Frank Jordans
@frankjordans.bsky.social
Another X-ile testing the waters here but also active on Mastodon as det.social/@fj . Former @AP correspondent and @AgoraInd comms lead now overseeing the global news desk @ICRC. Politics nerd, climate wonk, gardener and cyclist.
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Absolutely amazing: they've got so much solar in Australia that they need more people to use more of it, so the gov't has instructed energy retailers to offer *at least three hours of free power* during the middle of the day.
Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...
Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...
Energy retailers to be directed to offer free power three hours a day
Saying there is enough solar power for everyone in the daytime, Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen will direct retailers to provide three hours of free power every day to consumers.
www.abc.net.au
November 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Absolutely amazing: they've got so much solar in Australia that they need more people to use more of it, so the gov't has instructed energy retailers to offer *at least three hours of free power* during the middle of the day.
Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...
Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...
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SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled
The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency
@heatmap.news
The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency
@heatmap.news
Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says
It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.
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October 10, 2025 at 3:36 AM
SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled
The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency
@heatmap.news
The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency
@heatmap.news
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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.
In July, I told you about mass casualties, stray bullets, and shortages of medical supplies.
Here's what I saw on the ground.
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.
📸 Me & my youngest patient: Malek, a 6-month-old baby who was injured in an explosion.
September 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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.
In July, I told you about mass casualties, stray bullets, and shortages of medical supplies.
Here's what I saw on the ground.
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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 👇🏽
We stand in solidarity with the Ukrainian Red Cross Society and their loved ones 👇🏽
September 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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 👇🏽
We stand in solidarity with the Ukrainian Red Cross Society and their loved ones 👇🏽
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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
“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
September 18, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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
“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
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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.
📸 Me & my youngest patient: Malek, a 6-month-old baby who was injured in an explosion.
July 2, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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.
📸 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.”
Solar minigrid brings light and hope to a Goma neighborhood, offering blueprint for rest of Congo
A solar minigrid in a Goma neighborhood where almost everyone lacked access to electricity just five years ago is offering a flicker of hope despite widespread poverty and the city’s violent takeover…
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July 1, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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
Sudan civil war overwhelms border town in neighbor Chad as refugees find little help
Sudan's civil war has overwhelmed a border town in neighboring Chad. Nearly a quarter-million refugees have arrived in Adre and the humanitarian frontline on the edge of one of the world’s most…
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June 30, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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
ICE detains Marine Corps veteran's wife who was still breastfeeding their baby
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detained the wife of a Marine Corps veteran in Louisiana during a routine immigration appointment in New Orleans.
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June 25, 2025 at 8:41 AM
ICE detains Marine Corps veteran’s wife who was still breastfeeding their baby
“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.”
June 20, 2025 at 8:41 AM
“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...
Spain says April blackout was caused by grid failures and poor planning, not a cyberattack
Spanish authorities say the massive power outage in April across Spain and Portugal was due to technical and planning errors that led to a cascade of failures in the grid.
apnews.com
June 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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.
A look at the first artificial solar eclipses created by two European satellites
A pair of European satellites have created the first artificial solar eclipses through precise and fancy formation flying.
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June 19, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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.
Russia – Ukraine: ICRC supports large-scale repatriation of human remains
Stay updated with the latest news and ongoing initiatives of the ICRC.
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June 17, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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
German court dismisses climate lawsuit against RWE, but says large emitters can be held liable
A higher court in Germany has set an important precedent, arguing that large global emitters can be held responsible for climate damages under the country’s civil law, legal experts representing…
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May 29, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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.
Get ready for several years of killer heat, top weather forecasters warn
Top weather agencies warn that the world should get ready for several years of even more record-breaking heat that pushes the globe to more deadly, fiery and uncomfortable extremes.
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May 29, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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.
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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.
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.
May 25, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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.
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.
Bundesregierung macht Zugeständnisse an Frankreich bei Atomkraft
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May 23, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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
‘It’s a critical time’: European farmers struggle through driest spring in a century
Extreme weather costs the EU about €28.3bn in lost crops and livestock per year, more than half the losses stem from drought
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May 22, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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.
Germany's biggest companies cut emissions by 6% in 2024
The reduction represents a sum equivalent to the emissions of 1.1 million German residents.
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May 22, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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:
In numbers: The global EV boom is increasingly curbing oil demand
By 2030, EVs will displace more than 5 million barrels of oil per day, with China responsible for half that amount.
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May 21, 2025 at 8:41 AM
The global EV boom is increasingly curbing oil demand, Progress Playbook reports:
Singapore pushes virtual power plants to hit 2035 Renewable Energy goal:
Singapore pushes virtual power plants to hit 2035 RE goal
It also wants power companies to build hydrogen-ready plants. Singapore is developing new energy technologies, including linking small power sources and managing them to act like a single, larger…
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May 20, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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:
New German environment minister promises climate action programme by end of 2025
Germany’s new government will present a comprehensive programme of measures to put the country on track to reaching climate targets by the end of 2025, the new environment and climate minister…
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May 18, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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:
Germany runs risk of missing emission-cutting targets with new government plans – climate council
The new German government’s coalition agreement remains too vague on climate policy to make sure emission-cutting targets are met, warned the country’s Council of Experts on Climate Change. A…
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May 18, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Germany runs risk of missing emission-cutting targets with new government plans – climate council. CLEW report: