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Pieter de Pous

@pieterdepous.bsky.social
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Nature, environment, climate, food and farming, energy, German/EU politics, interested in lots more, views my own | Thinktanker @E3G, former NGO I EN-DE-NL

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Pieter de Pous @pieterdepous.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
That’s a really problematic way to describe state terrorism
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Caroline de Gruyter @carolinedegruyter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
De samengeknepen-billenpolitiek van het midden Mijn column in @nrc.nl www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
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Column | De samengeknepen-billenpolitiek van het midden
Op CDU-verkiezingsposters in Berlijn stonden vorige week teksten als „Berlijn blijf stabiel” en „Voor een land om weer trots op te zijn”. Nietszeggende slogans van de volkspartij van de kanselier, het...
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Marcel Dirsus @marceldirsus.com · 07/09/2026
We've reached another stage of Germany's misery: Not only are the big parties not solving people's problems, they're now running explicitly as not being the AfD. It might work for an election or two, but this is the path towards disaster. It's not good enough to not be the AfD
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 03/09/2026
Dozens of Instagram accounts linked to Albanian activists, journalists and an opposition party leader have been closed or disabled amid ongoing protests over a luxury hotel development linked to U.S President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.
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Meta blocks dozens of accounts protesting Kushner-linked Albanian resort project
Those affected insist they have not violated any of Instagram’s rules but received copyright infringement notices for content they filmed or created themselves.
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roland wyss @rolandwyss.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
How the Planet-Altering Disaster of “Forever Chemicals” Was Kept Secret www.propublica.org/podcast/fore...
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How the Planet-Altering Disaster of “Forever Chemicals” Was Kept Secret
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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Do you want to help the survivors of the Nepal glacier collapse? Here is a list of organizations on the ground: apnews.com/article/nepa...
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How to help after Nepal and Tibet's catastrophic floods
Humanitarian organizations are mobilizing to aid survivors along the Nepal-China border after catastrophic floods struck the region Wednesday.
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Pieter de Pous @pieterdepous.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
How did Europes power system hold up during Europes hottest summer yet? My @e3g.bsky.social colleagues dug into the data and found: Thermal and hydro generation fell apart as cooling demand shot up Solar stepped in but not enough to avoid gas which should have gone into winter reserves
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Pieter de Pous @pieterdepous.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
How did Europes power system hold up during Europes hottest summer yet? My @e3g.bsky.social colleagues dug into the data and found: Thermal and hydro generation fell apart as cooling demand shot up Solar stepped in but not enough to avoid gas which should have gone into winter reserves
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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The Economist: „Foreign governments should stop dreaming of ducks. Instead, they should study mountain gorillas, and the violence of which an ageing silverback male is capable when it senses its time is up. This should worry allies in particular.“ economist.com/internationa...
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As his presidency flounders, Trump is more dangerous than ever
Forget lame ducks. America’s president will defend his dominance like an ageing silverback gorilla
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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Yes, good journalism can make a difference. Congrats to all involved. bsky.app/profile/geor...
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Pieter de Pous @pieterdepous.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Re-assuring at first, until you realise that it also means China allows Russia to do everything else its actually done so far
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Pieter de Pous @pieterdepous.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This is clever politics: allow data centres in Australia to use fossil fuels provided they can prove it’s cheaper then renewables reneweconomy.com.au/breaking-no-...
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'No carve-outs' for states over renewables mandate for data centres, Bowen says
Bowen firmly rejects suggestion that Coalition states and territories have won fossil fuel carve-outs from the renewable energy mandates for data centres.
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Pieter de Pous @pieterdepous.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Note the singular used here
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Pieter de Pous @pieterdepous.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Brought to you by a party that is renowned for it’s economic competence
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Pieter de Pous @pieterdepous.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Himalaya’s are a ticking climate bomb with Nepal floods offering a glimpse into a very dark future www.ft.com/content/0d79...
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The devastating forces behind the deadly Himalayan flood
Torrent that tore through settlements near Nepal’s border with China comes as scientists warn climate change is increasing risks
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Vince McMahon reaction meme, with the judge showing increasingly dramatic impressed faces. 

First panel: Peatland rewettung improves drainage (he looks interested)

Second panel: It also sequesters carbon (he looks excited)

Third panel: It can also be a solar farm (he looks ecstatic)

Fourth panel: The solar panels increase wildlife! (He’s glowing red and gaping with glowing eyes)
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Pieter de Pous @pieterdepous.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Trump tried to curb renewables, they are booming anyway www.ft.com/content/72bd...
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Trump tried to curb clean energy. It’s booming anyway
Capacity will rise by a record 45GW this year, according to S&P Global Energy
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Pieter de Pous @pieterdepous.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
EU now so far behind in the AI race they have even missed how toxic it has become in the US: Exclusive: GOP warns AI companies that data centers are politically radioactive www.axios.com/2026/08/19/g...
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Exclusive: GOP warns AI companies that data centers are politically radioactive
"This has become a sleeper issue for the entire election cycle," Senate Republicans' committee says.
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Pieter de Pous @pieterdepous.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
If Dobbys grave was enough cause to reroute a power line (true story) then Troy should be enough cause to abandon coal
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Ariel Brunner @arielbrunner.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Another study finds farm subsidies to have hardly any impact on the the main objective used to justify them- food security. www.tagesschau.de/inland/innen...
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Ernährungssicherheit: Wie sinnvoll sind die Maßnahmen der Politik?
Braucht es Agrarsubventionen, um die Lebensmittelversorgung in Europa zu sichern? Eine neue Studie des NABU stellt ein zentrales Argument von Bundeslandwirtschaftsminister Rainer infrage. Von Eva Hube...
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Pieter de Pous @pieterdepous.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Is anyone in France actually asking its Front National why they want to see France burn?
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 19/08/2026
This stopped me in my tracks. An independent study by @qmul.bsky.social has found that after ULEZ was introduced, children’s lungs grew faster in Central London and have now caught up with children outside of the capital. Incredible.
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Pieter de Pous @pieterdepous.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
If he wins it will be as the stale establishment candidate
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Pieter de Pous @pieterdepous.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Another way of looking at it is that your breakfast is currently full of pesticides banned in the EU
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Pieter de Pous @pieterdepous.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
For decades EU policy debate was focused on jobs and growth at the expense of ‘green crap’ One fossil fuelled heatwave now set to wipe out all of EUs projected growth for this year www.politico.eu/article/euro...
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Europe’s scorching summer is erasing its economic growth, says report
Dutch growth is set to be almost entirely wiped out, and France could be pushed into a contraction.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 21/07/2026
Burnham to remove VAT on household electricity bills ft.trib.al/2r7uTTR
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Burnham to remove VAT on household electricity bills
New prime minister has vowed to help households with the cost of living
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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
C‘mon, this is unfair — the Argentines have also tied to murder Spanish players who don’t have the ball.
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Pieter de Pous @pieterdepous.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Not a lot of time left for Trump to ask Infantino to revoke that red card
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Pieter de Pous @pieterdepous.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Twitter and Bluesky seem to be in complete agreement for once
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Pieter de Pous @pieterdepous.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
They should have gone with bad bunny
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Pieter de Pous @pieterdepous.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Springer importing Trumpian levels of corruption into European publishing
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 17/07/2026
Axel Springer, the company that owns Politico, awards its top prize to...Antichrist lecturer Peter Thiel. No mention of the $50 million Thiel gave the son of Axel Springer's CEO to start a venture capital fund. But the CEO lauds Thiel's "courage and non-conformity." www.welt.de/wirtschaft/a...
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In eigener Sache: Peter Thiel erhält den Axel Springer Award 2026 - WELT
Unternehmer und Investor Peter Thiel ist der diesjährige Preisträger des Axel Springer Awards. Die Auszeichnung soll auch ein Zeichen für Meinungsfreiheit und offene Debatten sein.
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
BREAKING: Electrification Action Plan dropped. The EU just committed to doubling electrification: 46% of final energy consumption by 2040, up from 23% today, where it has sat for a decade. My rapid response analysis of the Electrification Action Plan: open.substack.com/pub/janrosen...
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Nine times faster: the EU wants to double electrification by 2040
The Commission has launched its Electrification Action Plan. A 46% target and some serious policy measures.
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Pieter de Pous @pieterdepous.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
It’s fascinating: NGO always shied away from scrapping the CAP, despite decades of pollution, yet a step up in addressing this pollution under the Green Deal was a red line for the farm lobby gunning for the EGD demise ever since
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Adrian Hiel @adrianhiel.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
The EUs Electrification Action Plan is finally out. Headlines will focus on 46% indicative target for 2040. Don't be fooled, it is one of the least important parts of the Plan compared to taxation, clean tech pricing and industrial electrification spending.
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Pieter de Pous @pieterdepous.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Also possibly not the smartest move for a Chinese car maker that wants to increase it’s share in a market with sceptical buyers and increasingly hostile policy makers to recruit one of the most toxic ex-politicians on offer in that market
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Pieter de Pous @pieterdepous.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
If the EU were serious about food security it would phase out it’s biofuel mandates and diversify it’s protein intake away from cereal munching critters www.coceral.com/web/%20cocer...
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COCERAL Crop Forecast | July 2026
Brussels, 10 July 2026 - - Brussels, 10 July 2026 - Due to the heatwave in Europe, Coceral is publishing an extraordinary EU crop forecast. In this forecast, COCERAL sees the total 2026 grain crop in the EU-27+UK at 286.6 mln t, down around 9 mln t from 295.5 mln t in the June forecast and from the 310.0 mln t seen last year. Wheat production (excluding durum) is now expected at 140.8 mln t, dow ...
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Pieter de Pous @pieterdepous.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Possibly yes, but Europes domestic far rights plans for Europe are as dangerous as ever
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Why don't most Europeans have air conditioning? Dumb? Woke? No - WE DID NOT NEED IT UNTIL FOSSIL FUEL BURNING CAUSED THE CLIMATE CRISIS More info 👇 www.carbonbrief.org/eight-facts-...
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Eight facts about air conditioning amid an overheated global debate - Carbon Brief
Carbon Brief explains why AC rates in parts of Europe are relatively low and clarifies some of the misleading claims about the technology.
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Pieter de Pous @pieterdepous.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Can’t belief I am going to end up cheering for England during this tournament, what’s next France?
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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Correct your priors: Private money is going after clean energy, governments are using public money to prop up fossil fuels "About 59% of all money spent on the fossil fuel system came from taxpayers in 2015. By 2025, that climbed to 68% and spiked at 78% in 2022." www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Who’s Really Keeping Fossil Fuels Alive? Taxpayers
To judge by the way many people discuss the energy transition, we’re engaged in a fight between green idealogues in government and academia on the one hand, and a more realistic private sector that re...
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Greenpeace EU @greenpeace.eu · 07/07/2026
“In Ukraine, security and energy have become the same thing” To prepare for the next winter, Ukrainians are racing to install heat pumps, solar panels and battery systems Windfarm construction workers sometimes spent up to 30% of their time in bomb shelters – and still delivered on time
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War is driving Ukraine’s green energy build-out, but lack of money is holding it back
Russia's attacks on Ukraine's gas and coal plants are driving Kyiv's shift to cleaner energy sources. But a lack of access to Europe's capital markets is severely restricting the country's transition.
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Spook-ass, Christ oh boo! boo! @loukas.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Until the Norway match is over NO PATRIOTIC ENGLISHMAN can trade in sweet crude oil or light crude oil, or any futures contract for Brent Crude Oi in the Intercontinental Exchange at all, END OF.
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Pieter de Pous @pieterdepous.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Deutschland braucht den Troika
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Pieter de Pous @pieterdepous.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Doubt this will be a problem for him, just like Trumps exhibitionist displays of wealth were never a problem for him
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𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚜𝚎𝚖𝚖𝚕𝚎𝚛 @rennsemmler.eurosky.social · 03/07/2026
»Haben sich alle seriösen Medien unkritisch am Überschwappen dieser Kampagne beteiligt, oder ist euch da jemand positiv aufgefallen?« »Mit dem Gesetzentwurf haben sich keine der großen Zeitungen beschäftig, nur der @klimareporter.bsky.social & @volksverpetzer.de haben da im Detail reingeschaut.« 🛢️
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
We seem to have hit a nerve with this one and I'm completely blown away by the response. Close to 100,000 views in 24 hours for an academic paper on tabloid framing and the German heating law. I suspect it's because so many countries are watching the same playbook unfold at home.
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Pieter de Pous @pieterdepous.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Coal apparently didn’t get the memo that Hormuz was supposed to provide for its come back
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Pieter de Pous @pieterdepous.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Lost count how many times this piece of law been tested for stress, fitness, coherence etc There can’t possibly be a healthier piece of EU law on the books My only submission at this point would be ‘it’s fine and can you now please stop asking every other month for at least the next 20 years’
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Pieter de Pous @pieterdepous.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Calls are mounting for Indonesia to accelerate its energy transition after widespread blackouts struck Java and Sumatra in recent weeks news.mongabay.com/2026/07/indo...
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Indonesia's blackouts reignite debate over coal-dependent energy transition
JAKARTA — Calls are mounting for Indonesia to accelerate its energy transition after widespread blackouts struck Java and Sumatra in recent weeks, exposing what analysts say are deep vulnerabilities i...
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