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☆ COP29: Azerbaijan’s leader takes a wrecking ball to climate talks as calls mount for a total ‘overhaul’
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Angela Dewan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —From the moment the US election results rolled in, climate leaders knew Donald Trump would be a blow to the COP29 talks in Baku. Amid the chaos, prominent global climate leaders on Friday issued an open letter calling for a “fundamental overhaul” of the entire UN climate process. COP29 marks the third year in a row that the climate talks have been held in either a petrostate, or economy that relies heavily on oil and gas. World leaders and delegates pose for a "family photo" on day two of the COP29 talks. Sean Gallup/Getty ImagesThe geopolitical chaos comes as global climate leaders scramble to find ways to Trump-proof progress so far, as the president-elect has vowed to again pull the US out of the Paris Agreement.

Persons: Donald Trump, Ilham Aliyev, Sandrine Dixson, —, ”, Alex Scott, they’re, ” Aliyev, Aliyev, Agnès, Joseph Borrell, Azerbaijan’s COP29, Joe Biden, Emmanuel Macron, Ursula von der Leyen didn't, Sean Gallup, Trump, Gerardo Werthein, “, Javier Milei’s Organizations: CNN, The, of Rome, United Arab, Getty, New York Times Locations: Baku, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Italy, Paris, France, Netherlands, New Caledonia, Azerbaijan, Armenia

☆ One Dead as Storm Ciaran Hits France
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

PARIS (Reuters) - Storm Ciaran left one person dead and 1.2 million households without electricity on Thursday with parts of Brittany and Normandy on red alert for strong winds and the rest of the northwest on orange alert, officials said. Transport Minister Clement Beaune told Fanceinfo radio that a truck driver died in the Aisne department, northeast of Paris when a tree fell on his truck. "This shows that even in regions that are not on red alert, there is a very high risk on the road," Beaune said. Energy Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher said on social network X that the storm left 1.2 million de households without power. (Reporting by Dominique Vidalon; Editing by Benoit Van Overstraeten)

Persons: Storm Ciaran, Alain Espinasse, Espinasse, Clement Beaune, Agnes Pannier, Runacher, Dominique Vidalon, Benoit Van Overstraeten Organizations: PARIS, RTL, Transport, Energy Locations: Brittany, Normandy, Finistere, Raz, Aisne, Paris, Beaune

☆ France riots: Public transport curtailed after rage over shooting
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

A burned bus is seen at the Aubervilliers bus terminal, north of Paris following police three days after a 17-year-old boy was shot in the chest by police at point-blank range in Nanterre, Paris, France on June 30, 2023. France asked all local authorities to halt public transport early on Friday evening in a desperate attempt to restore order after rioters torched buildings and cars in a third night of rage sparked by the police shooting of a teenager. In the southern city of Marseille, France's second-largest, authorities banned public demonstrations set for Friday, and encouraged restaurants to close outdoor eating areas early. Rights groups allege systemic racism inside law enforcement agencies in France, a charge Macron has denied. The interior ministry said 79 police posts were attacked overnight, as well as 119 public buildings including 34 town halls and 28 schools.

Persons: Elisabeth Borne, Gerald Darmanin, Emmanuel Macron, France's, Mohamed Jakoubi, Macron, Darmanin, Agnes Pannier, Runacher Organizations: Rights, Energy Locations: Paris, Nanterre, France, Marseille, Lyon, Pau, Toulouse, Lille, Algerian, Brussels

"The G7 countries have agreed that the first response to the energy crisis must be to reduce energy and gas consumption… For the first time ever, the G7 said that we must accelerate the phasing out of all unabated fossil fuels... The event has also put focus on the need to help emerging countries reduce emissions, including through financing. Nishimura said ministers would like to discuss ways to use finance to help reduce carbon in so-called "hard-to-abate" industries, which include chemicals, shipping and steel. "Developed countries first need to follow through on the $100 billion pledge they made to developing countries over a decade ago." G7 countries must exert "much stronger leadership" in leveraging financial and technology resources to help developing countries reduce emissions, Meyer said.

☆ Cost of EDF's new UK nuclear project rises to $40 billion
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-20 | by ( America Hernandez | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

PARIS, Feb 20 (Reuters) - EDF's (EDF.PA) new nuclear plant in southwest England is likely to cost about 2% more than its last budget estimate as inflation propels the price tag to almost 33 billion pounds ($40 billion), EDF documents show. EDF warned in a results presentation on Friday the cost of the Hinkley Point C project, Britain's first new nuclear plant in more than two decades, "could reach 32.7 billion pounds" based on inflation indexes as of June 30, 2022. Its previously published cost estimate in May 2022 was 31-32 billion euros when adjusted for inflation. The company last week reported a record net loss of 17.9 billion euros ($19.1 billion). The project is already a decade overdue, with EDF initially saying it would be powering British homes in 2017.

France, which relies on its aging nuclear fleet to generate electricity, is leading a campaign to count hydrogen made using nuclear power -- known as "red" hydrogen -- in the EU's new renewable energy targets, which currently focus on green hydrogen made using electricity from renewable sources. After much foot-dragging, French President Emmanuel Macron agreed to the hydrogen pipeline between Barcelona and Marseille in October, a deal formalised at a summit with Spanish counterpart Pedro Sanchez in Barcelona in January. In Madrid, officials say the row is a "misunderstanding" and they are willing to be flexible on red hydrogen in other legislation such as the gas market directive, but not in the renewables bill. "Red hydrogen cannot be renewable because nuclear is not an energy that can be considered as such. France wants this to include its red hydrogen but it must first be designated as renewable.

EU energy ministers are wrangling over a proposed price cap on gas. European Union nations are engaged in crunch talks to cap gas prices morning, with energy ministers Monday seeming optimistic about a deal following two months of tough negotiations. Runacher said France would be "comfortable" with a range of "160 to 200 euros [eur/MWh], and we feel that this price [range] converges with that of the presidency." On Monday morning, ministers referred to the measure as a "gas market correction mechanism" rather than a cap. European natural gas prices reached historic levels of around 350 euros per megawatt hour in August, when traders were concerned about the bloc's unity in fighting the energy crisis.

☆ Europe moves closer on limiting natural gas prices as Brussels looks to protect consumers
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-13 | by ( Silvia Amaro | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The EU is nearing a deal over a cap on gas prices. Helder Faria | Moment | Getty ImagesThe European Union is nearing an agreement over a cap on natural gas prices, with Brussels already starting preparations for the next winter as the global energy crisis shows no signs of going away. EU energy ministers gathered in Brussels, Belgium, on Tuesday to discuss the details over a cap on natural gas prices. Officials have suggested that the cap could land between 180 euros and 220 euros per megawatt hour. This as the International Energy Agency warns there could be a gas shortage of 30 billion cubic meters in 2023.

☆ French energy minister says fuel supply crisis over
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Companies TotalEnergies SE FollowPARIS, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Supply at French petrol stations is returning to normal with only one TotalEnergies (TTEF.PA) refinery at Feyzin in Southern France still on strike, Energy Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher said on Thursday. We are no longer in a crisis," Pannier-Runacher told LCP television. Less than 10% of French petrol stations still had supply problems, she added. Strike action continued at TotalEnergies' 117,000 bpd Feyzin oil refinery, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday, despite an end to a walkout at the company’s 240,000 bpd Gonfreville oil refinery. Strikes began at the company's French refineries on Sept. 27, contributing to fuel shortages.

☆ French petrol supply improving but Paris area still having problems - minister
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

PARIS, Oct 19 (Reuters) - There are signs of a general improvement in the supply of petrol to service stations in France, but the situation in the Paris/Ile-de-France area remains difficult, French Energy Transition Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher told French radio. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterThose protests have disrupted the supply of petrol to service stations, leading to long lines of motorists queuing to fill up their cars and causing general public anger. Energy company EDF (EDF.PA), which the French government is in the process of fully nationalising, has also been affected by strikes at its nuclear reactors. France's national grid operator RTE warned on Tuesday that those prolonged strikes at EDF could have "heavy consequences" for the country's electricity supplies over the coming winter. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta; Editing by Jan Harvey and Emelia Sithole-MatariseOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Paris CNN Business —French President Emmanuel Macron called a crisis meeting with senior ministers on Monday to address crippling strikes at gas refineries that has caused fuel pumps to run dry. Elsewhere, nearly one third of gas stations have run out of at least one fuel, with the situation expected to worsen this week, according to French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne. But French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said the strikes were “unacceptable and illegitimate,” because wage agreements had been met with the majority of workers. Transportation minister Clement Beaune told France Inter that the only way out of the crisis is an end to strikes. On Sunday, thousands marched through central Paris to protest the crisis and “climate inaction.”

☆ French energy minister: No more requisitions planned for now in refinery strike
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

PARIS, Oct 14 (Reuters) - The French government does not plan to issue more back-to-work orders at this stage amid strikes affecting refineries and storage sites, French Energy Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher said on Friday, adding that the ongoing labour disputes now needed to be solved as fast as possible. One in three petrol stations in the country is struggling with supplies as a result of strikes which have been dragging one several weeks. The French government have launched requisition proceedings at two petrol depots this week to get supply flowing again. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Tassilo Hummel; Editing by Benoit Van OverstraetenOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Paris CNN —Some 28.5% – nearly one third – of gas stations in mainland France are out of stock of at least one fuel, French Energy Transition Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher told journalists Friday. A source from the office of the French prime minister on Friday blamed the long lines and exhausted stocks at French gas stations this week on panic buying, rather than just supply problems. This is despite gas companies providing between a 30% and 50% increase in supply of gas to pumps this week, compared to a normal week, the source said. Earlier this week, the French government ordered staff at an ExxonMobil refinery in Normandy to return to work, a highly unusual step. Meanwhile, on Friday, French energy giant TotalEnergies struck a deal with two French trade unions, CFE-CGC and the CFDT, to increase salaries for 2023.

☆ France's CGT union extends strikes at TotalEnergies as petrol crisis drags on
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"We have seen a masquerade ... the offers on the table are clearly insufficient", CGT representative Alexis Antonioli told journalists after his union left the talks. But this does not mean the strikes may end anytime soon as the standoff with the union persists. The CGT previously said it wanted a 10% wage rise, citing inflation and windfall profits made by the company resulting from the global energy crisis. "The company is in good shape and shareholders have been rewarded for a long time," Philippe Martines, the head of the CGT union, told franceinfo radio. The CGT union, France's second-largest, is seeking to scale up the movement and calls for nationwide industrial action across sectors which could hamper parts of the country's infrastructure this autumn.

☆ Government threatens further requisitioning as strikes at TotalEnergies continue
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterTotalEnergies said in a statement on Thursday the conditions to hold wage talks with all unions were not in place as the various blockades continue. French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire told RTL radio TotalEnergies had "the possibility and therefore the duty" to raise wages, adding the company had "come late" in starting talks with unions after making large profits. A representative of the union's branch at Esso France (XOM.N) had said on Wednesday the walkouts which block two refineries would also continue. Two weeks into the strikes which reduced France's petrol output by over 60%, still one in three petrol stations is still struggling with supplies. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Tassilo Hummel; Editing by Benoit Van OverstraetenOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ France tries to break oil refinery strike as drivers line up for gas
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Hanna Ziady | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Under French law, workers who ignore such an order could face a €10,000 ($9,700) fine or six months imprisonment. The rarely used measure can be imposed by the government when the country’s national security is at risk because of strike action. Striking workers have blockaded ExxonMobil and TotalEnergies (TOT) refineries for several weeks, disrupting supply to thousands of gas stations. Nearly one in three gas stations reported difficulties with supplies on Monday, according to France’s energy minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher. CNN affiliate BFMTV reported miles-long tailbacks at gas stations, with drivers at one site on the edge of Paris queuing for nearly two miles earlier this week.

☆ UE nu va mai reînnoi contractul cu AstraZeneca, susține un ministru francez
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-17 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: lci.frUE nu va mai reînnoi contractul cu AstraZeneca, susține un ministru francezUniunea Europeană ar putea să nu reînnoiască contractele pentru vaccin anti-COVID-19 cu grupul farmaceutic AstraZeneca, a indicat vineri ministrul francez al industriei Agnes Pannier-Runacher. „Avem un portofoliu de vaccinuri cu ARN-mesager care funcţionează foarte bine şi cu puţine efecte secundare. „Aceste vaccinuri vor sosi în al doilea semestru, aşadar vom vedea multe doze pe diferite platforme care permit un răspuns la ansamblul nevoilor'', a continuat ministrul francez. Şefa Comisiei Europene, Ursula von der Leyen, a anunţat în această săptămână că Pfizer-BioNTech s-a dovedit a fi ''un partener fiabil, care şi-a onorat angajamentele şi a fost reactiv la nevoile noastre'', spre deosebire de vaccinul AstraZeneca, dezvoltat în colaborare cu Universitatea Oxford. Danemarca îşi continuă campania de vaccinare doar cu produsele Pfizer/BioNTech şi Moderna.

Persons: Agnes, Ursula von Organizations: Uniunea Europeană, Agerpres, Universitatea Oxford . Locations: Danemarcei, Europa, Ursula von der, Universitatea Oxford . Danemarca, Danemarca, Regatul Unit

☆ UE ar putea renunţa la vaccinurile anti-COVID-19 de la AstraZeneca
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-16 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Uniunea Europeană ar putea să renunţe, anul viitor, la vaccinurile împotriva COVID-19 AstraZeneca-Oxford şi Johnson&Johnson şi să se axeze asupra vaccinurilor Pfizer-BioNTech şi Moderna. Anunţul a fost făcut de ministrul francez al Industriei. Potrivit oficialului, seruri noi care vor completa "arsenalul" anticovid în lunile următoare, ar putea fi produse de către gigantul farmaceutic francez Sanofi şi cel al americanilor de la Novavax. Compania a stopat livrarea serului în UE, după ce administrarea acestui a fost întreruptă în SUA, pe motiv că la şase oameni imunizaţi au fost depistate cheaguri de sânge. Serul a fost autorizat de Agenţia Europeană a Medicament, dar încă nu a fost utilizat în ţările din blocul comunitar.

Persons: Johnson, Johnson & Johnson, Agnès, situaţia Organizations: Uniunea Europeană, Johnson &, Anunţul, francez, Industriei Locations: Oxford, Danemarcei, Europa, UE, SUA

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