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The Berlin Administrative Court ruled that Germany's 2020 targets to reduce emissions by 40% were not legally binding. Greenpeace claimed that Germany should be held accountable for historic emissions that it has already put into the atmosphere.

China will account for more than one-third of the world’s use of renewable energy by 2040 [By Kenueone [CC0 or CC0], via Wikimedia Commons]
With the US opting out of the Paris Accords on Climate Change, many have turned their focus to China to spearhead efforts to curb green house emissions and move from fossil fuel to renewable energy.
The potential for growth in the latter in China is usge says a British Petroleum Energy Outlook report for 2018.

Gut feelings, water rights and the Belluminati + this day in history w/the AOL-Time Warner merger and our song of the day by Diane Coffee on your Morning Monarchy for January 10, 2018.

User habits, global internet and rare earths + this day in history w/the disappearance of Flight 19 and our song of the day by Bassnectar on your Morning Monarchy for December 5, 2017.

This week on #GoodNewsNextWeek: West Virginia coal miners are trading in mines for hives; so-called agrihoods are just another name for victory gardens; and repair cafes show that mending is better than ending.

This week on #GoodNewsNextWeek: West Virginia coal miners are trading in mines for hives; so-called agrihoods are just another name for victory gardens; and repair cafes show that mending is better than ending.

Exclusive: President Trump’s war for coal is threatening progress on alternative energy while creating hazards both in the weather effects from global warming and in health risks from breathing dirty air, writes Jonathan Marshall. By Jonathan Marshall When Environmental Protection…Read more →

Love ingredients, pest resistance and biblical breweries + this day in history w/the AIDS quilt and our song of the day by Tristen & Jenny Lewis on your Morning Monarchy for October 11, 2017.

Slashing prices, offensive festivals and nuclear Harvey + this day in history w/Lenin shot and our song of the day by Warm Digits on your Morning Monarchy for August 30, 2017.

Coal cars, misdemeanor drugs and dying younger + this day in history w/Elvis is dead and our song of the day by Ted Leo on your Morning Monarchy for August 16, 2017.