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[Black Carbon Media @_blackcarbon]

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[Black Carbon Media @_blackcarbon]

Black Carbon is looking for bold voices on climate, sustainability, and environmental justice!

Do you have a story, insight, or urgent call to action? Share it with us to amplify your voice and contribute to the climate movement in #Cyprus and around the world.

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[Black Carbon Media @_blackcarbon]

30 Years of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in #Cyprus: Progress or Failure? https://t.co/goJA342W9t

[Black Carbon Media @_blackcarbon]

Excellent article!

[Andreas T. Procopiou @a_procopiou]

In 2024, #Cyprus wasted enough #renewables equivalent to #energy needs of 25,000+ homes for a year, adding 100k tons of CO₂ and extra €7M in costs to consumers.

We’ve tripled capacity but waste more than ever.

read more in my article @FinancialMirror https://t.co/5RymmrroNW

[Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative @fossiltreaty]

Fossil fuels, like nuclear weapons, are a major global threat.

Watch this video to hear more about a proposed global framework to phase out coal, oil and gas fairly and forever.

Endorse the concept as an organisation or individual at https://t.co/d2Ak0ZHTah #ClimateWeekNYC

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

This is my farewell post. I am not deleting this account, as I don’t want to lose the archive, and I don’t want my name taken by imposters. But, for as long as Musk owns the platform, I’ll no longer use it. I’m now posting at https://t.co/0iVBaQEKGy.

Since Elon Musk bought this site, he has transformed it from one on which millions could converse as equals into his personal megaphone. Now the world’s richest man uses it to wage his class war, transferring blame for the ills of capitalism onto vulnerable minorities, boosting the grimmest and most antisocial accounts while suppressing the humane voices with whom he disagrees.

He has used X not only to subvert the election for the US presidency, but to create a role for himself in US politics which, though he has never stood for election and would not be eligible, grants him immense power over the citizens of that nation. This site has been used as a tool to help replace democracy with oligarchy.

Musk claimed, on purchasing the platform, to be a “free speech absolutist”. He is in fact a prolific censor, suspending dissenting accounts and using lawsuits to shut down free speech, while employing an algorithm to increase the reach of his own posts 1,000-fold. He cannot abide a level playing field.

He has permitted or encouraged the growth of a ghost army of bots and trolls to degrade the experience of all who disagree with him. Their task is not just to abuse opponents but, perhaps more importantly, to drown intelligent conversation with a tsunami of stupidity. They respond to data with denial, expertise with execration, insight with insult, humour with hatred and thinking with thuggery. They suck the meaning out of everything. The stupidity trends in one direction: in the service of economic power. It is a weapon used to suppress the possibility of a better world.

Many years ago, when I lived in Brazil, I learnt that the military dictatorship had actively sought to suppress educational levels in schools, as it saw a well-informed population as a political threat. A confused, distracted and ignorant population is easy to manipulate. Now this counter-educational model is being rolled out worldwide, and Elon Musk is its primary sponsor.

I stayed here long after I first considered leaving, as I believed it was wrong to cede the ground to an oligarch and his minions. But I came to see that those of us who do not subscribe to Musk’s grim project are being used as groundbait: stimulating the feeding frenzy of 15-minute, 24-hour hate that now powers this platform. We can no longer build anything of value here. Brute force – the unmediated power of money – has beaten humanity, intelligence, humour and democracy.

On Bluesky I can be the person I want to be, a better person than I am on X, where it is almost impossible not to get dragged into the mud. I feel I can be understood because I am not confronting a deliberate effort to misunderstand me. So I can speak more quietly.

There is no guarantee that Bluesky will not also one day be monetised by its owners or captured by self-serving billionaires. But for now it remains a place in which interesting and enjoyable conversations can be had, kindness can be shown to strangers and a better world can be imagined. I hope to see you there.

[CyprusGrid @CyprusGrid]

🌍 2024 Curtailment: Daily Avg. 28.56%

📊 Total curtailed: 181,680 MWh
🚨 Worst day: 22-12-2024, with 80% curtailment
📉 May had the highest monthly curtailment: 26,711 MWh
🌞 July recorded the lowest: 3,093 MWh

📸 Data: https://t.co/vdRsqonpBX

#EnergyInsights #Cyprus

[CyprusGrid @CyprusGrid]

2024 saw a significant increase in curtailment compared to 2022 and 2023, with a peak in March. Total curtailed energy also spiked in 2024. #energyanalysis #curtailmenttrends

[Αστυνομία Κύπρου @Cyprus_Police]

#Καλημέρα ⛔️Οι δρόμοι που οδηγούν στο Τρόοδος (Πλατρών – Τροόδους, Καρβουνά – Τροόδους και Προδρόμου – Τροόδους) είναι κλειστοί για ΟΛΑ τα οχήματα λόγω παγετού.
👉https://t.co/9psxrSRjVP
Προσοχή στον δρόμο
#Cyprus #cypolice #ΟδικήΑσφάλεια

[en.philenews @enphilenews]

Larnaca launches ambitious tree-planting drive to transform cityscape https://t.co/IutlZgJhJQ via @In_Cyprus

[Black Carbon Media @_blackcarbon]

We are happy to announce a new chapter in our journey:

Ammos & Sporoi ➡️ Black Carbon Media

Of course, with a new name comes new ideas - and by happy coincidence, a new year!

Stay tuned for more 🖤💚

[ELEKTRA KOUTOUKI @ILEKTRAKOUTOUKI]

https://t.co/2MZb5FRzZY

[Climatebook @climatebookgr]

♨️🌊 2024: Το πιο ζεστό καλοκαίρι των ελληνικών θαλασσών

🔗 https://t.co/1SJ5odUYWR

[CyprusGrid @CyprusGrid]

#CyprusGrid⚡ yesterday on *17/11/2024*
☀️PV: 5920 MWh (12.9%)
🌬️Wind: 1762 MWh (3.8%)
🌱Biomass: 960 MWh (2.1%)
🏭Conventional: 37419 MWh (81.2%)
Total: 46061 MWh

🌍 RES contributed 18.8% to total generation.

🏭 Emissions: 7016 tCO2eq
📉 CO₂ intensity: 609.3 gCO2eq/kWh

[Black Carbon Media @_blackcarbon]

Follow @CyprusGrid to see how #Cyprus is doing on is journey to renewable energy generation!

[CyprusGrid @CyprusGrid]

We appreciate Mr. Fanos Karantonis, President of the Cyprus Association of Renewable Energy Companies (ΣΕΑΠΕΚ), for using #CyprusGrid data in his presentation at the 12th Cyprus Energy Symposium by @FmwWay. Great to see our platform contributing to key energy discussions.

[Black Carbon Media @_blackcarbon]

@CyprusGrid @FmwWay Congratulations!

[Trees for Streets @TreesforStreets]

A lesser known benefit of the humble street tree🌳 is its ability to reduce urban noise🚗🥁

How?👇
🛑Reflect sound
🧽Absorb sound vibrations
🎶Create white noise – wind through leaves

Trees & other vegetation help create a calmer space for us to live 🧘

[CyprusGrid @CyprusGrid]

Right now at 13/11/2024 12:15 #CyprusGrid generation power:
- ☀️Solar: 299 MW (49.50%)
- 🌬️Wind: 9 MW (1.49%)
- 🌱Biomass: 10 MW (1.66%)
- 🏭Conventional: 286 MW (47.35%)
- Total: 604 MW
Renewables contribute 52.65% to total generation. #Cyprus 🌍

[Black Carbon Media @_blackcarbon]

Fair points

[en.philenews @enphilenews]

Fill your sandbags: Noah’s Flood is coming https://t.co/WU5g0P8iUO via @In_Cyprus

[UN Biodiversity @UNBiodiversity]

Did you know that the strategic placement of trees in urban areas can cool the air by between 2° C and 8° C?

Check out what the other benefits of urban trees are! 🌳

infographic via @FAO