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Very good piece on the role of narrative warfare and Europe‘s untapped options. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... „Putin isn’t really winning. Europe needs to make that clear“-

Looking for good journalism on this question: who was it that Epstein himself was working for?

Germany‘s Intelligence Agency warns of a state-actor phishing attack on Signal: www.tagesschau.de/inland/verfa...

If Uber only had a setting to reject Teslas. Their suspension is so bad. What a bad car.

On climate, silence is communication. Loud and clear.

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Reactions to this week's newsletter have ranged from, "This is an absurd premise," to, "This is happening already in my city." So, pretty much what I've come to expect from writing about the energy economy. insideclimatenews.org/news/0502202...

On climate, silence is communication. Loud and clear.

Another area where the EU is finally thinking about its shared leverage. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

US government to fund Maga-aligned think-tanks and charities in Europe ft.trib.al/rg4IDIC

Jeff Bezos‘ Washington Post has laid off 14 climate journalists today. www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...

Are solar farms in Ohio being denied due to faked local opposition? @canarymedia.com's Kathianne Kowalski does the work of checking the names and addresses — and it sure looks like there are a lot of fabricated "local" opponents to it: www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol... #energysky

This year's Climate Fiction Prize longlist looks great. Read all of last year's list, haven't read any of these yet. Time to get stuck in.

PM of Spain, Pedro Sánchez: “We must speak clearly about platforms such as X and figures like Elon Musk. Freedom of expression is not the right of a magnate to buy the public debate and manipulate it through algorithms. Spain will move forward with legislation."

Danish lukewarmer Bjorn Lomborg showing up in the #epsteinfiles for trying and failing to capture Jerry’s attention was not on my 2026 bingo card but I loved reading @roycerk2.bsky.social @drilledmedia.bsky.social piece on it drilled.media/news/lomborg...

We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”

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Breaking: The European Commission said on Tuesday it would investigate Mandelson, who was European trade commissioner from 2004-8 before leaving early to return to UK politics. Mandelson draws a pension from his time there and has to adhere to a code of conduct for former staff.

🔴In Putin’s Orbit: The Crypto Politics of Jeffrey Epstein and Peter Thiel The web of ties between Epstein, Moscow and Silicon Valley leads back to Steve Bannon and Nigel Farage, reports @peterjukes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2026/02/03/i...

New York Times Magazine cover from 2017.

Key quote about the Eurostack movement: “It’s digital sovereignty — and it’s quietly becoming the civilian version of rearmament.” HT: @jorisluyendijk.bsky.social www.marketwatch.com/story/europe...

We either help Ukraine win, or we will have to help Poland win, or the Baltics.

„Trump, in an Escalation, Calls for Republicans to ‘Nationalize’ Elections“ www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...

I am so intrigued by how some countries actively create the very circumstances they are most afraid of and wanted to avoid the most. Becoming a rule-taker instead of ruling the waves, becoming a secondary super power instead of being the one and only, etc.

View from our NY office this morning. (Bryant Park) …and why do people on ice rinks tend to skate counter-clockwise??

Good morning with good news: US Virtual Power Plant capacity rose 21% in 2025, reaching 38.6 GW! VPPs "deploy capacity faster and at a lower cost than fossil-fueled generation." VPPs include battery storage & thermostat programs. 21752392.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/217523... #energysky

Peak post-Brexit confusion is when an English newspaper (the best) argues for more euro-patriotism in the design of EU banknotes and then can’t make up its mind on what it means when it says ‚Europe’ FT: ‚Europe needs to put its money where its mouth is‘ www.ft.com/content/1ad4...

Op-ed by the former supreme allied commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Australian publishers worry that AI is disproportionately showing U.S. outlets to Australian users www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...

So many parallels to the energy transition and the accelerating disapperance of fossil jobs.

ChatGPT can be so refreshingly blunt.

The EU‘s fight over the ‚combustion engine ban‘ was a waste of the public‘s attention. Performative politics. By 2035, collectors with special licenses may still want one, if they can pay for the fuel and find some last gas station. History doesn‘t proceed in a linear fashion.

Looking forward to breathless media coverage of drivers of internal combustion engine vehicles who are suffering from range anxiety because gas stations are becoming ghost stations.

The EU‘s fight over the ‚combustion engine ban‘ was a waste of the public‘s attention. Performative politics. By 2035, collectors with special licenses may still want one, if they can pay for the fuel and find some last gas station. History doesn‘t proceed in a linear fashion.

America is bleeding scientific talent U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Optimistic thought: Just like the cooperation on steel and coal was the precursor of the 1957 Treaty of Rome, and eventually the EU, today’s integration of the EU’s and UK‘s electricity markets and power grids will be a stepping stone for the UK‘s return home. www.cleanenergywire.org/news/geopoli...

UK is set to back a vast new fleet of offshore wind projects in North Sea alongside 8 other European countries inc Norway, Germany & the Netherlands Government: deal will strengthen energy security by offering an escape from "fossil fuel rollercoaster" www.bbc.co.uk/news/articl...

Keep an eye on this. This is a full-blown attack on the Greenhouse Gas Protocol and climate accountability. www.desmog.com/2026/01/23/e...

The NYT about Europe’s growing dependency on US gas. Time to transition much, much faster. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/b...

Deeply poignant and timely reflections by @emorwee.bsky.social about the loss of VA nurse Alex Pretti and so much more. I encourage everyone to read them. @docsforclimate.bsky.social @nursesforamerica.bsky.social @envirn.bsky.social

Bloomberg: „Europeans own 49% of all US stocks held by foreigners — a big enough chunk to pose a threat to the market, Scotiabank portfolio and quantitative strategist Hugo Ste-Marie wrote in note.“ www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

I am a climate scientist and this is correct. As the planet warms, storms like the one today are getting stronger… and as the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the mid latitudes, it increases the risk of the “freezer door” swinging open. Technical explanation here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Breaking News: President Trump threatened Canada with steep tariffs if it “makes a deal with China” and insulted Prime Minister Mark Carney.

….currently reading Stefan Zweig‘s „World of Yesterday“ („Die Welt von gestern“) written in 1941. Have you read it?

It has been clear for decades now that politicians, businesses, and the public are failing to make the obvious link between climate impacts we can be highly certain are coming and what they are likely to mean at the societal, economic, and security level.

This is an important thread. We are spending most of our attention and public discourse on comparatively meaningless issues.