Climate change: Germany Remains Nuclear | 59 comments (59 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

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The pipelines contained a total of 778 million cubic metres of natural gas, which corresponds to 32% of Denmark's annual CO2 equivalent emissions, the Energy Agency said in a statement. [_link]
— Francesco Sassi (@Frank_Stones) September 28, 2022

'Sapere aude'

by Oui (Oui) on Wed Sep 28th, 2022 at 06:52:04 PM EST
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He said the gas is not poisonous. It's the methane.

< checks watch >

by Cat on Wed Sep 28th, 2022 at 07:26:57 PM EST
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"slow swimmers," a carbon budget debit, a HISTORIC flare, and assholes on the Baltic Sea.

by Cat on Thu Sep 29th, 2022 at 12:34:40 PM EST
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< wipes tears >
Politico.eu.com | Poland and Germany's poisoned relations over Oder River fish die-off, 30 Sep

Both reports blamed prymnesium parvum, a type of golden algae whose bloom can emit toxins lethal to fish and shellfish but is not harmful to humans. But they failed to agree on how much fault rests with humans.
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According to the German report: "The most probable cause of the fish kill in the Oder River is a sudden increase in salinity, which, together with other factors, led to a massive increase in a brackish water alga that is toxic to fish."
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The authors of the Polish report named a combination of natural and human factors, and argued they were unsure of the amount of polluted water discharged into the river [from the Baltic Sea? nah. IT'S CONTAINED.]. Under Polish law, water discharges can be legal under conditions set by so-called water permits [!].
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In a report published this week, NGO Greenpeace blamed the fish kill on salt discharges from the Polish mining industry, based on the results of water and soil samples taken by activists at the end of August....