Journalist eating mussels in Brussels and covering @climate, energy (crises) for @business. Advisory board member @MundusJourn. Opinions own etc. He/him. #COP29
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Jun 4
⚡ The AI data center boom in the US is threatening to claim its biggest victim yet — the nation’s largest electric grid operator. ⚡
Here's the story @jendlouhyhc and I wrote on the future of PJM 👇
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A key concern is skyrocketing power prices.
In the first 3 months of this year, wholesale power prices on the PJM grid jumped 76% compared to the same period last year. Capacity costs, which ensure the grid has enough supply during periods of highest demand, rose by 400%. 6/7
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Jun 4
What PJM looks like a year from now will depend on the choices the organization — and its regulators — make in the next two months, according to the White House official speaking on condition of anonymity.
Read the rest via the gift link here 👇
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A wind project billed as the largest clean energy installation in the US is due to come online next month bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Data centers are driving a surge in carbon prices in the US Northeast, helping push CO2 costs in the region past California and raising the prospect of higher energy prices for consumers. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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13 Nov 2025
A top UN climate official demanded Brazilian authorities immediately develop a plan to address security lapses, soaring temperatures, flooding & other poor conditions at the COP30 conference in the city of Belém
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17 Jul 2025
The EU's climate chief @WBHoekstra told us he expects some of the bloc’s biggest pension funds to help modernize the region's power grids, a key enabler he says will build support from member states for a 90% emissions cut by 2040
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23 Apr 2025
It's wild that Brussels, a city of 1.2 million people, has no outdoor swimming space, in a continent that's predicted to warm twice as fast as the global average.
The city, without a government for nearly a year, is proving itself unable to adapt.
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28 Mar 2025
I had the pleasure of attending the Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin, the first in a roadshow leading up to #COP30. And the first without the US.
Delegates assured one another of staying the course, but in the halls not everyone was convinced:
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5 Mar 2025
Today's feature: Belgium is charting a path for the EU’s EV transition by tweaking taxes on company cars, a change that has turned the former laggard into a leader bloomberg.com/news/features/… via @climate
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3 Mar 2025
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the bloc would grant carmakers a three-year window in which to hit carbon dioxide emissions targets that were originally set for this year bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @climate
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4 Feb 2025
A group of European countries that hold the biggest gas reserves in the region have held early and informal talks about softening refilling targets after 2025 bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @johnainger @priazrocha @Al_Brambilla
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29 Jan 2025
EU to look at ‘flexibilities’ for carmakers over emission fines bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @johnainger
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15 Jan 2025
The EU is prepared to make sure carmakers are ready to meet its strict climate targets, the bloc’s climate chief
@WBHoekstra told us, despite stiff competition from China and the threat of fines.
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The European Union must be ready to defend itself against protectionist trade measures by other countries, including any new steps taken by Donald Trump, the bloc's industry chief Stephane Sejourne tells @BloombergTV bloom.bg/3Wckj0d
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8 Jan 2025
The EU must be ready to defend itself against protectionist trade measures by other countries, including any new steps taken by Donald Trump when he returns to the White House later this month, the bloc’s industry chief said bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @bpolitics
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