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"Germany cuts climate fund by €30bn through 2030"
#Germany #Climate #ClimateChange

Germany cuts climate fund by €30bn through 2030
The German Finance Ministry has confirmed that it has plans to scale back subsidy programmes financed through its Climate and Transformation Fund (KTF) over the coming years.

#Germany to buy direct stakes in #military tech startups. Offering ever more support for companies, the most questionable ones, while pressuring workers and holding back infrastructure investments.
This policy #reform

"Germany installs 7.4 GW of PV in H1"
#Germany #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables

Germany installs 7.4 GW of PV in H1 - pv magazine Global
Germany added approximately 1.28 GW of new PV capacity in June, bringing cumulative installed solar power to around 125.2 GW at the end of the month.

"#Germany blames #Russia for attempted drone attack at Leipzig airport"
By — Geir Moulson, Associated Press (AP)

Germany blames Russia for attempted drone attack at Leipzig airport
Moscow has been widely accused by Western officials of running a campaign of sabotage and disruption across Europe with the aim of undermining support for Ukraine and destabilizing European nations.

"Germany breaks heat record again"
#Germany #Climate #ClimateChange

Another heat record broken in Germany
The heatwave weekend in Germany has produced yet another temperature record, the highest since measurements began in the 19th century, registered in Brandenburg.

Hey, in case you missed it🚀 : #Germany just moved closer to #space.
Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket reached orbit from Norway🇳🇴.
First private German orbital #rocket, pretty huge🔥…

"In Germany, Wind and Solar Overtake Fossil Power"
#Germany #Energy #Renewables

In Germany, Wind and Solar Overtake Fossil Fuels

Die Havel, #Berlin #Deutschland #Germany #fotografie

"‘Fresh from the roof’: the supermarket growing salad a few metres above the tills"
#Germany #Food
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‘Fresh from the roof’: the supermarket growing salad a few metres above the tills
Customers seeking greens at one Berlin outlet are dealing with some very local supply chains indeed

A "two wheeler" in Germany (and probably elsewhere). Grown ups use these as "training wheels" to teach teenagers what a "loophole" is. 🏍️ 🚗
#Germany #Deutschland #driving #trainingWheels #loophole #car #humor

ahh a fresh breeze of air while it is raining. room temp went down from 31 degree to 26. but as soon as i am closing the windows it will raise again :( #heat #germany

"Germany’s cleantech rollout behind schedule for 2030 goals"
#Germany #Technology
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Germany’s cleantech rollout behind schedule for 2030 goals
New research has highlighted that rollouts of renewables, heat pumps and electric vehicles (EVs) are progressing in Germany, but are still below the required rates to reach 2030 climate goals.

"Germany 'insufficiently prepared’ for extreme heat as transport and roads closed by 41C temperatures"
#Germany #Heatwave #Climate

"This German submarine sank in 1917. It’s still leaking TNT"
#Germany #Submarine #Oceans #Environment

This German submarine sank in 1917. It’s still leaking TNT
A World War I submarine wreck off Denmark is leaking TNT into the surrounding water, seabed, and marine life more than a century after it sank. Scientists warn that thousands of similar wrecks could pose growing environmental risks as they continue to corrode.

"Germans could save over €12,000 by ditching gas boiler for solar, battery and heat pump – analysis"
#Germany #SolarPower #Energy

Gas boiler vs solar, battery and heat pump: Which is cheaper?
Despite hefty installation costs, electrifying your home could help you save thousands of euros, new analysis shows.

....It's also crazy to realize that AfD is supported by both Russia and the US... all to destabilze Germany and the EU as a whole.
#AfD #Russia #USA #Germany

The German state election yesterday is a perfect demonstration of why Proportional Representation (PR) is far superior for democracy than First Past the Post (FPTP).
TLDR: Thanks to Proportionality, the AfD only won a minority, not majority parliament because the state parliament always reflects the popular vote.
The picture shows the state of Saxony-Anhalt divided into its electoral districts. It is almost all blue because the AfD won the most votes in all but three districts but with 42% of the popular vote overall.
Had this been a province in Canada, it would have produced a legislature with just 3 opposition members, and all the rest government members. Delivering absolute majority power with no meaningful voice for any other party (likely also losing official party status and key funding for political activities) despite a significant share of the popular vote. This has happened in Canada many times, including in BC in 2001 when the NDP won just 2 seats with all 77 others going to the B.C. Liberals… it led to a referendum on PR that won over 60% of the vote but was never implemented.
Had this German state used FPTP they would have a gigantic majority of exclusively far right members and just 3 opposition.
Thanks to PR, their legislature will actually reflect the vote of the people.
42% AfD (39 seats)
17% CDU (15)
9% SPD (8)
8% GRN (8)
8% LNK (8)
5% BSW (5)
83 seats: 42 needed for majority.
AfD: 39
Other parties: 44
In B.C., one of the tropes the status quo campaigners constantly bring up is that PR somehow enables extreme parties more than FPTP and is thus dangerous. This has been proven false over and over including right now,
Here we are, with another example as this German state breathes a sigh of relief that PR saved them from a whollly undemocratic and extreme outcome.
Meanwhile, back in B.C., our own now far right BC Conservatives have successfully splintered the “big tent” remnants of the old slightly more centrist B.C. Liberals leading to a mish mash of independents and new parties in the B.C. Legislature that have not been elected by the people and are unable to really function as a proper opposition to the majority government. FPTP doing a great job! *sarc
Why doesn’t Canada have *any* proportional elections?
Inertia, greed, and power.
Germany 2026 state election: #democracy #fptp #pr #germany #canada #bcpoli

Germany say Russia is responsible for Leipzig airport attack.
#germany #russia #ukraine #leipzig

German honey waits to be of use in #Udupi India. 🐝🍯
(Illmünster, Germany to be specific)
#honey #Germany #India #stillLife #jar

We can assume that Russia is fully engaged in supporting the AfD where it can, indirectly, via intermediaries. Maybe using their old contacts and intelligence networks in the "east". Also it will probably support muslim extremism and extreme left, also with cut-outs, all to destabilze Germany.
If you read about coldwar history, they have a lot of experience in playing various sides to destabilize countries.
#Russia #AfD #Germany #EU #destabilization #geopolitics

And just to underline the point of betrayal of democratic promises. Here is the seminal tweet from September 21, 2015 just before that year's Canadian Federal Election where the eventual winner, Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Party of Canada, promises to abolish FPTP.
He did not.
(i love that X pulled up the current Liberal Party preview card, appropriately associating both the former and current Liberal party leaders with this betrayal. Democracy denied.)
#canpoli #cdnpoli
#democracy #fptp #pr #germany #canada #bcpoli

Das Tommy-Weisbecker-Haus in der Wilhelmstraße 9 in Berliner Kreuzberg.
#Fotogalerie #PhotoGallery #Fotografie #Photography #Foto #Photo #Fotografie #Photography #Stadtfotografie #Cityphotography #Berlin #Kreuzberg #Deutschland #Germany #Alemania #Graffiti #Wandmalerei #Mural #Architektur #Architecture #Schlossparkgezwitscher #Digitour #Bildergalerie #PictureGallery

Mural Elefant mit Weltballon von Jadore Tong in Berlin Kreuzberg. ❤️
#Fotogalerie #PhotoGallery #Fotografie #Photography #Foto #Photo #Fotografie #Photography #Stadtfotografie #Cityphotography #Berlin #Deutschland #Germany #Alemania #Graffiti #Wandmalerei #Mural #Architektur #Architecture #Schlossparkgezwitscher #Digitour #Bildergalerie #PictureGallery #JadoreTong