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China carbon emissions 'flat or falling' in 2025: analysis #China

China carbon emissions 'flat or falling' in 2025: analysis
China's emissions of planet-warming carbon dioxide were "flat or falling" in 2025, analysis showed Thursday, but progress remains fragile and it is not yet clear that emissions have peaked.

from my link log —
Building resilient services at Amazon Prime Video with chaos engineering.
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/building-resilient-services-at-prime-video-with-chaos-engineering/
saved 2020…

Building resilient services at Prime Video with chaos engineering | Amazon Web Services
Large-scale distributed software systems are composed of several individual sub-systems—such as CDNs, load balancers, and databases—and their interactions. These interactions sometimes have unpredictable outcomes caused by unforeseen turbulent events (for example, a network failure). These events can lead to system-wide failures. Chaos engineering is the discipline of experimenting on a distributed system to build confidence […]

"EU carmakers to comply with 90% emissions reduction by 2035 as full combustion engine ban scrapped"
#EU #EuropeanUnion #Cars

EU-made combustion cars to comply with 90% emissions reduction by 2035
The remaining 10% of emissions will need to be compensated for by using low-carbon steel 'Made in the EU' or sustainable fuels. The EU executive revoked the 2035 ban on the sale of new cars and vans powered by diesel or petrol after pressure from some EU countries and the automotive industry.

Luttons ensemble pour les droits des enfants et contre les violences sexistes et sexuelles !
Un appel du cœur pour que les violences Š l'encontre des enfants mineurs soient prises au sérieux et deviennent une réelle priorité de nos sociétés.
https://chardonsbleus.org/luttons…

Boooooo
https://gothamist.com/news/mamdani-will-bring-back-homeless-encampment-sweeps-after-vowing-to-end-practice

Mamdani will bring back homeless encampment sweeps after vowing to end practice
The administration said the city’s homeless services agency would now take charge of sweeps.

Scottish engineer and inventor,
James Watt
was born on this day
19 January 1736
"I had gone to take a walk on a fine Sabbath afternoon. I had entered the Green by the gate at the foot of Charlotte Street – had passed the old washing-house. I was thinking about the engine at the time and had gone as far as the Herd’s house when the idea came into my mind, that as steam was an elastic body it would rush into a vacuum, and if a communication was made between the cyl…

Thony Christie (@rmathematicus.bsky.social)
The 18th-century, Scottish, engineer and inventor, James Watt was born 19 January 1736 #histsci #histtech https://thonyc.wordpress.com/2015/06/04/a-twelve-year-flash-of-genius/

Rolls-Royce entwickelt Hybridflugzeugtriebwerk zur Reduktion von CO₂-Emissionen
Rolls-Royce und SINTEF entwickeln ein hybrides Flugzeugtriebwerk. Doch der Weg dahin ist noch weit. Teilweise müssen dafür erst Grundlagen erarbeitet werden.

Mamdani brings back homeless encampment sweeps -- turning on campaign promise after backlash over cold weather deaths (Craig McCarthy/New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2026/02/17/us-news/mamdani-brings-back-homeless-encampment-sweeps-turning-on-campaign-promise-after-backlash-over-cold-weather-deaths/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260218/p113#a260218p113

Introductory review that quotes from me (article and interview) as well as Peter Victor and Jason Hickel.
Decoupling emissions: Can we really have green growth?
https://thinklandscape.globallandscapesforum.org/102270/decoupling-emissions-eco…

Decoupling emissions: Can we really have green growth?
A new report claims that countries are already decoupling growth from emissions. But does that mean growth can continue forever?

A US grand jury indicted three people, including two former Google engineers, for allegedly stealing trade secrets relating to Pixel's Tensor processor (Robert Burnson/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/202…