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Wolfgang Blau

@wblau.bsky.social
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Global Managing Partner Sustainable Business Practice, Brunswick Group / Advisor UNFCCC / Prior: Global COO Condé Nast / Guardian / Die Zeit www.linkedin.com/in/wolfgang-blau-6…

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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 6h
Don’t you wish the climate debate was nearly as passionate as the AI debate? www.instagram.com/reel/Dd6s503...
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Ezra Klein on Instagram: "Can we leave A.I. safety to the existing laws and legal system, assuming criminal liability and reputational risk will keep companies from releasing anything unsafe? That’s t...
13K likes, 501 comments - ezraklein on September 30, 2026: "Can we leave A.I. safety to the existing laws and legal system, assuming criminal liability and reputational risk will keep companies from r...
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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 12h
Nationalmannschaft spielt schlecht? Tankrabatt! Pisa-Studie enttäuscht? Tankrabatt! Wohnungsnot? Tankrabatt! Easy!
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 19h
Macron: “Brexit is the biggest lie of the last 30 years. “Those who said, "We will be richer" - eight points of GDP less ten years later. "”We will solve the problem of immigration" - it is more complicated than before. "”We are going to crush it in international trade" - it is worse.”
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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 15h
Good review of Tom Cruise’s new film ‘The Digger’. grist.org/culture/digg...
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‘Digger’ is the year’s big climate movie. This climate reporter hated it.
Tom Cruise’s latest film is a crude parable about an unrepentant oil executive.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Andy Burnham is not ruling out a Labour general election pledge to rejoin the EU, Bloomberg reports.
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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“due to a signal failure” is code for “we have run out of money”. #tube
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Clean Energy Wire | CLEW @cleanenergywire.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Germany could curb power price swings, reduce renewable subsidies with batteries – report Doubling Germany’s battery storage capacity could significantly reduce the number of hours with extremely high or low power prices on wholesale markets, finds simulation
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Germany could curb power price swings, reduce renewable subsidies with batteries – report | Clean Energy Wire
Doubling Germany’s battery storage capacity could significantly reduce the number of hours with extremely high or low power prices on wholesale markets and decrease renewables subsidies, according to a simulation by solar research institute Fraunhofer ISE. To achieve the price-dampening effect, storage systems needed to react to market signals, which currently is not the case for many home batteries.
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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Great ad by @nationaltrust.org.uk in Liverpool for Labour Party Conference. (photo: @celiarichardson.bsky.social )
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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Swiss and German climate journalism networks have set up this great series of briefings. Every Tuesday, 11.55 CET. Sign up here: tally.so/r/EkY0dL
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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Was Spahn tut oder nicht tut, interessiert mich weit weniger als das, was Reiche tut – und für wen sie es tut. Der eine schwänzt Parlamentssitzungen, die andere verspielt Deutschlands Zukunft.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The MAGA US Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle has blurted out how America interferes in European politics. At a private dinner in Athens in March 2026, Guilfoyle said of the collapse of the Romanian government: “We can do that to any country we want. We can do that here”, the WSJ reports.
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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This. A thousand times.
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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
As the joke goes, no one has done more for the transition away from fossil fuels than Donald Trump. He didn't mean to. He's just that good. www.ft.com/content/4845... “Oil hits $109 after Saudi Arabia closes vital export pipeline”
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Oil hits $109 after Saudi Arabia closes vital export pipeline
Riyadh pulls out of regional talks to de-escalate hostilities over Strait of Hormuz in wake of drone attack last week
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“What is happening in the equatorial Pacific is jaw-dropping and could well mark one of the biggest global weather upheavals in a millennium,” said Prof Bill McGuire in the Guardian on Tuesday The hyper El Nino continues to obliterate records www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Jaw-dropping’: Super El Niño bursts through temperature record months ahead of peak
The ‘Godzilla-level’ phenomenon is supercharging the climate crisis and will heavily impact communities across the world
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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Wagons
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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The noise level of the Northern Line is medieval. Crazy noise, people holding their ears in pain, daily ‘signal failures’, ancient waggons. The looks and sounds of a place hollowed out by Brexit and pretence. But, of course, we’d only re-join the EU to ‘lead’ it.
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Electricity is 23% of global final energy but delivers 37% of useful energy and powers 46% of the global economy. We don't need to replace every fossil joule. We need to replace the services. A much smaller task. Great to see the @iea.org’s new Electrification report finally measure this.
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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I keep wondering what Andreas Malm, the author, thinks about all this.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 26/09/2026
A massive Microsoft data centre was fined after a drone investigation revealed the use of illegally operating gas turbines -->> www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Juliane @jululette.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Deutsche Problemlösung
Handelt es sich um ein strukturelles Problem?
Ja —>
Besteht dringender Handlungsbedarf? Ja—>
Gibt es vielversprechende Lösungsansätze ? Ja—>
Wir brauchen Entlastung für Autofahrer.

Parallel:

Handelt es sich um ein strukturelles Problem?
Nein —>
Besteht dringender Handlungsbedarf? Nein —>
Gibt es vielversprechende Lösungsansätze ? Nein—>
Wir brauchen Entlastung für Autofahrer.

Quelle unbekannt
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
CARTOON OF THE DAY…
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Climate Defiance @climatedefiance.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
HUGE UPDATE: we halted Amazon's panel at Climate Week. We shut it down so hard that every guest and every speaker had to leave the premises. No one was able to return. Their whole event lasted less time than their warehouse workers' pee break.
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"Former VP Al Gore: A clean Earth is within world’s grasp even as climate dangers accelerate" by @borenbears.bsky.social for @apnews.com: apnews.com/article/al-g...
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Former VP Al Gore: A clean Earth is within world's grasp even as climate dangers accelerate
Al Gore believes victory in the climate fight is within reach, though he warns it could slip away. He sees 2026 as a potential turning point, with renewable energy overtaking fossil fuels.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 25/09/2026
As US officials investigate how parts of an F-35 stealth aircraft ended up in Beijing’s possession, one possible explanation lies in a UPS logistics chain that routinely directs Asia shipments through China
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F-35 Parts Seized on UPS Path to US That Often Stops in China
As US officials investigate how parts of an F-35 stealth aircraft ended up in Beijing’s possession, one possible explanation lies in a United Parcel Service Inc. logistics chain that routinely directs Asia shipments through China.
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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“The report also found old electric vehicles stay on the road at double the rate of combustion vehicles: at age 15, the road exit rate for BEVs is 5.4 per cent, compared to 11.9 per cent for petrol vehicles.” thedriven.io/2026/09/24/e...
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Electric cars are more durable than petrol equivalents, and last longer - major report finds
A study of millions of vehicles reveals that EVs are much less likely to fail compared to petrol equivalents, and will last a lot longer.
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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
There is hope.
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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Very good episode. (And bookmark it for when you just can’t explain the primary energy fallacy one more time.)
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Fiona Harvey @fionaharvey.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Germany sets out roadmap to transition away from fossil fuels www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Germany pledges to phase out fossil fuels for first time with target of 2045
Campaigners say plan marks notable shift away from oil and gas as previously pledges were only for carbon neutrality
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Janosch Dahmen @janoschdahmenmdb.de · 24/09/2026
Heute verleiht Mathias Döpfner Peter Thiel den Axel-Springer-Preis. Ein Preis den er selbst erfunden hat, um US-Milliardären zu gefallen. Es muss einen speziellen Charakter haben, um Demokratieverächter Thiel auszuzeichnen. Einige Beispiele zur extremen Bigotterie von Döpfner. 1/
HANDELSBLATT: In Döpfners Hirn
Wie libertäre Menschen denken
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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 23/09/2026
Updated version of the impacts map that incorporates the latest runs from 13 dynamical models to refine the areas affected by this year's event:
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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
In seiner volkswirtschaftlichen Konsequenz war der “technologieoffene, hocheffiziente Verbrenner” von CDU und FDP Deutschlands Brexit. Borniert, weltfremd, nostalgisch.
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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
EU feels diesel pain “We run road transport on internal combustion engines, we’re reliant on a commodity we have no control over" say @transportenvironment.org “As long as we are dependent on imported fossil fuels, our energy prices [will] be volatile ” @ec.europa.eu www.ft.com/content/76b5...
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Diesel surge costs European drivers €203mn per day
Motorists are spending 40% more each time they refill their tank, compared with the start of the year
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Alex Steffen @alexsteffen.bsky.social · 18/06/2024
Having now had 100s of conversations with people about their plans to manage climate chaos in their lives, I'm struck by how almost all of us begin thinking about where to live in terms of havens — places where we won't have to worry about the crisis at all. Those don't exist.
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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Sure thing, Semafor.
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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Es wäre wirklich begrüßenswert, wenn die Energieministerin endlich für Deutschland arbeiten würde.
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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Not good at all. But really important to know - and prepare for. www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-sup...
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Deadline for application is 10pm on Monday 12 October. Please send your CV and cover letter to climatejob@tbij.com
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We’re hiring! Apply to be our Climate and Environment Editor
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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
New York Climate Week. #NYCW2026 RSVP: assets1-gbr.mkt.dynamics.com/986a295c-565...
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
EU Commission proposes common EU rules on transparency of energy and water use of data centres ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
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Commission enhances energy efficiency and sustainability of data centres in the EU
The European Commission proposed today a common rating scheme for data centres aimed at increasing transparency on their energy use and supporting their sustainable integration into Europe\'s energy s...
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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
To promote Brexit and then to blame the country for suffering from Brexit is just shameless. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK
Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 19/09/2026
A new mega poll by YouGov reveals that an overwhelming majority of constituencies want to rejoin the EU. Only 4 constituencies were not sure. It’s time to put EU membership on the table. bestforbritain.org/uk-membership-mo…
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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
www.ft.com/content/09c2... „Five ways the Iran energy shock is wrongfooting the world“
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Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
There's a lot of talk about cutting welfare in Germany at the moment - but how about cutting this? www.cleanenergywire.org/news/germany...
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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
New York Climate Week. #NYCW2026 RSVP: assets1-gbr.mkt.dynamics.com/986a295c-565...
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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“Whether or not US president fits the definition of a Russian asset, his actions align closely with the Kremlin’s interests.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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What’s really behind Trump’s deference to Putin?
Whether or not US president fits the definition of a Russian asset, his actions align closely with the Kremlin’s interests
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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This thread.
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Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 18/09/2026
This morning I spoke to CNN's Ivan Watson about what the new EU-Canada alliance is – and what it isn't. Bottom line: this is happening because of Donald Trump's threats to both unions, who are both dangerously dependent on the United States.
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Julia Kane @juliakane.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New @fieldnotes.co investigation: the oil & gas industry is working hand-in-glove with the Trump admin to gut federal methane regulations. Corporations want to keep the veneer of regulations—and “not much more” than that. fieldnotes.co/investigatio...
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‘And Not Much More’: Inside the Oil & Gas Industry’s Campaign Against…
Fieldnotes is a watchdog group that investigates the oil and gas industry.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 18/09/2026
Until recently, beef was considered aggressively normal. Now a combination of technological and environmental factors might be lining up to challenge its hold. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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The True Cost of Beef
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., eats beef every day, but more Americans, faced with rising prices and another climate warning, might want something else for dinner.
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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Want to understand why journalists and politicians get so excited about AI doomsday predictions but mostly ignore climate change? It's called *information pollution.* Thank you to @amywestervelt.bsky.social for coining this important new term and writing a book about it, and explaining it to me!
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Artificial insanity
A conversation with investigative journalist Amy Westervelt that is NOT about AI killing us all.
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