Extinction Rebellion – Energy Transition https://energytransition.org The Global Energiewende Fri, 27 Dec 2019 13:28:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 Irrational thinking: Merkel’s government stunningly green-lights new coal-fired power plant https://energytransition.org/2019/12/irrational-thinking-merkels-government-stunningly-green-lights-new-coal-fired-power-plant/ https://energytransition.org/2019/12/irrational-thinking-merkels-government-stunningly-green-lights-new-coal-fired-power-plant/#respond Thu, 26 Dec 2019 14:00:51 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=21471 Despite all their rhetoric, Angela Merkel’s Grand Coalition government is clearly not all that interested in really powering past coal. The latest evidence is its decision to allow the Uniper-owned 1,200 MW hard coal-fired power plant, Datteln 4, to come online in 2020 — against the recommendations of the Coal Commission. As the government embarks on a bizarre sales campaign peddling the idea that...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2019/12/irrational-thinking-merkels-government-stunningly-green-lights-new-coal-fired-power-plant/feed/ 0 Rebelling against extinction: new British movement fuels global action https://energytransition.org/2019/11/rebelling-against-extinction-new-british-movement-fuels-global-action/ https://energytransition.org/2019/11/rebelling-against-extinction-new-british-movement-fuels-global-action/#respond Mon, 18 Nov 2019 14:00:29 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=21165 Accepting the truth about the climate and ecological emergency—and acting upon it—is the core message of Extinction Rebellion. Since April, through non-violent acts of civil disobedience, they have globally staged protests and street blockades. During October’s wave of action, Buchsbaum joined them in Berlin. Extinction Rebellion protests worldwide for climate actions ( Public Domain) When hope...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2019/11/rebelling-against-extinction-new-british-movement-fuels-global-action/feed/ 0 Student protests helped to set Prague’s Climate Ambitions in motion https://energytransition.org/2019/09/student-protests-helped-to-set-pragues-climate-ambitions-in-motion/ https://energytransition.org/2019/09/student-protests-helped-to-set-pragues-climate-ambitions-in-motion/#respond Wed, 04 Sep 2019 13:00:15 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=20643 It happened quickly and quietly. Within only two minutes, Prague City Assembly members managed to discuss and approve a local obligation to reduce CO2 emissions by 40 % by 2030 during a meeting last September. Of the 58 assembly members present, 40 voted in favor and nobody was against. Petra Kolínská takes a look Municipal Departments of Prague announced a state of climate emergency in June 2019...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2019/09/student-protests-helped-to-set-pragues-climate-ambitions-in-motion/feed/ 0 Rheinisch revolutionary weekend: citizen demand more action on climate https://energytransition.org/2019/07/rheinisch-revolutionary-weekend-citizens-demand-more-action-on-climate/ https://energytransition.org/2019/07/rheinisch-revolutionary-weekend-citizens-demand-more-action-on-climate/#comments Tue, 02 Jul 2019 12:50:06 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=20107 Determined to push government’s inaction on the climate crisis, activists from Fridays For Future, Ende Gelände, Extinction Rebellion and others poured into western Germany’s brown coal district to use their bodies to shut down Europe’s worst climate killing infrastructure. L. Michael Buchsbaum reports Ende Gelände activists occupy and shutdown RWE’s Garzweiler pit (Photo courtesy Buchsbaum Media)...

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