Here's an argument guaranteed to sap French public support for arming Ukraine: France needs to raise the retirement age so it can afford more military spending to confront Russia. wsj.com/articles/franc via
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Wall Street Journal reporter in Paris. Covering France, Europe and beyond. Views are unwittingly those of others.
Paris, Ile-de-FranceBorn September 13Joined July 2011
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The Notorious CGT: France’s most militant union has a radical strategy — cutting electricity to politicians and the wealthy while handing out discounted power and gas to the public. My story ICYMI
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The clouds part for a protest
To fight Macron on pensions, France’s most militant union is cutting electricity to politicians and the wealthy while handing out discounted power and gas to the public, with wsj.com/articles/frenc via
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#ChatGPT has a lot of nerve asking me to verify that I’m not a robot before logging in.
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Behold: The European Pigmeat Reflection Group ... best-named European committee yet.
French unions do not mess around. As part of Thursday's strike, union members working for the state power company have powered down around six nuclear power plants. France is now importing around 15% of its electricity to help make up the shortage.
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The world’s oldest person dies again, this time in France. Very suspicious trend…
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Europe has slashed its energy consumption, and that’s not just mild weather. “In the mid-1970s when we had the first oil crisis, it was a real revolution in energy efficiency. We could be seeing the start of another period like that.”
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I wish that health reporting would convey risk in a more meaningful way. Light drinking slightly raises the risk of rare cancers…by enough that we should really care?
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From Russia’s bloody bid for #Bakhmut & signs of infighting in Putin’s inner circle 🇷🇺 🇺🇦 to #Brazil’s alt right challenge & Biden’s #ClassifiedDocuments embarrassment, crush it in #WorldThisWeek 📺 ⤵️
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Even during the warmest winter on record, European natural gas is still far more expensive than ever. The need for LNG sets a high floor on European gas. We make it through the winter but can energy-intensive manufacturers abide that long term?
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Europe’s plans to deploy wind and solar farms face growing resistance from people who want to preserve the continent’s bucolic landscape of church spires, farms and cultural landmarks. My deep dive:
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i asked an ai to write a speech for the boss of a fossil fuel company and it turned me down on ethical grounds
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My wife suggests Argentina should get the Golden Pacifier at the end of the match because they are big babies.
More egregious flopping by Argentina, but at least the ref saw through it, yellow carded the Argentinian
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Excellent flopping by Argentina
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It’s looking unlikely that France will need to resort to rolling blackouts. The country has restarted five nuclear reactors over the past week and cut electricity consumption sharply.
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in the end, Paris celebrated peacefully. No riots.
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The French riot police in place for France-Morocco
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France's electricity consumption for the week ending Dec. 11, adjusted for temperature, is down nearly 10% compared to the same period a year ago, RTE says. And you can feel it.
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Is this a net-energy-positive fusion reaction? Not really. It compares energy from the lasers that enters the plasma vs the energy that emerges. Doesn't include (small detail) the energy to power the lasers. Q-Total v Q-Plasma: backreaction.blogspot.com/2021/10/how-cl
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VIDEO: Pope Francis is unable to hold back tears as he offers prayers for Ukraine during a traditional ceremony in central Rome.
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The perfect holiday gift
Curbs on Russian oil sales add pressure on the country’s energy industry as it's already suffering from sanctions: Upstream investments in Russia is expected to fall to $35 billion in 2022, below the Covid-19-induced lows of $40 billion in 2020
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A strange glowing orb has appeared in the sky over Paris.
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France looks unbeatable.
There is remarkably little flopping/diving in this match, and barely a minute of extra time after the first half. The Americans and the Dutch don’t waste any time.
The United Nations has decided it's great that young men in Andorra dress up like bears and chase people through the streets. Where's the outrage? ich.unesco.org/en/RL/bear-fes
#COP27 fueled new doubts that global warming can be limited to 1.5 degrees — but also left hope that a more realistic goal, 1.7 degrees, is within reach. My article:
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Also in #WorldThisWeek, we ask about #Iran's crackdown on Kurds, why controversy won't quit at #FIFAWorldCup & the blowback against #China's prolonged #covid lockdown
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“We were at war in Europe two times. The first time we finished in Paris, the second in Berlin. When I say our objective is Kyiv, that’s very modest.”
U.S. problems paying climate finance cast a shadow over talks at #cop27. It's difficult when the GOP says stuff like this: "If anyone should be paying for a Green Climate Fund, it should be the Chinese communists .. —not American taxpayers." wsj.com/articles/u-s-c via
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Catering services? There seems to be one place in the entire conference area to get a cup of coffee. Not saying where it is.
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Also UN: "Catering services will continue throughout the day on Saturday should the COP be extended. Not so sure about Sunday yet."
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The European Union and Canada are willing to back the creation of a fund that would pay for damage linked to climate change in the most vulnerable countries—but only if wealthier developing nations such as China contribute.
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Informal stocktaking sounds like a euphemism for stealing from a warehouse. #COP27 informal stocktaking is about to start....
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China, India and other big developing economies want wealthy countries to be net negative GHGs by 2030. The response from : “Let’s stay real. 2030? Come on.”
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