Hi again, Rieke here – I’ve just left Gaza after another rotation at the Red Cross Field Hospital with the @icrc.org. In July, I told you about mass casualties, stray bullets, and shortages of medical supplies. Here's what I saw on the ground.

When humanitarian workers and volunteers are not protected, the people we serve are the ones who suffer the most. We stand in solidarity with the Ukrainian Red Cross Society and their loved ones 👇🏽

Yesterday, our colleague Ahmed spoke about being displaced from Gaza City to Deir al-Balah. “This is what it’s like every day for people. Many wake thinking the situation cannot get worse, but it continues to deteriorate,” he said. ➡ In his words: ms.spr.ly/6018sWmi2

Hi, I’m Rieke, a physio from Ireland. I just finished a 6-week deployment to Gaza with the @icrc.org. For the next 3 days, I'll post about my experiences at the Red Cross Field Hospital. 📸 Me & my youngest patient: Malek, a 6-month-old baby who was injured in an explosion.

Nuru’s solar panels have occasionally been struck by stray bullets during gunfire, said Alain Byamungu Chiruza, Nuru’s senior director of business development. “But in general...our panels are safe because the community understands that (they are) for their own good.”

Sudan civil war overwhelms border town in neighbor Chad as refugees find little help

ICE detains Marine Corps veteran’s wife who was still breastfeeding their baby

Head of the Red Cross says ‘the world cannot absorb limitless war’ buff.ly/PURmqzK #iran #israel

“The global consensus that once made anti-personnel mines a symbol of inhumanity is starting to fracture,” said Mirjana Spoljaric, president of the ICRC. “This is not just a legal retreat on paper—it risks endangering countless lives and reversing decades of hard-fought humanitarian progress.”

Spain’s government said Tuesday that the massive April power outage across Spain and Portugal that left tens of millions of people disconnected in seconds was caused by technical and planning errors that left the grid unable to handle a surge in voltage. apnews.com/article/spai...

A pair of European satellites have created the first artificial solar eclipses by flying in precise and fancy formation, providing hours of on-demand totality for scientists.

The remains of large numbers of fallen soldiers were transferred between Russia & Ukraine in recent days. The operation took place with the help of the International Committee of the Red Cross. Amid the ongoing conflict this was a small but important case of humanitarian cooperation.

German court dismisses climate lawsuit against RWE, but says large emitters can be held liable

Get ready for several years of even more record-breaking heat that pushes Earth to more deadly, fiery and uncomfortable extremes, two of the world’s top weather agencies forecast.

Kronen Zeitung heute & Kronen Zeitung gestern. Ein schönes Beispiel für Framing. Hier die Ausländer, die viel zu viel Geld aus dem Sozialsystem bekommen. Da die armen Pensionistinnen, die viel zu wenig bekommen. Tatsächlich haben beide Anspruch auf die gleichen Sozialleistungen.

New German economy minister affirms country's exit from nuclear fission, but softens resistance to funding for SMR research at EU-level.

Extreme weather costs the EU about €28.3bn in lost crops and livestock per year, more than half the losses stem from drought

Leading German companies listed on the country’s top stock market index recorded lower greenhouse gas emissions in 2024, according to a new study.

The global EV boom is increasingly curbing oil demand, Progress Playbook reports:

Singapore pushes virtual power plants to hit 2035 Renewable Energy goal:

New German environment minister promises climate action programme by end of 2025, CLEW reports:

Germany runs risk of missing emission-cutting targets with new government plans – climate council. CLEW report:

Heat, drought, low water levels trigger concerns about health and shipping in Germany

Londoners are swapping cars for bicycles at a rapid pace, data shows

Solar accounted for 25% of the country’s electricity generation in 2024, more than any other nation, according to data collated by research group Ember. Hungary overtook Chile last year to claim the top spot.

⚡"Fusionsenergie" - Wo stehen wir da eigentlich, global gesehen? Technology Readiness Level 1-3 ("concept"), sagt die Internationale Energieagentur IEA. bsky.app/profile/matt... 1/

The CEO of Diamondback Energy warned that tumbling oil prices will depress US crude output, predicting that American onshore production has peaked. Prices hit a four-year low on Monday, with WTI crude trading below $60 a barrel since the start of May.

Solar and wind accounted for nearly 98 per cent of new electricity generating capacity in the United States through the first quarter of 2025, despite efforts by the new president to unravel clean energy efforts.

In April 2025, coal accounted for less than half of Poland’s electricity production for the first time in history, making up just 49.4 percent of the energy mix. This marks a historic low and reflects the growing share of renewables and a sharp drop in overall energy demand.

AP: Hungary targets critics with bill that would blacklist critical media and NGOs buff.ly/PMY5xUD

UK electric vans double sales as BEV cars defy market cooldown in April:

New global solar photovoltaic installations are projected to slow in 2025 and stagnate in 2026 due to mixed policy signals and geopolitical instability within some key markets, SolarPower Europe said May 6, although growth is set to pick up once more from 2027.

Costs for a planned permanent nuclear waste storage facility in eastern France are now projected to be as much as 37.5 billion euros - 12.5 billion euros more than originally forecast, according to French authorities.

Solar power generation to overtake electricity from lignite coal in Germany this year, industry association projects (article in German):

The German government has banned the largest “Reich citizen” group, an extremist far-right organization that calls itself the “Kingdom of Germany” and seeks to undermine the country’s democratic order. Four of its leaders were arrested. buff.ly/T5Ni1Nd

The massive nationwide blackout in Spain and Portugal on 28 April continues to raise questions across Europe regarding the incident’s origins and the conclusions that need to be drawn in other countries to prevent such a large-scale power outage, energy researchers say: buff.ly/kMWcu4A

This is one of those seemingly technical, below-the-radar decisions that could hugely harm the environment. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/10/c...

Consumers in Germany with flexible contracts can earn money between 12 and 3 pm today by using lots of electricity. There is a glut in the system due to lots of solar generation and low weekend consumption. #powerup #renewables #energytransition

U.S. Government to Stop Tracking the Costs of Extreme Weather www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/c...

Cemil Önal, who told Follow the Money his life was in danger because of information he held regarding the bribery of Turkish politicians, was shot and killed in a suburb of The Hague on Thursday.

'Choose Europe,' von der Leyen tells US scientists threatened by Trump's policies

The German domestic intelligence service said Friday it has classified the Alternative for Germany party, which placed second in national elections in February, as a “right-wing extremist effort” — making it subject to greater and broader surveillance of its activities.

A new legally binding deal for shipping: IDDRI lays out what was decided and why it matters

Global nuclear fusion project ITER crosses milestone with world's most powerful magnet.

Zuletzt berichtete @taz.de über einen Anschlag der #Jungnazis der Letzten Verteidigungswelle in Altdöbern & einen Anschlagsplan in Senftenberg: taz.de/Rechtsextrem.... Nun legt der Stern nach: Er hatte eine Reporterin in die Gruppe eingeschleust - und sorgte für die Festnahme eines Anführers. Mutig!

A new, thorough reanalysis of the data that led to claims of biosignatures on K2-18b from @luiswel.bsky.social & friends - a nicely written lesson on why this stuff is hard. They find no significant evidence for DMS, the gas the Cambridge team claimed to have found. arxiv.org/abs/2504.21788

Balcony solar took off in Germany. Why not in the United States? Good Grist piece on a low-threshold piece of climate tech that nevertheless faces some hurdles:

Lower electricity prices in Germany spearhead drop in overall energy prices www.cleanenergywire.org/news/lower-e...

French TotalEnergies lauds German coalition treaty, vows 'green' expansion in neighbour market www.cleanenergywire.org/news/french-...