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☆ BP trims down executive team, picks new head of its gas and low carbon energy business
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Sam Meredith | In Samuelmeredith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A general view of the BP logo and petrol station forecourt sign on January 22, 2024 in Southend, United Kingdom. British oil major BP on Thursday trimmed its executive team down to 10 members and announced William Lin as the new head of the firm's oil and low carbon energy business. BP said it was simplifying its organizational structure to help "grow the value" of the business. "These changes will help us do just that, reducing complexity within bp, allowing our team to focus on delivering our priorities and growing the value of bp," he added. The energy major said the financial reporting structure of the firm remains unchanged and that it will continue to have three businesses: production and operations, gas and low carbon energy and customers and products — enabled by trading and shipping.

Persons: William Lin, Lin, Isabel Dotzenrath, Emeka Emembolu, Ann Russell, Murray Auchincloss, BP's Organizations: United Kingdom ., IEC, London Locations: Southend, United Kingdom, Leigh

☆ A six-day train strike is the last thing the German economy needs
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Hanna Ziady | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

London CNN —Germany is bracing for widespread disruption to rail services after train drivers embarked on a record six-day strike Wednesday, which will further strain crucial supply chains and deal a new blow to the sputtering economy. The state-owned rail operator said the action would cause “massive disruptions” to long-distance, regional and city commuter services until Monday. That was a major drag on the economy overall, with gross domestic product falling 0.3% in 2023, likely the weakest performance among Europe’s big countries. The strike represents “a major logistical challenge” for the chemical and pharmaceutical sector, the German Chemicals Industry Association told CNN. Germany’s supply chains are already struggling because of attacks on ships in the Red Sea.

Persons: Joerg Kraemer, “, ”, Anja, GDL, Claus Weselsky, Tesla, Michael Groemling, Chris Stern Organizations: London CNN —, Germany’s, Deutsche Bahn, Freight, Deutsche Bahn’s, German Chemicals Industry Association, CNN, German Association of, Automotive Industry, Tuesday Deutsche Bahn, Cologne Institute, Economic Research Locations: London CNN — Germany, Germany, Germany’s, “, Red, Berlin

Earlier this month, she said the U.S. offshore wind industry was "fundamentally broken" after BP wrote down $540 million on its wind power projects offshore New York, blaming inflation and red tape that meant projects ran over budget and over time. Globally, the renewables sector has been undermined by slow permitting, technological challenges, rising raw material costs and higher costs of capital. As BP seeks to guarantee it can meet its internal returns target of 6% to 8% on renewables projects, Dotzenrath said BP was working out how to reduce costs globally. You need one of the local energy suppliers to help you push ahead with the permitting processes and establish the onshore grid connection," she said. BP does not produce electrolysers, which split water to produce hydrogen, but Dotzenrath said did not rule out greater involvement.

Persons: Chris Helgren, Anja, Isabel Dotzenrath, Norway's Equinor, Denmark's, Dotzenrath, we'll, Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Thyssenkrupp, Christoph Steitz, Ron Bousso, Barbara Lewis Organizations: BP, REUTERS, Reuters, Siemens Energy, BASF, Thomson Locations: Vancouver , British Columbia, Canada, LONDON, Japan, U.S, New York, U.S.A, Germany

☆ Biden-Xi summit will be good for the United States, says Aspen's Anja Manuel
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailBiden-Xi summit will be good for the United States, says Aspen's Anja ManuelAnja Manuel, Aspen Strategy Group's executive director, joins 'The Exchange' to discuss the upcoming Biden-Xi meeting, the Boeing freeze, and more.

Persons: Aspen's Anja Manuel Anja Manuel Organizations: Biden, Aspen Strategy, Boeing Locations: United States

☆ Israel’s fossil fuel boon becomes less clear-cut
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Yawen Chen | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

LONDON, Oct 19 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Israel’s growing gas sector has a significance that extends east and west. Analysts at Israel’s Bank Leumi had estimated that exports would jump to at least 11 bcm this year. Israel’s 1,087 bcm of gas reserves in 2022 yielded 21 bcm of production, of which 9 bcm was exported, with a doubling of exports to Israel’s main market, Egypt. Still, Israel’s gas sector has gone from a helping hand to a potential headache. Follow @ywchen1 on XCONTEXT NEWSDutch TTF Natural Gas Futures, Europe’s benchmark gas index, were trading at 48 euros per megawatt hour as of 0823 GMT on Oct. 19.

Persons: –, Yair Lapid, Israel’s Bank Leumi, It’s, NewMed, Abraham, Gaza’s, Isabel Dotzenrath, George Hay, Streisand Neto Organizations: Reuters, United, United Arab Emirates, Israel’s Bank, LNG, Abu, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, NewMed Energy, Abraham Accords, BP, Natural Gas Futures, Intercontinental Exchange, Chevron, Mediterranean Gas, Oil, Energy, Thomson Locations: United Arab, Israel, Europe, Russia, Egypt, Brussels, Abu Dhabi, Ahli, ’, Jihad, Gaza, Jordan, Denver

The issues that earned these 15 teenagers a trip to the White House are also priorities for the Biden administration, including first lady Jill Biden, who was convening the first “Girls Leading Change” event to celebrate Wednesday's designation by President Joe Biden as International Day of the Girl. The honorees, including a pair of twins, range in age from 15 to 18 and represent 13 states. “These young women are protecting and preserving the earth, writing and sharing stories that change minds and turning their pain into purpose,” Jill Biden said in a written statement before the ceremony. She founded her school's Latino Student Union and organizes students on issues like climate justice and preventing gun violence. —Gabriella Nakai, 17, of Phoenix, is a Navajo and Choctaw leader who works on improving food security and sustainability.

Persons: Biden, Jill Biden, Joe Biden, ” Jill Biden, Brooke Bennett, — Jazmin, Jackie, Cho, — Julia Garnett, — Logan Hennes, — Anja Herrman, — Leela Marie Hidier, — Elisa Martinez, — Gabriella Nakai, — Zahra Rahimi, — Gitanjali Rao, — Avery Turner, — Sandra Ukah, — Rania Organizations: WASHINGTON, White, Gender, Council, Robb Elementary School, Beach Cities Health, Advisory Council, American Jewish Committee, Equity, Latino Student Union, Choctaw, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Air Force, University of Florida, Seminole, Student Union, LiTEArary Society Locations: United States, Montgomery , Alabama, Uvalde , Texas, Redondo Beach , California, Beach, Hendersonville , Tennessee, New York, River Forest , Illinois, Yarmouth , Maine, U.S, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Navajo, —, Alexandria , Virginia, Afghanistan, Highlands Ranch , Colorado, Colorado Springs , Colorado, Bloom, Lake Mary , Florida, Morgantown , West Virginia

☆ Karakorum: Mongolia’s ancient capital is a cultural delight
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Breanna Wilson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Karakorum, Mongolia CNN —Karakorum is known by many names and even more reputations. Where to Stay in KarakorumThe new Silver Tree Guest House offers a variety of sleeping options including traditional yurts. Silver Tree Guest HouseWhile Karakorum is often considered a stop along the route to somewhere else, this culturally rich city deserves closer attention. The hotel is within walking distance to Erdene Zuu Monastery, Karakorum Museum, and the Erdenesiin Khuree Calligraphy Center. While Silver Tree Guest House is still in its opening phases, staying here feels like you’ve been invited into someone’s home.

The women were found in Belgium, The Netherlands, or Germany but might have come from other countries, she said. Her body was discovered in 1991 in a rainwater well in the town of Holsbeek, some 40 km (25 miles) from Brussels. The operation focuses on female victims as "women are disproportionately affected by gender-based violence, such as sexual assault, human trafficking, and domestic abuse", Hitchin explained. Hitchin said that Interpol's global network will reach a wider public and might lead to someone recognising their loved one or a friend or a colleague. Reporting by Clement Rossignol, Charlotte Van Campenhout, Editing by William MacleanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Last month he applied the brakes, slowing BP's planned cuts in oil and gas and scaling back planned renewables spending in the wake of the war in Ukraine. The oil major isn't backing away from renewables though, its green chief Anja-Isabel Dotzenrath stresses, it's simply changing the terms of the relationship. "I'm (now) just reviewing the onshore renewables part - so the onshore wind and solar part." BP's head of renewables and gas didn't elaborate on the nature of the latest review. The green stakes are high, though, given solar alone comprises more than half of BP's 43-gigawatt renewables project pipeline.

☆ Shiffrin sets pace in world championships slalom
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MERIBEL, France, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Mikaela Shiffrin put herself in pole position to reclaim her slalom title at the world championships with a rock-solid run to lead after the first leg on Saturday. Swiss Wendy Holdener was second, 0.19 seconds off Shiffrin's pace while Canada's Laurence St-Germain was third quickest just over half a second back. The dominant Shiffrin, 27, was unbeatable in world championships slalom as she won in 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2019 but had to settle for bronze in Cortina in 2021. Her long-awaited giant slalom victory took her world championships medal haul to 13, level with Sweden's Anja Paerson with only Christl Cranz (15) having won more. Austria's Katharina Liensberger, who took slalom gold in 2021, could only manage 14th in the first run.

☆ After a record-breaking 2021, European investors and founders are ready to take it slow
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Jordan Parker Erb | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Our Big Tech team was constantly chasing the biggest stories, from alleged executive misconduct at Microsoft to injuries in Amazon warehouses. After a record-breaking 2021, European startups raised $16 billion in the third quarter — a 44% annual drop. The solo founder joined YC in January 2022, and has since raised millions from investors like Alexis Ohanian. The risk of debilitating muscle and joint injuries at Amazon warehouses is off the charts, workplace regulators have said. Amazon workers shared why they planned to vote against unionizing.

☆ I got into Y Combinator as a solo founder and left with a $4.5 million investment. Here's how I got in on my second try and what it was like.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-28 | by ( Claire Turrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Kathryn Cross is the founder of Anja Health, a cord blood bank that freezes stem cells for future disease treatment purposes. I first heard about the startup accelerator Y Combinator when I was studying at Wellesley College and taking entrepreneurship classes at MIT. Many of the founders living in the house were in Y Combinator, and they told me how beneficial it was. I left my job with Publicis Sapient in June 2021 to begin working full-time for Anja Health. Did you go through Y Combinator and have a story to tell?

☆ Climate activists glue themselves to airport tarmac in Berlin and Munich
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/6] Activists of "Letzte Generation" (Last Generation) glued themselves to the tarmac of the airport to protest for a speed limit on highways as well as for affordable public transport, in Munich, Germany, December 8, 2022. REUTERS/Anja GuderBERLIN, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Climate activists took their protest against cheap air travel to two of Germany's largest airports on Thursday, with some gluing themselves to the tarmac in Munich and Berlin. According to local media, flights at Munich airport were disrupted. Police in southern Germany said the protesters were currently being unglued from the Munich airport tarmac and taken into custody, and the protests were dispersed. Thursday's actions are the latest effort by activists to raise awareness by blocking runways and streets in Germany.

☆ BP doubles down on hydrogen as fuel of the future
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Ron Bousso | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

[1/2] The BP logo is seen at a BP gas station in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., November 24, 2021. But grey hydrogen becomes "blue hydrogen" if the polluting emissions are captured. The IRA offers a $3 per kilogramme tax credit for clean hydrogen, which brings green hydrogen to par or even below the cost of grey and blue hydrogen, according to analysts. "With the hydrogen production tax credits that are now in place, it has ... allowed green hydrogen to be a lot more competitive," McLeod said. Subsidies will initially allow green and blue hydrogen to compete with grey hydrogen, allowing consumers to switch to cleaner fuel, McLeod said.

☆ FOTO // Cercetător: E posibil să fi depăşit punctul critic al încălzirii globale; Pot apărea efecte negative „în cascadă"
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-16 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: ProfimediaFOTO // Cercetător: E posibil să fi depăşit punctul critic al încălzirii globale; Pot apărea efecte negative „în cascadă"Punctul critic către încălzirea globală ireversibilă este posibil să fi fost deja depăşit, cu o serie de consecinţe „în cascadă" pentru planeta noastră, a avertizat, marţi, responsabilul german din cadrul celei mai ample expediţii ştiinţifice organizată vreodată la Polul Nord. Însă, „ne putem întreba de fapt dacă nu cumva am călcat deja pe această mină şi am declanşat deja debutul exploziei", a insistat climatologul şi fizicianul, cunoscut om de ştiinţă în domeniul studiilor asupra Arcticii. Pericolul planează de asemenea asupra gheţarilor străvechi, a mai spus el, adăugând că „în prezent, nu mai ştim dacă putem să salvăm bariera de corali", conform Digi24. Timp de 389 de zile, misiunea a studiat atmosfera, oceanul, gheaţa marină şi ecosistemul pentru a colecta date care să permită evaluarea impactului schimbărilor climatice atât asupra regiunii, cât şi a lumii. ProfimediaProfimedia

Persons: Markus Rex, Anja Karliczek Locations: Nord, Berlin, Arctica

☆ Angela Merkel crede în vaccinul BioNTech şi se declară "incredibil de mândră"' de fondatorii firmei germane
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-17 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

"Când vedem cât de mulţi oameni mor în prezent de coronavirus, ne dăm seama cât de multe vieţi poate salva", a declarat Angela Merkel la începutul întâlnirii, scrie agerpres.ro Referindu-se la Ugur Sahin şi Ozlem Tureci, cuplul care conduce BioNTech, Merkel a spus că este "incredibil de mândră" că Germania are astfel de cercetători.Compania tânără, cu sediul la Mainz, care lucrează cu gigantul american din domeniul farmaceutic Pfizer pentru a dezvolta şi livra vaccinul, a fost pusă foarte rapid în "lumina reflectoarelor", a spus cancelarul.Vaccinul, care se bazează pe tehnologia aşa-numită a mRNA, care învaţă sistemul imunitar să răspundă codului genetic al coronavirusului, s-a dovedit a fi eficient în 95% din cazuri la testele clinice.Alături de Angela Merkel s-au aflat miniştrii sănătăţii şi cel al cercetării, Jens Spahn şi Anja Karliczek, pentru videoconferinţa cu Sahin şi Tureci.Germania ar putea să înceapă să primească vaccinul de săptămâna viitoare. Agenţia Europeană pentru Medicamente a anunţat că va încerca să dea undă verde vaccinului BioNTech/Pfizer luni, cu opt zile mai devreme decât plănuia iniţial.Germania a înfiinţat sute de centre de vaccinare, multe dintre ele pe stadioane şi săli de conferinţe. Cele 16 landuri ale ţării se pregătesc să înceapă campania de vaccinare pe 27 decembrie, a dezvăluit administraţia din oraşul-stat Berlin miercuri seară.Vaccinul este deja administrat în Regatul Unit, SUA şi Canada după ce autorităţile lor de reglementare au eliberat autorizaţii de urgenţă.De asemenea, vaccinul Pfizer/BioNTech a fost aprobat în Mexic, Ecuador şi Chile, notează dpa.Germania se confruntă în prezent cu bilanţuri zilnice ridicate de morţi de coronavirus, autorităţile fiind sub presiune să înceapă rapid vaccinarea.Institutul Robert Koch (RKI) a raportat 698 de noi decese joi, al doilea cel mai ridicat bilanţ de la începutul pandemiei de coronavirus.Miercuri s-a înregistrat un număr record de 952 de decese, deşi numărul este posibil să fi fost umflat din cauza unei întârzieri în raportare în landul Saxonia, în prezent cel mai afectat din ţară de pandemie.În total, peste 1,4 milioane de persoane au contactat virusul în Germania, potrivit datelor oficiale, iar 24.125 au murit până joi.

Persons: Angela Merkel, Merkel, Jens Spahn, Anja Karliczek, Robert Koch Locations: Germania, Mainz, american, Berlin, Regatul Unit, SUA, Canada, Mexic, Ecuador, Chile, Saxonia

Chiar dacă în documentele lor scrie că sunt cetățeni ai Ucrainei, o bună parte dintre locuitorii regiunii Cernăuți din Ucraina simt românește. Odată, i s-a întâmplat să ofere un interviu despre cetățenia română la un post de televiziune. Iurie a menționat că străbunicul lui care era și ofițer, s-a recăsătorit în România și a murit cu istoria lui acolo, iar acasă a rămas străbunica și a continuat viața. Unii le-au umplut și trăiesc undeva în Ibiza pe malul mării”, afirmă Iurie, menționând că scăparea din sărăcie ar fi cetățenia română și lucrul în Europa. Enlarge Fotografie simbolCasă de la marginea satului Carapciu, Ucraina ANJA SCHÄFER„Eu am cetățenie română și documente.

Persons: Cristina, Le, ANJA, ., Iurie, Ucraina ANJA, zaviste Organizations: Universitatea Națională Locations: Ucrainei, Cernăuți, Ucraina, Europa, Italia, Germania, România, Moldova, Ibiza, Carapciu

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