
Karl Mathiesen
Senior Climate Correspondent at POLITICO Europe
Senior climate correspondent, POLITICO. Get in touch at [email protected]. DMs open. Ask for signal, protonmail. From Tasmania.
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2 weeks ago |
politico.eu | Karl Mathiesen
Presented by Hydrogen Europe By KARL MATHIESEN with ZOYA SHEFTALOVICH PRESENTED BY GRIM NEWS TO WAKE UP TO: Two Israeli Embassy staffers in Washington were shot dead in the early hours of this morning, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said in a social media post.
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2 weeks ago |
politico.eu | Zack Colman |Karl Mathiesen
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump wants to beat China in just about every market — but he’d rather take the loss on clean energy. In his second term, the U.S. president has returned more committed than ever to promoting fossil fuels and crushing clean, renewable power sources that don’t burn the planet. Trump’s view is that China has already won the clean energy race, due in part to practices such as forced labor, massive subsidies and intellectual property theft.
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2 weeks ago |
politico.com | Zack Colman |Karl Mathiesen
This intra-party rift has become a significant stumbling block for the GOP’s tax and spending bill, which is caught up in demands by hard-line conservatives for a wholesale gutting of hundreds of billions of dollars in Biden-era clean energy tax incentives.
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3 weeks ago |
antinuclear.net | Karl Mathiesen |Zia Weise |Christina MacPherson
Can Australia pay off Turkey to host COP31? The Brits did. A previously unreported package of investment pledges and U.N. support got Turkey to back down last time. May 8, 2025 By Karl Mathiesen and Zia WeiseLONDON — Australia’s bid to host next year’s climate conference depends on convincing Turkey to step aside.
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4 weeks ago |
politico.eu | Karl Mathiesen |Jon Stone
LONDON — Britain has it in for its bats and newts — and Brussels is alarmed. A confidential EU report, seen by POLITICO, warned that U.K. plans to strip away nature protections in pursuit of economic growth could put the British government in breach of the Brexit trade deal.
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Lessons for Australia? Unreported details of how UK paid off Turkey for COP26. Inward investment conference in London Votes for Turkish UN candidates Backing for UN positions + 😬 according to 1 diplo a broken promise to back Turkey over Aus for COP31 https://t.co/CuHilyMiR0

RT @e_casalicchio: NEW: How the UK lost respect for its veterans "Once the old guard is lost, Britain will need to reconsider how it celeb…

NEW: Trump officials arrived in the UK last week with a simple message: China is a malign actor, benefiting from misguided climate policies, and the world is better off copying America's newfound embrace of fossil fuels. It was met with a shrug. https://t.co/z8FnN2lZ7x