benefit higher-income households the most and do nothing to reduce the fossil-fuel dependence that makes countries vulnerable to shocks such as that over Iran."
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Loïc Delorme @loicdelorme.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Banality 2: Those who have, since the last crisis, followed the EC's advice on decarbonisation are now reaping the benefits. Spain's electricity mix went from gas setting the price 75% to 15% of hours. Same latitude as Italy but different politics: one will see 9x less pain for households.
Figure 4: Daily electricity price by country, seven-day rolling average

There is a spike at the beginning of the crisis but Spain's price then drops back down, settling 9.5 times lower than Italy's
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Loïc Delorme @loicdelorme.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Banality 1: We're in a global market but, on the gas side, the EU is far from worst-hit. We didn't rely much on the ME for our gas, the actual problem will be Asia trying to outbid us on US LNG.
Figure 1: Global LNG trade, 2025
Top 10 exporters and importers.
Qatar is a major exporter and the EU the largest importer but only 11bcm of Qatari LNG goes to the EUFigure 2: EU gas imports in 2025 by source
EU imported 316 bcm in 2025.
Qatari LNG is 4% of EU gas imports
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Loïc Delorme @loicdelorme.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Bruegel once again eloquently stating the obvious 🧵 #EUSky #EnergySky www.bruegel.org/analysis/how...
bruegel.org
How Europe should respond to the Iran gas shock – and how it shouldn’t
The European Union should act now to head off growing impacts from the Iran conflict on gas prices and availability
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Loïc Delorme @loicdelorme.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Frustrating that policymakers would think we can have an "emissions trading system for road transport and buildings" which pretends that 70% of buildings don't exist
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Loïc Delorme @loicdelorme.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
"Europe’s industrial base is having a bit of a split-screen moment. On one side: chemicals, metals and other energy-guzzling stalwarts. On the other: weapons, planes and anything with a defence budget attached." Wow, wonder which side is aggressively calling for public money and deregulation #EUsky
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Loïc Delorme @loicdelorme.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Only the sharpest, wittiest, and snappiest insights in as few characters as possible. The FT's conclusion is, and I quote: 😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬
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Loïc Delorme @loicdelorme.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
In the week since this @martinsandbu.ft.com piece, lobbying by challenged incumbents has (mostly) stalled. Two industry associations can't speak for "industry" when claiming that "competitiveness" requires turning back the clock to their glory days #EUSky 🔌💡 giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
giftarticle.ft.com
Europe’s impotence extends to energy
The political momentum behind decarbonising the continent’s energy system has dissipated
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Thomas Pellerin-Carlin @tpellerincarlin.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Nous vivons une nouvelle fois une hausse des prix du pétrole et du gaz. En Europe, nous n'avons ni pétrole ni gaz. (1/5)
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Loïc Delorme @loicdelorme.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
My man, read the room. What does hydrogen production have to do with price of butter or with reducing dependence on energy imports? Go away with your single issue spam
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Loïc Delorme @loicdelorme.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
For oil? Not yet but probably. For gas? Not even close. 2022 was baaaaad and we've had four years and a crisis to reduce gas dependency.
A graph showing the price of natural gas in the EU over the last ten years. It is practically flat except for a series of massive spikes in 2022, peaking near 350€/MWh. There is small but noticeable uptick at the very end of the graph, as the price goes from 30€/MWh to 50€/MWh in the space of a week
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Loïc Delorme @loicdelorme.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Overlooked news: EC opened infringement procedures against 19 govs for not making any National Building Renovation Plan 🥳 Mapping when and how we bring homes into the 21st century will do more for energy bills than yesterday's Citizens Energy Package energy.ec.europa.eu/news/march-i... #EUSky 🔌💡🏠
energy.ec.europa.eu
March infringements package: key decisions on energy
In its regular package of infringement decisions, the European Commission pursues legal action against Member States for failing to comply with their obligations under EU law.
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Loïc Delorme @loicdelorme.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Eh? There's a fair number of differences but I'm not sure this is one. Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine started on the 24th of Feb 2022; the US strikes on Iran started on the 28th of Feb. In both cases, we know just as we leave heating season that disruptions are likely by winter
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Loïc Delorme @loicdelorme.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Article misses the obvious. Of course, nat govs liked VdL's interventions in previous crises, she's usually excellent at reading the room. However, she has German biases and Germany's vastly different perspective on Mid East & Israel is so deeply rooted it's now invisible to them. Major blind spot.
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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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Loïc Delorme @loicdelorme.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
🚨Breaking*: European response to crisis in Iran: targets for energy efficiency (-10%), for electrification (35% by middle of next decade, up from 25% today) and for import dependency (40%, down from ~60% today). Details on national implementation to follow! *Message seen: 53 years ago 🫠 #EUSky 🔌💡⚡
Screenshot of an archival document clearly written with an old typewriter. A truncated watermark says "of the European Commission". The title reads "A Summary of the objectives of an Energy Supply Policy for the Community in 1985". Below:

I. Energy Demand
To reduce estimated consumption in 1985 by 10% in relation to the amount initially estimated for 1985 by the more efficient use of energy.

In step with the development of nuclear energy, to increase the consumption of electricity, which should in 1985 represent 35% of energy consumption (25% in 1972).

II. Energy Supply
To limit to 40% (63% in 1973) in 1985 the degree of Community dependence for energy on outside sources.

To limit to 40% (60% in 1973) the share of oil in the overall energy supply.

To limit to 75% (98% in 1973) the degree of dependence on outside sources for oil supplies. This implies production of 180 mtoe in the Community.

To shift the emphasis of demand as a result, in particular by reducing consumption of heavy fuel oil in power stations.

Original text can be found here: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:51974DC0550
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Loïc Delorme @loicdelorme.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Am I reading it right that "peak left" across most measures was in 2010? The shift back to the right seems already set in by 2020, at least on those graphs. I would have put the shift much later
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Loïc Delorme @loicdelorme.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
"Elon Musk, who, like Lazarus, flew too close to the bright (orange) sun" Dear @pdallisonesque.bsky.social , You might be thinking of Icarus there. We can only hope that Musk does not make a Lazarus-like comeback in 2026.
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Loïc Delorme @loicdelorme.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
What on earth are they referring to when they say that ETS2 is "not technologically neutral"? If you can sell a fuel which doesn't emit CO2, it won't get taxed by ETS2, whether it be hydrogen, e-fuels, biofuels, or Martian farts. It feels like a buzzword thrown in with no care for actual meaning
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Loïc Delorme @loicdelorme.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Is this up on Contexte yet? I can't find it anywhere
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Loïc Delorme @loicdelorme.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Oh ffs
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Loïc Delorme @loicdelorme.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
We're not yet at the point of "more gas infrastructure than there is demand" but we're apparently close to "more gas than ships to carry it". Which raises the frustrating possibility that consumers see none of the benefits of this crazy overbuild, shippers do. Still, starves the petrostates. 🥈
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Loïc Delorme @loicdelorme.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
This FT article is pretty grim in that it mostly covers traders betting that Trump is going to cave to Russia, letting their gas flood the world markets again. However, grain of hope. This graph looks to me like the beginning of that gas glut we've been expecting. #EnergySky on.ft.com/48iCyWU
FT graph. Title: "Freight cost for LNG has surged since October". Subtitle: Charter fee for a US to Europe round trip, $1000/day" Graph lines waves around 20k for the first three quarters of 2025 before jumping suddenly to 140k in Q4
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Loïc Delorme @loicdelorme.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
I was interviewed by @foresight-ce.bsky.social on ETS2 😎 Have a listen here: foresightmedia.com/story/sMfFm4...
foresightmedia.com
ETS2’s delay risks green gap dismay
In Wednesday’s episode of The Jolt, Sam looks at the impact of delaying the European Union’s new carbon market on the buildings and road transport sector, plus the Philippines launches its first offsh...
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Loïc Delorme @loicdelorme.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
I'm surprised that wasn't already the case, the EU is big on mutual recognition. I guess family law doesn't move as easily as mustard and booze so 🥳
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Loïc Delorme @loicdelorme.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Am I doing my math wrong? Bond says that AI's energy saving/cost ratio is 600% per the IEA WEO. I checked: WEO believes data centres will consume ~1000TWh and will save 13.5EJ = 278 TWh. That's still really good but "only" a 27.8% return on energy 🔌💡 (Yes, I know the AI is also doing other stuff)
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Loïc Delorme @loicdelorme.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
"I am not fighting chocolate and cheer, only belts no longer fitting, local optimistic says ahead of Christmas holidays" "His comments to @steporciello.bsky.social may impact family menus soon being planned across Europe" #EUSky #Cop30 #GreenSky 🔌💡
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Loïc Delorme @loicdelorme.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Frustrated and disappointed that, amid the 2040 target kerfuffle, there was no coverage of the ETS2 postponement. This tweak to an obscure tax law only cost €50bn or so. We've signed an open letter calling to protect the Social Climate Fund from this sudden fiscal black hole 💫 #EUSky🔌💡
docs.google.com
Social Climate Fund Letter
To: Mr. Wopke Hoekstra, European Commissioner for Climate, Net Zero & Clean Growth; Mr. Dan Jørgensen, European Commissioner for Energy and Housing; Ms. Teresa Ribera, Executive Vice-President for a...
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Loïc Delorme @loicdelorme.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
And Sec for Interior and Chair of National Energy "Dominance" Council showing a few too many cards here: it's about keeping Europe dependent on American fossils with threats to our security.
Screenshot of tweet by @SecretaryBurgum. 
"The EU's decision to ease heavy regulations is a step toward growth for Europe & a WIN for America!

A stronger, more competitive Europe means greater demand for reliable & affordable U.S. energy. This move will support American jobs & enhance our shared national security!"

Underneath is a picture focused on himself talking to a Greek delegation in the White House
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